2012

Question 0

A feasibility study report notes that the required method of input isn’t possible. Which aspect does this concern?

Answer 0

Technical

Question 1

Benefit to customer of a feasibility study

Answer 1

Determines whether project is worth going ahead by taking account of technical, economic, legal and time

Question 2

Elements included in project plan

Answer 2

Time schedule
Resources
Costs
Personnel

Question 3

Issues of an incorrect start date for a task in project plan

Answer 3

Earlier tasks may be incomplete at start of task.

Project length may be incorrect causing delay in completion

Question 4

Results of Investigative Techniques

Answer 4

Background information
Departmental objectives
Organisation procedures
Description of components in existing system

Question 5

What is document sampling?

Answer 5

Requires the system analyst to look at existing forms used by a company and use them to extract relevant information e.g. Layout, data, data types, flow of doc. in business

Question 6

What is gained from the Systems Specification?

Answer 6

An understanding of:
Functional requirements (inputs/processes/outputs), Restrictions on development (boundaries)

Question 7

What is the logical design?

Answer 7

Defines processes and components that must be present for the system to meet its objectives

Question 8

What is the physical design?

Answer 8

Considers how the logical design can be implemented with the hardware/software available and takes account of levels of access and other security issues

Question 9

RAD tools stands for:

Answer 9

Rapid Application Development

Question 10

Documentation produced:

Answer 10

System design documentation

User Guide

Question 11

Systematic testing is:

Answer 11

Planned as it follows a predefined test plan. This is to ensure that no aspect of the system is overlooked and the results of testing are recorded

Question 12

Features considered in evaluation

Answer 12

User friendliness (ease of use)
Maintainability
Match to specification/correctness - meets requirements?

Question 13

Benefit of a script

Answer 13

Automates the process and avoids the need to activate the process manually

Question 14

Describe Acceptance Testing

Answer 14

To ensure it meets client’s needs and requirements. The client/users work with the user interface, test every aspect of the system and provide feedback to the developers

Question 15

Why must some attributes be indexed?

Answer 15

All attributes that form the PK must be indexed to reduce query time

Question 16

Features of a command and control system

Answer 16

System is able to understand commands spoken by user. Commands are used to control operation of system.

Question 17

What is a Multimodal interface?

Answer 17

Consists of more than one interface (graphical/sensory/textual)

Question 18

How does High Fidelity Prototyping allow developers to build systems quickly?

Answer 18

Provides tools to allow quicker creation of user interfaces which are more realistic than paper ones. Allowing design & implementation to be done tog. Having end users involved early on.

Question 19

Which intelligent interface uses an avatar?

Answer 19

Agent-based interface

Question 20

Why might Natural Language Interaction not be work/be useful

Answer 20

Different accents, speech impediments, ambiguity of meaning, background noises, different phrases can sound the same

Question 21

Why might Natural Language Interaction be used?

Answer 21

Much more user friendly than typing

Allows users to answer in their own way rather than be restricted to set phrases

Question 22

Test plan contains…

Answer 22

Test data values to be used with expected outputs, elements to be tested, sequence of testing, types of testing

Question 23

Program is upgraded to include other languages - what type of maintenance?

Answer 23

Perfective

Question 24

What is Syntax?

Answer 24

Is the structural or grammatical rules of the language/how a command is carried out

Question 25

Semantics is…

Answer 25

The meaning given to the rules i.e. what is carried out

Question 26

Core principle of LUCID methodology

Answer 26

The user is at the centre of the process at all stages

Question 27

Maintenance required to fix a fault found in the interface code

Answer 27

Corrective maintenance

Question 28

How is a Walkthrough used?

Answer 28

Ensures the interface meets the needs of users. The manager takes on the role of users and tries out the different options available, enters input required and checks the output is as expected.