AIS (Ch.13) Flashcards
Converting to a new computerized system will typically entail large dollar expenditures to make the new system operative. These monetary expenditures normally are incurred for:
all of the above(Transferring a company’s financial data from its present storage media to computerized storage media, Testing the operations of the new system before it replaces the old system, Establishing good internal controls for the new computerized system)
A complete, ready-to-go system of computer hardware and software is also sometimes called a(n):
Turnkey system
Which one of these design feasibility areas is typically performed by accountants?
Economic
Which of these is not a phase in the life cycle of an information system?
Control
Which of the following types of survey instrument best allows employees to answer in their own words?
Open-ended questionnaire
Which of these is most likely to be the first task in a systems study?
Preliminary investigation
The four phases of the systems development life cycle end with this phase:
Implementation, follow-up, and maintenance
An intensive investigation of a company’s present information system in order to discover systems weaknesses is termed a:
Systems study
A waitress brings cold food to a customer, who complains. Which of these is most likely to be the cause of the problem and not a symptom of this problem?
The inability of the kitchen staff to keep up with many orders at once
A poorly-planned information system can result in:
all of these are true( Employee resistance and even sabotage, Inflexible systems which are hard to maintain or modify, Systems that solve the wrong problems)
Which of these is not a common dimension in a feasibility study?
all of these are common dimensions(Technical, Operational, Schedule)
In conducting a feasibility study, operational feasibility refers to whether:
The system can be used effectively within the operating environment of an organization
Which of the following is least likely to be a member of a study team?
CEO of a company
A student fails a course at his university. Which of these is most likely to be the cause of the problem and not a symptom of this problem?
The student did not study for the course
Which of these is not a logical procedure that is followed in the systems analysis phase of a systems study?
all of the above are systems analysis procedures(Defining the problem(s) in the current system, Identifying the company’s goals, Performing a systems survey to acquire information about the current system, Suggesting possible solutions to solve the company’s problem(s))
