Chapter 7-8: Design Phase

Question 1

Systems Analysis figures out what?

Answer 1

What the business needs

Question 2

System Design Figures out what?

Answer 2

How to build the system that fulfils business needs

Question 3

Design Phase determines what 2 things?

Answer 3

1. How to build the system
2. Create system requirements that describe the technical details for building the system

Question 4

What is the main deliverable for the design phase?

Answer 4

System Specification

Question 5

System Acquisition: In purchasing software, you can customize it (T or F)

Answer 5

True

Question 6

System Acquisition: Outsourcing services can be in two ways

Answer 6

1. Outsource the development of the systems
2. Outsource the customization of the purchase software for us

Question 7

System Acquisition: What does ASP mean?

Answer 7

Application Service Provider

Question 8

System Acquisition: ASP supply access to software in what basis

Answer 8

Pay as you go basis

Question 9

System Acquisition: What is the difference in cloud services of ASP and SaaS

Answer 9

1. ASP hosts another person’s software
2. SaaS host their own software

Question 10

System Acquisition: What do you mainly assess on Vendors when purchasing software

Answer 10

Viability as an on going business (baka ma acquire siya in the future)

Question 11

System Acquisition: building systems by combining packages (legacy systems, and custom software)

Answer 11

System Integration

Question 12

System Acquisition: In system integration, what is the most pressing issue?

Answer 12

Integrating data between various parts of the system

Question 13

System Acquisition: Outsourced development has a lower risk (True or False)

Answer 13

True

Question 14

System Acquisition: Outsourcing has 3 types of contract which are?

Answer 14

1. Time and Arrangements
2. Fixed-Price
3. Value Added

Question 15

System Acquisition: what is the most popular outsourced contract

Answer 15

Value Added because the outsourced gets a share of the benefit

Question 16

System Acquisition: What outsourced contract has the least risk for the outsourcee

Answer 16

Fixed Price

Question 17

System Acquisition: Which is the most flexible outsourced contract for the outsources?

Answer 17

Time and Arrangements

Question 18

System Acquisition: Outsourcing Guidelines emphasize ___ requirements, ___ ___ relationships, and ___ ___ contracts

Answer 18

flexible, long term, short term

Question 19

System Acquisition: Solicits proposals from vendor, developer, or service provider

Answer 19

Request for Proposals

Question 20

System Acquisition: a shorter and less detailed version
of a RFP

Answer 20

Request for Information

Question 21

System Acquisition: use when you just need a price

Answer 21

Request for Quote

Question 22

Plans for how the system will be distributed across computers and what hardware and software will be used for each computer.

Answer 22

Architecture Design

Question 23

Describes the hardware/software components in detail to aid those responsible for purchasing those products.

Answer 23

Hardware and software specification

Question 24

Architecture Design: Software systems can be divided into four basic functions called

Answer 24

1. Data Storage
2. Data Access Logic
3. Application Logic
4. Presentation Logic

Question 25

Architecture Design: the processing required to access stored data.

Answer 25

Data Access Logi

Question 26

Architecture Design: the logic documented in the DFDs, use cases, and functional requirements.

Answer 26

Application Logic

Question 27

Architecture Design: the display of information to the user and the acceptance of the user’s commands.

Answer 27

Presentation Logic

Question 28

Architecture Design: What are the three primary hardware components?

Answer 28

1. Client Computers 2. Server 3. Network

Question 29

Architecture Design: Generally, which part of hardware process which four of the software functions?

Answer 29

1. Client - Presentation Logic 2. Server - Data Storage and Data Access Logic 3. Presentation logic may vary depending on the configuration

Question 30

Architecture Design: Client-Server Architecture Can support different types of clients and servers through?

Answer 30

Middleware

Question 31

Architecture Design: If a server fails, all application in the architecture are affected (T or F)

Answer 31

False. Only the applications residing in that server are affected.

Question 32

Architecture Design: A type of two tiered architecture where the application and presentation logic reside in the Client

Answer 32

Thick Client

Question 33

Architecture Design: A type of two tiered architecture where most of the application logic reside in the server

Answer 33

Thin Client

Question 34

Architecture Design: Adds “specialized” servers – one for application logic; one for data base task (basically adding an application server)

Answer 34

Three tiered client-server architecture

Question 35

Architecture Design: The difference between a three and N tiered architecture is?

Answer 35

1. A specialized server for web related business logic

Question 36

Architecture Design: More tiers in the architecture allow for better server loads (T or F)

Answer 36

True

Question 37

Architecture Design: More tiers in the architecture places a lesser load on the network (T or F)

Answer 37

False. Higher load

Question 38

Architecture Design: Almost all functions are run by the server

Answer 38

Server-based architecture or zero client computing

Question 39

Architecture Design - Mobile Application Architecture: involves processing on the mobile device using its resources

Answer 39

Rich Client

Question 40

Architecture Design - Mobile Application Architecture: What software functions are in the client for rich clients

Answer 40

1. Presentation 2. Data Access 3. Business Logic

Question 41

Architecture Design - Mobile Application Architecture: Thin Web-based client – business and data access logic on the server side; always connected to server.

Answer 41

Thin web based client

Question 42

Architecture Design: browser-based; uses some technologies on client device to provide a rich user interface

Answer 42

Rich Internet Application

Question 43

Architecture Design - Mobile Application Options: written to run on specific device with specific operating system.

Answer 43

Native App

Question 44

Architecture Design - Mobile Application Options: develop in web-based technologies and use framework to deploy to multiple devices.

Answer 44

Cross-platform Frameworks

Question 45

Architecture Design: Creation of a virtual device or resource.

Answer 45

Vritualization

Question 46

Architecture Design - Mobile Application Options: browser-based; platform independent. Most limited user experience.

Answer 46

Mobile Web App

Question 47

Architecture Design: Computing resources obtained as a service.

Answer 47

Cloud computing

Question 48

Architecture Design: involves partitioning a physical server into smaller virtual servers.

Answer 48

Server Virtualization

Question 49

Architecture Design: involves combining multiple network storage devices into what appears to be single storage uniit

Answer 49

Storage Virtualization

Question 50

Architecture Design: Usually, the infrastructure chosen is the one used in the organization (T or F)

Answer 50

True

Question 51

Architecture Design: Which is the most favored because of the cost

Answer 51

Client-Server

Question 52

Architecture Design: What are the nonfunctional requirements to be evaluated?

Answer 52

1. Operational 2. Performance 3. Security 4. Cultural/Political

Question 53

Architecture Design: Operational requirements mostly define the application architecture (T or F)

Answer 53

False. Technical environment requirements