Unit 7

Question 1

These are statements that describe what the system should do or possess to meet the needs of its users and stakeholders.

Answer 1

Requirements

Question 2

What are the two types of system requirements?

Answer 2

Functional requirements
Non-functional requirements

Question 3

These define what the system should achieve in terms of features and capabilities.

Answer 3

Functional requirements

Question 4

These requirements ensures the system meets the desired levels of performance, quality, and user satisfaction.

Answer 4

Non-functional requirements

Question 5

This is the ability of the system to handle an increasing number of users without significant performance degradation.

Answer 5

Scalability

Question 6

This is the ability of the system to secure user passwords and prevent unauthorized access.

Answer 6

Security

Question 7

This is the ability of the system to be intuitive and to be easily navigated by users of all experience levels.

Answer 7

Usability

Question 8

This is the ability of the system to have at least 99.9% uptime with minimal downtime for maintenance.

Answer 8

Reliability

Question 9

This is the ability of the system to load within 3 seconds to provide a good user experience.

Answer 9

Performance

Question 9

This is the physical design of the system that will meet the specifications described in the system requirements document.

Answer 9

System Design

Question 10

This is a concrete database design translated from the business rules.

Answer 10

Data Design

Question 11

This is the part of the system with which the users interact. It includes the screen displays that provide navigation.

Answer 11

User Interface

Question 12

This describes the system’s hardware, software, and network environment.

Answer 12

Architecture

Question 13

This is a document or set of documentation that describes the features and behavior of a software application.

Answer 13

System design specification

Question 14

This involves a repetitive sequence of analysis, design, modeling, and testing.

Answer 14

Prototyping

Question 15

This prototyping method produces a full-featured, working model of the information system.

Answer 15

System prototyping

Question 16

This method of development that employs technical mechanisms for reducing risk in a project, when the project needs are vaguely and poorly laid out.

Answer 16

Design prototyping or Throwaway prototyping

Question 17

What does CASE stand for?

Answer 17

Computer-Aided Systems Engineering

Question 18

This is a technique that uses powerful software called CASE tool to help system analysts develop and maintain information systems.

Answer 18

CASE

Question 19

These are tools that support the rapid development of computer programs by translating a logical model directly into code. Also called a code generator.

Answer 19

Application generators

Question 20

This is a computer program whose purpose is to take data from a source such as a database, XML stream or a spreadsheet, and use it to produce a document in a format which satisfies a particular human readership.

Answer 20

Report generators

Question 21

This is also called form painter. It is an interactive tool that helps you design a custom interface, create screens forms, and handle data entry format and procedures.

Answer 21

Screen generator