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Because scope creep is expensive,project managers impose controls on changes requested by users,which help to prevent runaway projects.

A) True
B) False

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The money already spent on the project,or ________,should not be considered in the decision.

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A responsibility matrix shows who has primary responsibility and who has support responsibility for the activities listed in the WBS.

A) True
B) False

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In a recent survey,Price-Waterhouse-Cooper reported that only ________ of digital projects were completed according to specifications,i.e.set out to do what they said they would do.


A) 25%
B) 75%
C) 35%
D) 55%

E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

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The system development life cycle (SDLC)is the traditional system development method for large IT projects,such as IT infrastructure or an enterprise system.

A) True
B) False

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Michelle Symonds suggested a set of seven deadly sins of project management,that is,the common mistakes that companies commit that contribute to project failure.Which is not one of these deadly mistakes?


A) No organizing schedule
B) No project plan
C) No budget tracking
D) No change management process

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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Once the new systems operations are stabilized,________ are performed during operation to assess the system's capabilities and determine if it is being used correctly.

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During project analysis,IT projects should be examined holistically-that is,in combination to identify investment synergies.This approach is known as ________ management.

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The ________ defines the project plan and is a legal contract used to document the agreement between parties.


A) Business case
B) Project plan review
C) Statement of work
D) Work breakdown structure

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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Lessons learned to keep projects on track include all of the following except ________.


A) Set realistic and detailed project plans with adequate time and resources.
B) Encourage timely feedback and be willing to listen.
C) Manage risk with regular project status reviews.
D) Perform a postmortem with all members of the project team.

E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

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System development life cycle involves processes that __________,which means that they are revised when new information or conditions make change the smart thing to do.


A) Are iterative
B) Are subject to infinite revisions
C) Have constraints
D) Are prototyped

E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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During the systems analysis stage,__________ studies are done to determine if the hardware,software,and communications components can be developed and/or acquired to solve the business problem.


A) Economic feasibility
B) Technical feasibility
C) ROI
D) NPV

E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

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A project is a series of tasks to produce one or more ________,which are items that you hand off to the client or management for their review and approval.


A) Critical paths
B) Deliverables
C) Resources
D) Gantt charts

E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

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The Unified Modelling Language (UML) uses symbols to graphically represent the components and __________ within a system.


A) data
B) users
C) objects
D) relationships

E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

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The systems development methodology that views a system as a collection of modular objects that encapsulate data and processes is ____________.


A) Object Oriented Analysis and Design
B) Agile Development
C) Waterfall Development
D) Use Case Model

E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

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Information system design projects are not susceptible to scope creep because of the rigorous SDLC methodology.

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following issues about the SDLC methodology is false?


A) Requirements analysis is critical to the success of the project.
B) System development practitioners agree that the more time invested in analyzing the current system and understanding problems that are likely to occur during system development,the greater the probability that the IS will be a success
C) The requirements study determines the probability of success of the proposed project.
D) Testing verifies that apps,interfaces,data transfers,and so on,work correctly under all possible conditions.

E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

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The __________ is the traditional systems development method used by organizations for large IT projects such as IT infrastructure.


A) Prototyping method
B) System development life cycle
C) Critical path method
D) Sourcing method

E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Postproject reviews,or _________,identify the reasons the project was successful or not,strengths and weaknesses of the project plan,how problems were detected and resolved,and how the project was successful in spite of them

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A project plan is specified in a __________.


A) Resource pool
B) Gantt chart
C) Work breakdown structure
D) Critical path

E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

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