Question 1

Explain the business benefits associated with successful software development.

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Question 2

What is an internal department that oversees all organisational projects?

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A)   Project deliverables
B)   Project scope
C)   Project management office
D)   Project milestonesE) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 3

What are project constraints?

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A)   Specific factors that can limit options
B)   Factors that are considered to be true,real,or certain without proof or demonstration
C)   Quantifiable criteria that must be met for the project to be considered a success
D)   A document issued by the project initiator or sponsor that formally authorises the existence of a project and provides the project manager with the authority to apply organisational resources to project activitiesE) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 4

What do SMART criteria for successful objective creation include?

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A)   Specific,metrics,agreed upon,real,time valued
B)   Specific,measurable,agreed upon,realistic,time framed
C)   Specific,measurable,accurate,real,time valued
D)   Specific,metrics,agreed upon,realistic,time framedE) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 5

Which of the following is not a technique for choosing strategic projects?

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A)   Categorise projects
B)   Perform a financial analysis
C)   Focus on organisational goals
D)   Develop a project planE) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 6

Who is the person or group who provides the financial resources for the project?

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A)   Project manager
B)   Project stakeholders
C)   Executive sponsor
D)   All the answers are correctE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

What is the systems development life cycle (SDLC) ?

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A)   Involves establishing a high-level plan of the intended project and determining project goals
B)   Involves analysing end-user business requirements and refining project goals into defined functions and operations of the intended system
C)   Involves describing the desired features and operations of the system
D)   The overall process for developing information systems from planning and analysis through implementation and maintenanceE) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 8

An organisation must identify what it wants to do and how it is going to do it.What does the 'how' part of this question focus on?

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A)   Justification of the project
B)   Definition of the project
C)   Analysis of project risks
D)   Expected results of the projectE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 9

Which methodology ends each day or begins with a stand-up meeting to monitor and control the development effort?

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A)   Scrum
B)   XP
C)   RUP
D)   RADE) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 10

Which gate in the RUP methodology expands on the agreed-upon details of the system,including the ability to provide an architecture to support and build it?

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A)   Inception
B)   Elaboration
C)   Construction
D)   TransitionE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 11

Which of the following is a characteristic of a successful project?

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A)   Delivered on time
B)   Delivered within budget
C)   Meets the business' requirements
D)   All the answers are correctE) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 12

What is the implementation phase in the SDLC?

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A)   Involves establishing a high-level plan of the intended project and determining project goals
B)   Involves analysing end-user business requirements and refining project goals into defined functions and operations of the intended system
C)   Involves describing the desired features and operations of the system
D)   Involves placing the system into production so users can begin to perform actual business operations with the systemThis is the definition of the implementation phase in the SDLC.E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 13

What is a project manager?

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A)   The application of knowledge,skills,tools,and techniques to project activities in order to meet or exceed stakeholder needs and expectations from a project
B)   Any measurable,tangible,verifiable outcome,result,or item that is produced to complete a project or part of a project
C)   Represent key dates when a certain group of activities must be performed
D)   An individual who is an expert in project planning and managementE) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 14

The rapid application development methodology emphasises extensive user involvement in the rapid and evolutionary construction of working __________ of a system to accelerate the systems development process.

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Question 15

Summarise the different software development methodologies.

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Question 16

Which methodology provides a framework for breaking down the development of software into four gates?

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A)   Scrum
B)   XP
C)   RAD
D)   RUPE) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 17

Which of the following is a business-related consequence of successful software?

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A)   Increased revenues
B)   Damage to brand reputation
C)   Increased liabilities
D)   Increased expensesE) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 18

What are project deliverables?

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A)   A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or service
B)   The application of knowledge,skills,tools,and techniques to project activities in order to meet or exceed stakeholder needs and expectations from a project
C)   Any measurable,tangible,verifiable outcome,result,or item that is produced to complete a project or part of a project
D)   Represent key dates when a certain group of activities must be performedE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 19

How many days is a typical sprint in the Scrum methodology?

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A)   2 days
B)   10 days
C)   30 days
D)   90 daysE) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 20

A prototype is a smaller-scale representation or working model of the users' requirements or a proposed design for an information system.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 6: Systems Development Project Management

What is an internal department that oversees all organisational projects?

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The rapid application development methodology emphasises extensive user involvement in the rapid and evolutionary construction of working __________ of a system to accelerate the systems development process.

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An organisation must identify what it wants to do and how it is going to do it.What does the 'how' part of this question focus on?

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Which methodology provides a framework for breaking down the development of software into four gates?

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Which gate in the RUP methodology expands on the agreed-upon details of the system,including the ability to provide an architecture to support and build it?

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Summarise the different software development methodologies.

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Which of the following is a characteristic of a successful project?

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What do SMART criteria for successful objective creation include?

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What is the systems development life cycle (SDLC) ?

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Explain the business benefits associated with successful software development.

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Which methodology ends each day or begins with a stand-up meeting to monitor and control the development effort?

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How many days is a typical sprint in the Scrum methodology?

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Which of the following is a business-related consequence of successful software?

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What is the implementation phase in the SDLC?

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A prototype is a smaller-scale representation or working model of the users' requirements or a proposed design for an information system.

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What are project constraints?

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