Practice Test: Question Set - 17
1. Which of the following statements is not true?
- (A) Entity
Relationship Diagrams are used to design files
- (B) Systems
Overview can be prescribed by Data Flow Diagrams
- (C) Phases, in a
Systems life cycle, are fixed and invariant
- (D) Indexed
files are faster than sequential files in all situations
2. Top-down programming is
- (A) A group of
related fields
- (B) A
map of the programmer's view of the data
- (C) An
approach in which the top module is first tested then program modules are added
from the highest level to the lowest level
- (D) A
series or group of components that perform one or more operations of a more
complex system
3. A problem's _______ will answer the question, "What information will the computer need to know in order to either print or display the output times?"
- (A) Input
- (B) Output
- (C) Processing
- (D) Purpose
4. The imitation of a systems investigation may result from:
- (A) A manager's
formal request
- (B) A
scheduled system's review
- (C) An
analyst's investigation
- (D) All
of the above
5. An example of a hierarchical data structure is
- (A) Array
- (B) Link list
- (C) Tree
- (D) All
of the above
6. System Implementation Phase entails
- (A) System
check outs
- (B) Pilot run
- (C) Parallel
runs
- (D) All
of the above
7. HIPO
- (A) Is
a forms-driven technique in which standard forms are used to document the
information
- (B) Consists
of a hierarchy chart and an associated set of input/process/ output charts
- (C) Captures
the essence of top down decomposition
- (D) All of the
above
8. Positive testing is
- (A) Running the
system with line data by the actual user
- (B) Making
sure that the new programs do in fact process certain transactions according to
Specifications
- (C) Is
checking the logic of one or more programs in the candidate system
- (D) Testing
changes made in an existing or a new program
9. After planning an algorithm, you should _______ to verify that it will work correctly.
- (A) Analyze
the algorithm
- (B) Code the
algorithm
- (C) Desk-check
the algorithm
- (D) Evaluate and
modify (if necessary) the program
10. On a systems flowchart, the online manual keeping of input data is identified by using the
- (A) Online
storage symbol
- (B) Online
keyboard symbol
- (C) Keeping
operation symbols
- (D) Manual
operation symbols
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