Chapter ( 3 )
Each question has only one right answer. Be aware that this quiz is timed.
- 1.Many documentation tools are available to explain how a system works. Which tool provides a graphical description of the sources and destinations of data as well as data flow within the organization and the processes that transform and store that data?
- A.
Data flow diagram
- B.
Document flowchart
- C.
Program flowchart
- D.
System flowchart
- 2.What are the four basic elements of a data flow diagram?
- A.
Data sources and destinations, in flows, out flows and storage.
- B.
Data sources and destinations, data flows, transformation processes and data stores.
- C.
Data stores and destinations, transforming processes and data flows.
- D.
Data processes, data flows, storage and destinations.
- 3.What do the circles on a data flow diagram represent?
- A.
Data sources and destinations
- B.
Data flows
- C.
Data stores
- D.
Transformation processes
- 4.Document flowcharts are often called:
- A.
Data flow diagrams
- B.
Internal control flowcharts
- C.
Process flowcharts
- D.
Multipurpose flowcharts
- 5.A flowchart is
- A.
An analytical technique used to describe the data flows and sources and destinations and data stores of a system.
- B.
An analytical technique used to describe some aspect of an information system in a clear, concise, and logical manner.
- C.
A piece of hard plastic used to draw symbols.
- D.
A graphical description of the flow of data within an organization and the processes performed on that data, as well as the sources and destinations of data.
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