CIS 130: Test On Data Flow Diagram! Trivia Quiz

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This section consists of 10 questions. You have 15 minutes to complete this section. This section is worth 40% of your total test grade.

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1.

Which is NOT true of use cases?
- A.
  
  They are formal ways of representing how a business system interacts with its environment
- B.
  
  They illustrates the activities that are performed by the users of the system
- C.
  
  They can be thought of as an external or functional view of a business process
- D.
  
  They illustrate what starts (or triggers) an event, all the people that are involved, and how the system provides value
2.

The primary actor in a use case is generally:
- A.
  
  An external user of the system
- B.
  
  The Project Sponsor
- C.
  
  The Champion
- D.
  
  The Project manager
- E.
  
  The Systems Analyst
3.

A 'temporal' trigger might be which of the following:
- A.
  
  A patient calls to make an appointment with a doctor
- B.
  
  The accounting department needs information for a report
- C.
  
  The human resources department needs a tax withholding form to be filled out by a new employee
- D.
  
  The date changes to the first day of the month
- E.
  
  A new shipping of goods arrives and needs to be added to the inventory
4.

Which of the following is probably NOT a step for writing a use case?
- A.
  
  Identify the use case
- B.
  
  Identify the analyst
- C.
  
  Identify the major steps within each use case
- D.
  
  Identify elements within steps
- E.
  
  Confirm the use case
5.

Which of the following is probably NOT a part of most use cases?
- A.
  
  Primary Actor
- B.
  
  Secondary Actor
- C.
  
  Major inputs descriptions
- D.
  
  Major steps performed
- E.
  
  Identification of the trigger
6.

Use cases generally have three parts:
- A.
  
  Basic information, details, and event-driven modeling
- B.
  
  Inputs and outputs, and events
- C.
  
  Details, event-driven modeling, basic information
- D.
  
  Technical feasibility, economic feasibility and organizational feasibility
- E.
  
  Basic information, inuts and outputs, and details
7.

When developing the Major Inputs and Major Outputs for a use case, the analyst and users should consider:
- A.
  
  Only the common inputs and outputs
- B.
  
  Developing separate use cases for every possible input and every possible output
- C.
  
  All possible inputs and outputs (even with rare occurrences)
- D.
  
  What triggers these inputs and outputs
- E.
  
  Using activity elimination to see if these inputs and outputs are really needed
8.

Which is NOT true of use cases?
- A.
  
  They contain all the information needed to build one part of a process model
- B.
  
  Each use case has a name, a number, importantce level, brief description, primary actor, trigger, major inputs and outputs, and a list of major steps
- C.
  
  Use cases can be identified by reviewing the functional requirements
- D.
  
  Use cases should be confirmed by users
- E.
  
  Use cases normally contain ten to twelve major steps
9.

Data flow diagramming is:
- A.
  
  The only process modeling currently used
- B.
  
  A detailed description of data
- C.
  
  Almost the same as a flow chart
- D.
  
  Focused on the processes or activities that are performed
- E.
  
  A visual version of a use case
10.

A process is:
- A.
  
  An activity or a function that is performed for some specific business reason
- B.
  
  A single piece of data
- C.
  
  A collection of data
- D.
  
  A trigger to a use case
- E.
  
  A person, organization or system outside of the system
11.

A new patient calls up an optometrist office to make an appointment. On a DFD diagram, the new patient would be represented by:
- A.
  
  A data flow
- B.
  
  A process
- C.
  
  An external entity
- D.
  
  A trigger
- E.
  
  A data store
12.

Which Data Flow Diagram shows the entire system with its environment with only one process?
- A.
  
  Context Diagram
- B.
  
  Level 0 diagrams
- C.
  
  Level 1 diagrams
- D.
  
  Level 2 diagrams
- E.
  
  All DFDs show this
13.

Ruth is an analyst. On her DFD diagram she has just placed a process. She will
- A.
  
  Give it a number and a verb phrase name, like 'search inventory'
- B.
  
  Give it a noun description phrase, like 'Inventory-process-1'
- C.
  
  Give it only a number - and depending on whether it is a major process (a whole number) or a subsidiary process (a whole number with a decimal point and value - like 1.3)
- D.
  
  Give it a sentence name, like 'Customer arrives at checkout counter'
- E.
  
  Use whatever process she feels comfortable with - as long as she is consistent
14.

The act of taking a level 1 diagram and creating level 2 diagrams is called:
- A.
  
  Breakdown
- B.
  
  Division
- C.
  
  Decomposing
- D.
  
  Splittin
- E.
  
  Halving
15.

On your level 0 diagram you have a process #2 and when you create a level 1 diagram for process #2, you might have processes like:
- A.
  
  2.1, 2.2, 2.3
- B.
  
  2-1, 2-2, 2-3
- C.
  
  2A, 2B, 2C
- D.
  
  2-A, 2-B, 2-C
- E.
  
  2-initial, 2-main, 2-end
16.

A payroll data flow diagram has a data-store called Accumulated Salary Data. At one stage in the DFD, a process "Calculate YTD-Taxes" gets data from that data store, updates it in the process, and writes it back out. The diagram should show:
- A.
  
  A single line with arrows on both ends labeled YTD Payroll Details
- B.
  
  A dashed line with arrows on both ends labeled YTD Payroll Details
- C.
  
  A line out of the data store labeled: Current YTD Payroll Details; and a line into the data store labeled: Updated YTD Payroll Details
- D.
  
  Two separate data flow lines but each with the same name YTD Payroll Details
- E.
  
  Two dashed lines but with the same name of YTD Payroll Details
17.

On the context diagram, Tim has a process called "Start the Process". It has one output data flow 'Initial Data' and no input data flows. This is:
- A.
  
  Totally acceptable for a context diagram
- B.
  
  Incorrect for a context diagram, but acceptable on the Level 0 diagram
- C.
  
  Incorrect for both a context and Level 0 diagrams, but acceptable for a Level 1 diagram
- D.
  
  Incorrect for context, level 0, level 1, but acceptable for a leve 2 diagram
- E.
  
  Incorrect in all situations
18.

What diagram will show all the major processes numbered 1, 2, 3, (etc) external entities and major data stores?
- A.
  
  Context diagram
- B.
  
  Level 0 diagram
- C.
  
  Level 1 diagram
- D.
  
  Level 2 diagram
- E.
  
  Decision Tree
19.

The context diagram shows:
- A.
  
  Detailed processing logic
- B.
  
  All major processes
- C.
  
  All the data stores in the system
- D.
  
  The "big picture" of the system with external entities and only one process
- E.
  
  The system in context with all other systems in that department (for example, accounts payable, accounts receivable, etc.)
20.

Which of the following is NOT correct?
- A.
  
  Every set of DFD's must have one context diagram
- B.
  
  Every process is wholly and completely described by the processes on its children DFD's
- C.
  
  Every process must be broken down farther on Level 1 and Level 2 diagrams
- D.
  
  Every data store has at least one input data flow someplace in the entire DFD system
- E.
  
  Every process has a unique name that is a action oriented verb phrase
21.

Two of the most common methods for modeling system logic are:
- A.
  
  Entity-relationship diagrams and data-flow diagrams
- B.
  
  Data-flow diagrams and structure charts
- C.
  
  Structured English and decision tables
- D.
  
  Structure charts and entity-relationship daigrams
22.

A modified form of Engish that is used to specify the contents of process boxex in a DFD best describes:
- A.
  
  Structured English
- B.
  
  Analytical shorthand
- C.
  
  Decision tables
- D.
  
  Symbolic notation
23.

The part of the decision table that lists the conditions relevant to the decision is called:
- A.
  
  Rules
- B.
  
  Action stubs
- C.
  
  Value stubs
- D.
  
  Condition stubs
24.

That part of a decision table that specifies which actions are to be followed fo a given set of conditions is called:
- A.
  
  Condition stubs
- B.
  
  Rules
- C.
  
  Action stubs
- D.
  
  Direction stubs
25.

In a decision table, a condition whose value does not affect which actions are taken for two or more rules is a(n) ____________.
- A.
  
  Exempt condition
- B.
  
  Indifferent condition
- C.
  
  Relaxed condition
- D.
  
  Complex condition