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1. Your organization has developed a need for a specialized order fulfillment system. The specifications are unique to your company, although there's a readily available Application X that covers 80% of what's needed. The programmer team at your company includes several experts in Application X, who have modified the software per its license agreement, which allows substantial modification, for other projects. What software development strategy should you most likely pursue? A. Purchasing a software package B. In-house development C. Customizing a software package D. Creating user applications

2. Firms often cite three reasons to pursue cloud-computing solutions for their software needs. Two of those reasons are gaining access to applications quicker than through in-house development and lower costs to access high-quality applications. What's the third commonly cited reason? A. Increased reliability B. Freeing internal IT staff C. Frequent security audits D. Greater compliance with government regulation

3. What type of time estimates are used in the PERT method for developing expected task durations? A. Optimistic, pessimistic, and realistic B. Pessimistic, realistic, and company average for prior projects C. Optimistic, realistic, and company average for prior projects D. Realistic, pessimistic, and industry median 4. As of 2010, which global software company had the largest revenues, despite the greater prestige and public knowledge of its closest competitor? A. Apple B. Microsoft C. IBM D. HP 5. What is one clear disadvantage of purchasing a software package and customizing it in-house? A. The need to customize new releases B. Excessive cost C. Lack of suitability to company needs D. Illegality of altering purchased software 6. The concept of software as a service A. creates greater responsibilities for in-house staff. B. is an element of cloud computing. C. relies on packaged applications. D. affects development but not deployment. 7. During what phase of the project management process is assessing a project's size, scope, and complexity performed? A. Project execution B. Project closedown C. Project planning D. Project initiation 8. Which of the following is used as an early working version of an information system? A. Prototype B. Systems development life cycle C. Applications program D. CASE tool 9. If management informs your team that the system you're designing must be able to function efficiently on older hardware, what aspect of the system has been designated? A. Boundary B. Constraint C. Component D. Interface 10. _______ is conducted to determine the economic and organizational impact of the system. A. Feasibility study B. Systems implementation C. Systems analysis D. Code testing 11. Diagramming tools, data design tools, code generators, and project management tools are all parts of a A. fourth-generation language. B. data dictionary. C. CASE toolkit. D. database. 12. While the software development life cycle (SDLC) is often illustrated as a box, another common conception of the SDLC is the evolutionary model, which is illustrated as what? A. A bell curve B. A linear progression C. A spiral D. A ladder 13. Which of the following pieces of information would you expect to find on the project charter? A. Cost-benefit analysis B. Data-flow diagram C. Key stakeholders D. Conceptual data model 14. The process of erecting an early and rapidly constructed working version of an information system is called A. prototyping. B. change control. C. report generation. D. screen painting.