System Analysis And Design Chapters 4, 5, 6 Review

The action-expression occurs when?​

In the traditional approach to system development, the system stores information about ____.​

The noun technique can be thought of as a variation of the brainstorming technique.​

Attributes can sometimes be combined together to form a larger group.​

A superclass only exists as part of a generalization/specialization.​

For real-world objects the state of an object is the same as its _______.

A relationship between a "sports team" and the players, coaches, and sponsor would be described as what kind of relationship?​

A class of objects is equivalent to a set of objects.​

A relationship that has a cardinality constraint of one or more is a _______ relationship.

The movement of an object from one state to another is done through the process of a ___________.​

One technique for finding "things" that need to be in the new system is done by the analyst starts making lists of "things." He may do this from information and even without talking to the users extensively. This technique is called the _______.​

A semantic net illustrates individual objects within a class diagram.​

An attribute that contains a collection of related attributes is called a _______.​

The idea that the attributes of a superclass are also attributes of a subclass is called ______.​

The guard-condition on a transition indicates what?​

_____ is based on the idea that people classify things in terms of similarities and differences.​

In UML notation for object-oriented approach the term _______ is used instead of cardinality.​

When using the noun technique, the analyst begins by listing all the nouns that the users mention.

A class that represents a many-to-many association between two other classes is called a ____ class.​

A composite object only exist as part of a whole-part relationship.​

An abstract class is used to describe a "thing" that is abstract, i.e. not tangible.

A state-machine diagram is usually developed for every class in the problem domain class diagram.​

A synonym for cardinality (used with UML class diagrams) is ____.​

When words are concatenated together to form a single word and the first letter of each is capitalized it is called _______ notation.​

A sequential set of connected states and transitions is called a _______________.​

The symbol that is used to initiate concurrent paths in a state machine diagram is what?​

In a state machine diagram when an object is in multiple states at the same time it is called _________.​

A descriptive piece of information about a thing or object is called a _______.​

A type of relationship where between classes where the objects in one class are a part of the objects in another class AND they can only exist as part of the totality.

An association that is also treated as a class is called a _______.

In a state machine diagram, a state is represented by a _______.

The technique for finding problem domain objects by finding and listing all the nouns in a dialog or description is called the _______.​

A drawing which shows individual objects and their links with other objects, and which is used to help understand the problem domain classes is called a _______ .​

The cardinality of a class is a measure of the number of objects in the class.​

A type of relationship where between classes where the objects in one class are a part of the objects in another class BUT they can also exist as separate objects alone.​

When identifying things in the problem domain, an analyst should focus primarily on tangible things about which information is required.​

A condition during an object's life when it satisfies some criterion is called a ______.​

____ is used to describe the relationship between two things of the same type, such as one person being married to another person.​

One technique to find the "things" that need to be included in the new system begins by starting with a user and the use cases and then try to identify the necessary informational "things." This technique is called the _______.

In UML a zero to many multiplicity constraint is shown with a "O" and crows feet on the line.​

Each concurrent path in a state-machine diagram will contain multiple states.​

The general relationship between classes in which one class is a part or component of another class is called a _______ relationship.​

When making a list of nouns to determine what are the important "things" for the new system, there are three question that should be asked about each noun. Which of the following is one of those questions?​

When an object moves from one state to another the ending state is a called a __________.

In a generalization/specialization relationship, it would not make sense for a class at the bottom of the hierarchy to be a ______ class.​

An association class is frequently required for what kind of relationship?

_______ is used to describe the actual range of linkups allowed in an association (the minimum and maximum values).​

In a relationship where there are superclasses and subclasses, the relationship is called a _______ relationship.​

When analyzing the list of nouns to determine whether to EXCLUDE a particular noun as an important "thing," which of the following questions should be asked about the noun? (choose two)

Two techniques to identify things in the problem domain are the noun technique and the verb technique.

The number of associations that occur among specific things in an entity relationship diagram is called ____.

When using the brainstorming technique it is often helpful to think about each use case and talking to users.

Which of the following is NOT an element in a transition label?

Attributes are part of a UML class diagram, but not included in ERD diagrams.

A piece of information about a particular object is called a _______.

Which of the following is NOT a step in the development of a state machine diagram?

Every state-machine diagram must have both origin states and destination states.

In a transition label in a state machine the syntax is A(B)[C]/D. The D stands for what?

If we modeled a "sale" and the "sale items" with a whole-part relationship, it would best be described as a _______ relationship.​

An example of an attribute of an object might be _______.​

An attribute whose value uniquely identifies an object is called a _______.​

A UML diagram that shows the life of an object in states and transitions is called a __________.​

In generalization/specialization the objects in a subclass are always also contained in the parent class.​

An attribute for an object which can be used to uniquely identify that object is called a _______.​

A term in UML that describes a naturally occurring relationship between specific things is called a _______.​

The specific area of the user's business need that is within the scope of the new system is called the _______.​

A technique to identify problem domain objects in which developers and users work together in an open group setting is called the _______ .​

Inheritance describes a condition between classes where _______.​

When analyzing the list of nouns to determine whether to INCLUDE a particular noun as an important "thing," which of the following questions should be asked about the noun?

The beginning state of an object when its states are diagrammed is called a ___________.​

The crows feet notation on an ERD is a type of _______ constraint.

In UML the constraint denoted by "0..*" indicates what?

In an interaction diagram, messages are sent and received by individual objects, not by classes.​

To show if-then-else condition on a sequence diagram use a ______.

An oval indicates an embedded use case inside of an activity diagram.​

In a system sequence diagram the order of the messages is determined by numbering the messages.

CRUD stands for _______________.​

An Opt frame and a true/false condition on a message serve essentially the same purpose.​

On an SSD, a named rectangular box represents what?​

On an activity diagram, which of the following is NOT a valid use of a synchronization bar?​

On an Activity Diagram the arrows represent what?​

Information for Use Case Descriptions is primarily derived from System Sequence Diagrams.​

On an activity diagram, the diamond represents an "AND" condition.​

An Opt frame and an Alt frame do essentially the same thing.​

A diagram that shows the messages between an actor and the system is called a _______.

Synchronization bars are used to indicate looping in an activity diagram.

Activity diagrams are not helpful when the flow of activities is too complex.​

Two methods to show a return value are: (Choose two)

A true/false condition on a sequence diagram indicates whether the message can be processed or not.​

In the object-oriented approach to systems development, the flow of information is achieved by sending messages either to and from actors or back and forth between internal objects.​

On a sequence diagram, a message represents a service request.​

Activity diagrams cannot be used to describe processes that involve automated system activities.​

On a sequence diagram a short notation that indicates a repeating message is a _______.​

An arrow on a system sequence diagram is used to depict a what?​

Vertical dashed lines on a system sequence diagram are used to depict a what?

An actor is always outside of the automation boundary.​

In using the CRUD technique, new use cases and new stakeholders may be identified.

Activity diagrams are useful in the development of ______________.

An activity diagram and the flow of activities in a fully developed use case description serve the same purpose.​

Two methods to show a repeating message are: (Choose two)

Numbering exception conditions, which often uses hierarchical numbering, in a fully developed use case description is helpful to _______.

To show a set of messages that may be optional a __________ is used.

The ____ are the primary models from which other models draw information.​

A true/false condition on a message indicates the condition of the return value of the message, i.e. whether the message was successful or not.​

A technique that is used to validate the set of use cases against identified classes is called __________ technique.

A box in a system sequence diagram refers to a what?​

A textual model that describes the processing details of a use case is called a ________.

A good way to describe a use case scenario is with a state chart.

The diagram model that is useful to document the flow of activities on a fully developed use case description is called a _______ diagram.

In a fully developed use case description the postcondition data describes what conditions?

In a fully developed use case description the exception conditions represent what?

The best use of the CRUD technique is used to generate new use cases.

A good way to ensure that all the use cases have been identified is through _______________.​

In a sequence diagram the message-name is usually given in what format?​

A loop frame and an asterisk mean the same thing in a sequence diagram.​

In a sequence diagram, a message is considered to be an action that is invoked on the destination object.

Activity diagrams are not helpful in developing system sequence diagrams (SSDs).

The CRUD technique can be used to identify new use cases as well as delete unnecessary use cases.​

In a system sequence diagram a box refers to a class of objects.​

On a systems sequence diagram, ____ indicate(s) a true/false condition.​

On an SSD, a dashed arrow usually represents what?

Two difference scenarios of a use case would normally be described in a single fully developed use case description.​

Which of the following is the best model to use to document the inputs and the outputs to a system?​

In a sequence diagram the syntax of a message is given by the following: [A] B := C (D) The letter B represents what?

In a sequence diagram the syntax of a message is given by the following: [A] B := C (D) The letter D represents what?

On a sequence diagram when multiple messages are included within a repeating loop a _______ is used to document it.​

Which of the following is NOT a valid construct as part of an activity diagram?

If the True/False condition on a message evaluates to false in a sequence diagram, which of the following is correct?​

In UML terminology in a sequence diagram, a message refers to a _______.​

In a sequence diagram a horizontal dashed line represents what?​

A unique set of internal activities within a use case which represents a unique path through the use case is called a _______.

In a fully developed use case description, the flow of activities is most similar to what?​

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of object-oriented modeling with several models is that _____.​

The following is the message syntax for an SSD. "[ _________ ] return-value := message-name (parameter-list)" What is missing?

​A vehicle object is denoted with the following label.

A certain set of values or statuses that must exist before a use case begins is called a _______.

Which model is most useful in developing a State Machine Diagram

One of the disadvantages of UML and object-oriented models is the difficulty of synchronizing the models.​

Use cases may have different "paths" or sequence of steps through the use case. These different paths are called _______.

In an activity diagram, a separate use case may used as part of the workflow.​

What is the primary purpose of the CRUD technique?

In a fully developed use case description normally the preconditions describe what?​

A certain set of values or statuses that must exist after a use case completes its processing is called a _______.​

On an activity diagram, what are the vertical rectangles that contain the activity ovals called?

An integrity control that verifies the data in one field against the data in other fields is called a ____ control.​

A big part of describing the environment is identifying and defining all the types of computing devices that will be required.​

The output of the design activities is a set of diagrams and documents that describe the solution system.​

A ______ control restricts which persons or programs can add, modify or view information.

Which design activity that pervades all other design activities?​

The primary purpose of integrity controls is to track external activity.

_______ is the process of allowing or restricting a specific user's access to specific resources.​

A ____ is an institution's name and public key, which is encrypted and certified by a third party.​

Which of the following really is both an analysis (discovery) and a design process (solution).

One of the first steps in designing the application components is to divide the software into subsystems.​

A user who has special security and access to a system, such as the right to assign passwords, is called a ____.​

Which is NOT an objective of integrity controls?

Security design and encryption issues are addressed during database design.

____________________ is the process of identifying a user to verify that he or she can have access to the system.​

According to an Agile iterative development process in which iteration would design activities normally start?​

A ______ control is a control that rejects invalid inputs, prevent unauthorized outputs, and protects data and programs against tampering.

A ____________________ is the list of users who have rights to access the system and data.​

What is the name of the control mechanism that is used to ensure that all necessary information for a transaction has been entered?​

An objective of security controls is to maintain a stable operating environment for users.

Designing a single user interface is now the exception, not the norm.​

Defining the technology architecture is part of the activity to Design the application components.​

A package diagram is useful to document the various subsystems in a system.

The project plan is required to get the project approved.

An application component can be thought of as a __________

The design activity key question, "How will this system interact with other systems..." is part of which design activity?

Completeness control is an integrity control that identifies when a value in a field is too large or too small.​

Which user is known to the system and is authorized to access all or certain parts of it?​

Limiting user access to the system is considered what type of design activity?​

A major comparison between analysis and design can be stated as:​

During analysis, analysts build models to represent the real world and to understand the desired business processes with the information used in those processes.​

Symmetric key encryption uses a public key and a private key.​

Database design often requires someone with analysis skills since many decisions must be made about the field sizes and characteristics.

Prototypes and mock-ups are most useful in doing the design of the software classes.

Package diagrams are used primarily when designing the software classes.

A model of fraud that states that opportunity, motivation, and rationalization must all exist for fraud to occur is called the ________.​

The key question to answer with the design of the user interface activity is, "How will the users interact with the system?"​

It is just as important to have heavy user involvement during analysis as it is during design.​

What are two key elements of describing the environment?

The domain model is always used as an input to which design activity?

The majority of new systems today must be integrated into existing networks without disrupting existing applications.

Since the design activities all interact with each other, it really doesn't matter which activity occurs first.

When the data is encrypted with the public key in asymmetric encryption, it is decrypted with a ____ key.

A control that protects the assets of an organization against all threats, primarily external threats is called ______ control.​

Database design is somewhat of a stand-alone activity because each database runs under its own DBMS.

The encoding of a message with a private key is called ____________________.​

In ____________________ encryption, the same key encrypts and decrypts the data.

Which of the following is NOT considered a design model?

In user interface design the detailed screen layouts should be done after the devices have been decided.​

Which of the following can be classified as privileged users?​

A control that checks the value of a field to ensure that it is within the correct range is a _______ control.​

What is the name of a general control technique used to ensure that entered data is correct?

Cowboy coding is one of the newer techniques programming, often used with Agile techniques.

Three types of users that are considered in the design of a security system are ____.​

Using digital signatures is primarily a technique to ____.​

Software methods are usually identified in which design model?​

Model building is a unique to Systems Analysis.​

Which of the following is NOT a factor that affects the risk of fraud?​

Build or buy questions are usually addressed during which design activity?

Which of the following is not one of the design activities included in the Design System Components core process?​

The objective of Implementation is to

The objective of design activities is to describe in detail the components of the final solution system that will serve as a blue print for construction.

The design activity key question, "What internal structure for each application component will ensure efficient construction..." is part of which design activity?

When describing the interfaces to external systems, which is not one of the important issues?​