IT 215 Self-Test

The purpose of this CTI placement test is to help us place you in the right IT course. The current test is to help determine whether you should by-pass IT 215 and take some other IT course. Take this test by yourself and note the score. Working with your advisor, we can then choose the course that best works for you.

  1. ____________ planning is the process of identifying long-term organizational goals, strategies, and resources.

    Feasibility
    Strategic
    Systems
    IT
  2. Which of the following activities is not included in the systems analysis phase?
    Feasibility
    Requirements Modeling
    Development Strategies
    Enterprise Modeling
  3. A(n) ____________ model shows what a system must do.
    physical
    logical
    system
    enterprise
  4. A process that has no input is called a ____________ process.
    spontaneous generation
    black hole
    gray hole
    negative
  5. A logical design defines the functions and features of the system, relationships among components, and ____________ .
    spontaneous generation
    what is to be accomplished
    when it is to be finished
    all of the above
  6. A ____________ is a set of field values that describes a single person, place, thing or event.
    physical record
    logical record
    primary key record
    data item
  7. A ____________ improves data input quality by testing the data and rejecting any entry that fails to meet specified conditions.
    data type check
    sequence check
    reasonability check
    all of the above
  8. ____________ is the measure of a systems ability to expand and change to meet the changing needs of business.
    TCO
    Scalability
    Technology
    Centric
  9. The testing of an individual program or module is called ____________.
    system testing
    integration testing
    unit testing
    desk checking
  10. A ___________ is a formal reference point that measures system characteristics at a specific time.
    benchmark
    baseline
    functional
    control
  11. Which model listed below is not used in the Unified Modeling Language

    Sequence diagram
    Use case diagram
    Functional decomposition diagram
    All of the above are used
  12. Operational feasibility means

    the project can be implemented in an acceptable time frame
    the projected benefits of the proposed system outweigh the estimated costs
    the technical resources needed to develop, purchase, install or operate the system
    the proposed system will be used effectively after it has been developed
  13. Cohesion

    shows the program modules and the relationships among them
    measure a module' scope and processing characteristics
    shows a message which one module sends to another
    describes the relationships and interdependence among modules
  14. A data flow cannot connect:
    a process to another process
    an external entity to a data store
    a data store to a process
    a process to an external entity
  15. A data flow diagram (DFD) shows:
    program logic
    a physical diagram
    how data moves through an information system
    processing steps
  16. A context diagram includes all data flow diagram symbols except:
    process symbol
    data flow symbol
    data store symbol
    external entity
  17. A diagram 0 shows:
    major process
    data flows
    data stores
    all of the above
  18. Use the following diagram to answer question 15 - 17







  19. Each order can have ____________________ order item(s).
    one and only one
    zero, one or many
    one or many
  20. A catalog contains ____________________ package(s).
    one and only one
    zero, one or many
    one or many
  21. Each shipment is shipped by ____________________shipper(s).
    one and only one
    zero, one or many
    one or many