CHAPTER 2 Quick Quiz

CHAPTER 2 Quick Quiz

1. Which of the following is not part of the three-sphere model for systems management?

a. business

b. information

c. technology

d. organization

2. Which of the four frames of organizations addresses how meetings are run, employee dress

codes, and expected work hours?

a. structural

b. human resources

c. political

d. symbolic

3. Personnel in a organizational structure often report to two or more bosses.

a. functional

b. project

c. matrix

d. hybrid

4. Project work is most successful in an organizational culture where all of the following characteristics are important except.

a. member identity

b. group emphasis

c. risk tolerance

d. control

5. A is a product or service, such as a technical report, a training session, or hardware,

produced or provided as part of a project.

a. deliverable

b. product

c. work package

d. tangible goal

6. Which of the following statements is false?

a. An analysis project life cycle is a collection of project phases.

b. A product life cycle is the same as a project life cycle.

c. The waterfall approach is an example of a predictive life cycle model.

d. Agile is an example of an adaptive life cycle model.

7. Which of the following terms describes a framework of the phases involved in developing information systems?

a. systems development life cycle

b. rapid application development

c. predictive life cycle

d. extreme programming

8. The nature of IT projects is different from projects in many other industries because they

are very .

a. expensive

b. technical

c. diverse

d. challenging

9. What term describes an organization’s acquisition of goods and services from an outside

source in another country?

a. globalization

b. offshoring

c. exporting

d. global sourcing

10. is the leading agile development method.

a. Extreme programming

b. Sprint

c. Six sigma

d. Scrum