Multimedia University TSE2251 Midterm Test 2020/2021 PDF

STUDENT ID NO MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY MIDTERM TEST TRIMESTER 1, 2020/2021 TSE2251/TIS2211 – SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN ( All sections / Groups ) 19 AUGUST 2020...

STUDENT ID NO MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY MIDTERM TEST TRIMESTER 1, 2020/2021 TSE2251/TIS2211 – SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN ( All sections / Groups ) 19 AUGUST 2020 6.00 p.m - 8.00 p.m ( 2 Hours ) INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS 1. Answer ALL questions. 2. Total is 50 marks. 3. All questions carry equal marks and the distribution of the marks for each question is given. TSE2251/TIS2211 SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN 19 AUGUST 2020 Question 1 [10 Marks] (a) List THREE (3) key principles of the Agile Methodologies? (3 marks) (b) The time taken for each activity and the predecessors for a project with 6 activities are shown in the following table. Identify the activities on the critical path. (7 marks) Preceding Expected TE TL Slack Critical Activity activities Time (weeks) Time path A None 2 B None 5 C None 10 D A, B, C 25 E C, D 35 F C, D, E 25 Question 2 [10 Marks] (a) Identify and describe THREE (3) activities in project identification and selection. (4 Marks) (b) Identify and describe the generic competitive strategies with examples. (6 Marks) Question 3 [10 Marks] Assume a proposed system has a useful life of 5 years, one-time costs of 50,000, recurring costs of $25,000 per year, and tangible benefits of $45,000 per year. If the cost of capital is 10 percent, at what point does Break-even occur? (10 Marks) Question 4 [10 Marks] (a) An analyst comes to you to ask for some assistance with interview guidelines. What do you tell the analyst? (6 Marks) What is prototyping? Identify FOUR (4) disadvantages to using prototyping as a requirements determination tool. (4 Marks) ________________________________________________________________________ PN 2/3 TSE2251/TIS2211 SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN 19 AUGUST 2020 Question 5 [10 Marks] (a) What are the FOUR levels of Data flow diagram (DFD)? What details of information system are represented at each one of these levels? (4 Marks) (b) Consider the DFD in Figure shown below. Identify and describe THREE (3) errors (rule violations) on this DFD. (6 Marks) ________________________________________________________________________ PN 3/3