Zagazig University Second Level – First Term
Faculty of Computers and Informatics System Analysis and Design for Health Care
Medical Informatics Program [IS-200] – Course Questions
Questions Templates
Question (1): Choose the Correct Answer
1. The shown figure represents
a. Use case Diagram b. ERD Diagram c. Level 0 DFD
d. Level 1 DFD e. Context DFD.
2. "Appointment Detail" can be reflected as:
(a) External Entity (b) Process (c) Data Store (d) Data Flow
3. " Barbegon " can be considered as:
(a) External Entity (b) Data Flow (c) Process (d) Data Store
4. "Doctors" here can be treated as:
(a) Data Store (b) Process (c) Data Flow (d) External Entity
Questions Template [1] Dr. Alshaimaa Adel Tantawy
5. Which is a true statement about IT projects?
a. Project estimates tend to have a built-in buffer of time
b. Project teams of 12 to 15 are generally considered optimum
c. Most IS departments face a demand for IT projects that far exceed the ability to do
them.
d. Project Managers must be certified as PMP (Project Management Professionals)
e. The majority of projects taken on by IT departments are not strategic to the business
6. When designing navigational controls, which is NOT commonly assumed?
a) That users have not read the manual
b) That users have not attended training
c) That users do not have help readily at hand
d) That users have knowledge of the system and the interface
e) That users have not read the documentation
7. Which is NOT true of use cases?
a) They are formal ways of representing how a business system interacts with its environment
b) They illustrates the activities that are performed by the users of the system
c) They can be thought of as an external or functional view of a business process
d) They illustrate what starts (or triggers) an event, all the people that are involved, and how the
system provides value
e) They sometimes are called ‘business scenarios’ (although ‘use case’ is generally preferred)
8. Austin is a systems analyst. Which of the follow people might be the most valuable to him
in developing a use case for an accounts payable system upgrade?
a) Beth, a software vendor for Peachtree Accounting Software
b) Amy, a team manager in the accounts payable department
c) Lisa, the project manager for the project
d) Casey, a fellow analyst who is more experienced in making use cases
e) Bill, a Java programmer in the applications development area.
9. The relationship between use cases and data flow diagrams is:
a) Use cases come out of JAD sessions and clarify what was discussed by users in those
sessions; DFD’s come out of analysts interviews.
b) Both are tools in a systems analysts toolbox, although they do unrelated things
c) Use cases are developed by users exclusively; while DFD’s are developed by analysts
exclusively
d) They are the same thing – use cases are process models using the DeMarco and Yourdon
notation; and DFD’s are process models using the Gane and Sarson notation.
e) Use cases tend to be developed with users to make sure the analyst has fully captured the
processes and relationships; DFD’s are built upon the use cases to more fully formally
understand the processes involved
Questions Template [2] Dr. Alshaimaa Adel Tantawy
10. Which of the following would BEST describe “System Reliability”?
a. The aspect of what the business side really wants the system to do
b. The aspect of how quickly the system can be developed and implemented
c. The aspect of how complex the system must be
d. The aspect of how accurate the system must be (such as medical equipment or for games)
e. The aspect of using technologies that analysts and developers are familiar with
Question (2): Match the following with the correct one.
1. Hardware upgrades
2. Reduction in IT costs A. Intangibles benefits
3. Vender installation B. Operational costs
4. Better supplier relation C. Development costs
5. User Training
D. Tangible benefits
6. Reduction in inventory
7. Data conversion costs
8. Consultants fees
Question (3): Determine whether each statement is True or False .
1. The most common ways to gather information for use cases is with questionnaires of the
affected users.
2. Data (like Year-to-date totals) that come from a data store and are used in a process (like
‘Calculate YTD Totals’) and then the updated amounts are written back to the data store – can
be drawn on a DFD model as a two-headed arrow.
3. Modularization is a technique to divide a software system into multiple discrete and
independent modules.
4. Design focuses on finding and describing objects, whereas Analysis is concerned with defining
software objects and how they collaborate to fulfill the requirements.
5. Requirements and specifications are not predictable and changeable for most system
development efforts.
6. It is common to work on varying scenarios of the same use case over several iterations.
7. Actually, when I write a use case I am doing design.
8. Unless ordered by the lead analyst for a project, you should not share your interview report with
those that you interviewed. Doing so will almost always result in scope creep and changes in
the requirements.
Questions Template [3] Dr. Alshaimaa Adel Tantawy
