System Analysis and Design

61. Which is the most unlikely function of a marketing division of an organization.

  1. advertising
  2. sales analysis
  3. order processing
  4. customer preference analysis
Correct answer: (C)
order processing

62. Master file is a file containing

  1. all master records
  2. all records relevant to the application
  3. a collection of data items
  4. historical data of relevance to the organization
Correct answer: (B)
all records relevant to the application

63. Off-line data entry is preferable when

  1. data should be entered without error
  2. the volume of data to be entered is large
  3. the volume of data to be entered is small
  4. data is to be processed periodically
  1. (i), (ii)
  2. (ii), (iii)
  3. (ii), (iv)
  4. (iii), (iv)
Correct answer: (C)
(ii), (iv)

64. Which is the most unlikely function of a finance section of a company.

  1. Billing
  2. costing
  3. budgeting
  4. labor deployment
Correct answer: (D)
labor deployment

65. Edit program is required to

  1. authenticate data entered by an operator
  2. format correctly input data
  3. detect errors in input data
  4. expedite retrieving input data
Correct answer: (C)
detect errors in input data

66. Batch processing is preferred over on-line transaction processing when

  1. processing efficiency is important
  2. the volume of data to be processed is large
  3. only periodic processing is needed
  4. a large number of queries are to be processed
  1. (i), (ii)
  2. (i), (iii)
  3. (ii), (iii)
  4. (i), (ii), (iii)
Correct answer: (D)
(i), (ii), (iii)

67. Batch processing is used when

  1. response time should be short
  2. data processing is to be carried out at periodic intervals
  3. transactions are in batches
  4. transactions do not occur periodically
  1. (i), (ii)
  2. (i), (iii), (iv)
  3. (ii), (iii)
  4. (i), (ii), (iii)
Correct answer: (C)
(ii), (iii)

68. Which of the following functions is most unlikely in a purchase section of an organization

  1. Production planning
  2. order processing
  3. vendor selection
  4. training
Correct answer: (A)
Production planning

69. The major goal of requirement determination phase of information system development is

  1. determine whether information is needed by an organization
  2. determine what information is needed by an organization
  3. determine how information needed by an organization can be provided
  4. determine when information is to be given
Correct answer: (B)
determine what information is needed by an organization

70. Requirement specification is carried out

  1. after requirements are determined
  2. before requirements are determined
  3. simultaneously with requirements determination
  4. independent of requirements determination
Correct answer: (A)
after requirements are determined
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