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Assignment - A
Question 2. Describe the Development Life cycle models with respect to Project
Planning. 3. Construct a system development program for your organization. Research
how they analyzed their SYSTEM OF INTEREST (SOI), its OPERATING
ENVIRONMENT, and respective system elements. How this analysis reflects in the SOI
architecture?
Question 5. Create your own Definitions of a system, based on the "system" Definitions.
Assignment - B
Question 2. For your organization, identify how following are related to the systems,
product, or services it provides--
(a) Problem space(s)
(b) Opportunity space(s)
(c) Solution space(s)
Case Study
Work started a year back and the buildings were coming along well. He himself did not
use computers much and became hooked to the Internet and e-mail only recently. He was
determined to provide a PC with Internet connectivity to every students and faculty
member. He was currently engrossed in plans for the 100 - seated computer lab.
What was confusing him was the choice of Internet connectivity. He had about a dozen
quotes in front of him. Recommendations ranged from 64 kbps ISDN all the way to 1
Gbps leased line to Guwahati, which was almost 200 km away. Prices ranged from
slightly under a lakh all the way up to Rs 25 lakh and beyond. He did not understand
most of the equipment quoted - firewall, proxy server, cache appliance. Nor was he sure
what the hidden costs were. Although it went against his very nature, he would have to
identify a trustworthy consultant who would help him make sense of the whole thing.
Questions:
(a) In the context of the given case, what managerial issues need to be addressed by
Rajesh? Why is it important for managers to be tech savvy?
(b) What is the importance of a 'systems consultant' to an organization? What skills
should he/she possess?
Assignment - C
4. Characteristics of a system--
(a) Has certain objective and goal.
(b) Does not operate in isolation.
(c) Both a & b.
(d) None of these.
11. Database is a collection of _______ & its relation to each other and refers to the
__________ of layer or coverage in space defined by co-ordinate referencing system.
(a) Information, location
(b) Spatially referenced, location
(c) Information, geo-referencing
(d) None
13. Statistics is the set of mathematical methods used to _______ & __________ data.
(a) Collect, analyze
(b) Censuses, track
(c) Both a & b
(d) None
14. What is an open system is that--
(1) Interacts with the environment constantly.
(2) Has an infinite scope in all organization services
(3) Does not interact with the environment constantly.
(4) Is generally flexible and abstract.
(a) 1,2,3,4
(b) 1, 2, 4
(c) 2, 3, 4
(d) 1, 3, 4
18. Which of the following model is well suited for requirement change?
(a) Waterfall model.
(b) Spiral model
(c) Both a&b
(d) All of the above
27. In interactive data input terminal commands are normally used to--
(a.) Enter new data.
(b.) Add/Delete Data.
(c.) Select one out of many alternatives often by a mouse click.
(d.) Detect errors in data input.
32. If a field is known to represent days of a month, radix used to check should be--
(a.) 30
(b.) 31
(c.) 28
(d.) 29
33. I O controls includes--
(a) Process schedules
(b) Dispatching (report) details
(c) Machine operations
(d) a&b
39. Which of the following is not considered a tool at the system design phase?
(a) Data Flow Diagram
(b) Decision table
(c) System flow chart
(d) Pie chart.