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Systems Analysis And Design Question Paper

Systems Analysis And Design

Course:Bachelor Of Science In Information Technology

Institution: Kca University question papers

Exam Year:2009

UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS: 2009/2010
FIRST YEAR EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF
SCIENCE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
BIT 1205: SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
DATE: DECEMBER 2009 TIME: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer question ONE and any other TWO questions
QUESTION ONE: [30 MARKS] (COMPULSORY)
a) Differentiate between the following terms [4 Marks]
i. Information Systems and Information Technology
ii. Data and Information
b) Any business endeavor has various stakeholders, who are the key stakeholders in the information
systems game [6 Marks]
c) Describe the various motivations for Information Systems Development? [6Marks]
d) Read the following scenario and the answer the question that follow.
Most students have bank accounts. Construct a data model that shows the relationships that exist
among customers, different types of accounts (e.g. checking, savings, loan, funds) and transactions
(e.g. deposits, withdrawal, payment, ATMs). Attribute your model such that it could be used to
produce a consolidated bank statement. [10 Marks]
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e) Describe any two alternatives routes to a systems development methodology. [4 Marks]
QUESTION TWO: [20 MARKS]
a) Differentiate between systems analysis and systems design. [4 Marks]
b) An information system has a life cycle. Describe all the phases of this lifecycle. [4 Marks]
c) The development of an information system has seven phases. Explain all of them in the order
in which they should occurs [7 Marks]
d) Information systems development activities are usually supported. Such support includes CASE
tools. Describe what CASE is, explaining the various types of support it provides.
[5 Marks]
QUESTION THREE: [20 MARKS]
a) Differentiate between functional and non-functional requirements . [4 Marks]
b) Suppose you are charged with the responsibility of gathering the requirements for an IS. State
and explain four requirements discovery that you would use explaining their appropriateness.
[8 Marks]
c) A feasibility study is a short focused study aimed at establishing the practicability of
Information Systems development projects. Describe for such feasibility test that must be
undertaken before the initiation of the project. [8 Marks]
QUESTION FOUR: [20 MARKS]
a) Define the term prototype [2 Marks]
b) What are the key benefits of prototyping? [7 Marks]
c) Read and understand the following narrative description. Required: draw a context DFD for the
portion of the narrative described below. [11 Marks]
The purpose of the TEXTBOOK INVENTORY SYSTEM at a campus bookstore is to supply
textbooks to students for classes at the local university. The university’s academic departments
submit initial data about courses, instructors, textbooks and project enrollments to the bookstore on
a TEXTBOOK MASTER LIST. The bookstore generates a PURCHASE ORDER, which is sent to
the publishing companies supplying textbooks. Book orders arrive at the bookstore accompanied by
a PACKING SLIP, which is checked and verified by the receiving department. Students fill out a
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BOOK REQUEST that includes course information. When they pay for their books, the students
are given a SALES RECEIPT.
QUESTION FIVE: [20 MARKS]
a) Differentiate between a distributed and centralized system. [4 Marks]
b) Describe four types of servers common in client server architectures. [4 Marks]
c) Explain the meaning of the following terms [4 Marks]
i. Database architecture.
ii. A database management system (DBMS)
d) Explain what you understand by the term normalization, describing the various levels of
normalization. [8 Marks]

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