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System Analysis And Design Question Paper

System Analysis And Design

Course:Bachelor Of Commerce

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2008

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2007/2008
INSTITUTE OF OPEN LEARNING
EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF COMMERCE

BMS 300: SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN

DATE: Tuesday 8th January 2008

TIME: 3.30pm – 5.30pm
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INSTRUCTIONS:
? Question 1 is Compulsory and carries 25 marks.
? Answer Question 1 and any other three questions.
? The University rules and regulations governing the examinations must be strictly
followed.

Question 1 (Compulsory: 25 marks)
(a)
Define the following terms as applied in Systems Analysis and Design:
(i)
Pseudocode [2 marks]
(ii)
Systems Design [2 marks]
(b)
Discuss the techniques that you can apply to collect data during the analysis of an information system. [10 marks]
(c)
State the stakeholders of Information Systems. [6 marks]
(d)
Explain why the prototyping technique is widely used by programmers when developing information systems. [5 marks]

Question 2 (15 marks)
(a)
Discuss the elements of Data Flow Diagrams. [9 marks]
(b)
Explain the roles played by the following professionals;
(i)
Systems administrator
(ii)
Network administrator
(iii)
Webmaster.
[6 marks]

Question 3 (15 marks)
Describe the features that should be included in an Information System when designing it using the Modern Structured Approach and state three advantages and two disadvantages of such an approach. [15 marks]

Question 4 (15 marks)
(a)
Explain why many business organizations prefer buying imported software instead of locally developed software. [9 marks]
(b)
Explain the importance of conducting feasibility study of an Information System. [6 marks]

Question 5 (15 marks)
(a)
Explain the importance of the different classes of Information Systems used in a business organization. [9 marks]
(b)
Many organizations are adopting integrated information systems instead of the stand-alone systems. Discuss the motivation behind such a trend. [6 marks]

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