Chapter 7: Structuring System Process Requirements

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Data flow diagrams that concentrate on the movement of data between processes are
referred to as:

a. process models
b. data models
c. flow models
d. flow charts

Answer: a Difficulty: Med Reference: p. 197

2. Which of the following is not one of the four types of data flow diagrams?

a. current physical
b. current logical
c. updated physical
d. new physical

Answer: c Difficulty: Med Reference: p. 198

3. Graphically representing the functions, or processes, which capture, manipulate,

store, and distribute data between a system and its environment and between
components within a system refers to:

a. data modeling
b. flow charting
c. process modeling
d. transition modeling

Answer: c Difficulty: Med Reference: p. 198

4. Data flow diagrams that specify what people and technologies are used in which
processes to move and transform data, accepting inputs and producing outputs are
referred to as:

a. logical data flow diagrams

b. reference data flow diagrams
c. current physical data flow diagrams
d. logistic data flow diagrams

Answer: c Difficulty: Hard Reference: p. 198

5. The diagram that shows the scope of the system, indicating what elements are inside
and which are outside the system, is called a:

a. context diagram
b. level-2 diagram
c. referencing diagram
d. representative diagram

Answer: a Difficulty: Med Reference: p. 198

6. Which of the following is not one of the primary deliverables resulting from studying
and documenting a system’s processes?

a. context data flow diagram (DFD)

b. thorough descriptions of each DFD component
c. DFDs of the current logical system
d. state-transition diagram

Answer: d Difficulty: Med Reference: p. 199

7. The deliverables of process modeling state:

a. how you should develop the system during physical design

b. what you learned during requirements determination
c. how you should implement the new system during implementation
d. what you learned during project planning

Answer: b Difficulty: Med Reference: p. 199

8. Student data contained on an enrollment form is represented on a data flow diagram

as a:

a. process
b. data flow
c. source
d. data store

Answer: b Difficulty: Med Reference: p. 201

9. Data in motion, moving from one place in a system to another, defines:

a. data store
b. process
c. source
d. data flow

Answer: d Difficulty: Med Reference: p. 201

10. Data at rest, which may take the form of many different physical representations,
defines:

a. source
b. data store
c. data flow
d. process

Answer: b Difficulty: Med Reference: p. 201

11. A file folder containing orders is represented on a data flow diagram as a:

a. process
b. source
c. data flow
d. data store

Answer: d Difficulty: Med Reference: p. 201

12. A computer-based file containing employee information is represented on a data flow

diagram as a:

a. data flow
b. source
c. data store
d. process

Answer: c Difficulty: Med Reference: p. 201

13. Calculating an employee’s salary is represented on a data flow diagram as a:

a. data flow
b. source
c. data store
d. process

Answer: d Difficulty: Med Reference: p. 201

14. Recording a customer’s payment is represented on a data flow diagram as a:

a. process
b. source
c. data flow
d. data store

Answer: a Difficulty: Med Reference: p. 201

15. A supplier of auto parts to our company is represented on a data flow diagram as a:

a. process
b. source
c. data flow
d. data store

Answer: b Difficulty: Med Reference: p. 201

16. Which of the following is considered when diagramming?

a. the interactions occurring between sources and sinks

b. how to provide sources and sinks direct access to stored data
c. how to control or redesign a source or sink
d. none of the above

Answer: d Difficulty: Med Reference: p. 201

17. The work or actions performed on data so that they are transformed, stored, or
distributed defines:

a. source/sink
b. data store
c. data flow
d. process

Answer: d Difficulty: Med Reference: p. 201

18. The origin and/or destination of data, sometimes referred to as external entities
defines:

a. source/sink
b. data store
c. data flow
d. process

Answer: a Difficulty: Med Reference: p. 201

19. An arrow on a data flow diagram represents a:

a. data store
b. data flow
c. process
d. source/sink

Answer: b Difficulty: Med Reference: p. 201

20. A square on a data flow diagram represents a:

a. data store
b. data flow
c. process
d. source/sink

Answer: d Difficulty: Med Reference: p. 201

21. In the Gane and Sarson model, a rectangle with rounded corners on a data flow
diagram represents a:

a. data store
b. data flow
c. process
d. source/sink

Answer: c Difficulty: Med Reference: p. 201

22. In the Gane and Sarson model, a rectangle that is missing its right vertical sides on a
data flow diagram represents a:

a. data store
b. data flow
c. process
d. source/sink

Answer: a Difficulty: Med Reference: p. 201

23. Which of the following is a true statement regarding sources/sinks?

a. Sources/sinks are always outside the information system and define the
boundaries of the system.
b. Data must originate outside a system from one or more sources.
c. The system must produce information to one or more sinks.
d. All of the above.

Answer: d Difficulty: Hard Reference: p. 201

24. A data flow diagram that represents a system’s major processes, data flows, and data
stores at a high level of detail refers to:

a. context diagram
b. level-1 diagram
c. level-0 diagram
d. level-00 diagram

Answer: c Difficulty: Med Reference: p. 204

25. If two processes are connected by a data flow, they are said to:

a. share the same timing effects

b. share the same data
c. be coupled to each other
d. be strapped to each other

Answer: c Difficulty: Med Reference: p. 205

26. By placing a data store between two processes, this:

a. decouples the processes

b. enables store and forward capabilities
c. enhances the flow of data between the processes
d. structures the processes

Answer: a Difficulty: Med Reference: p. 205

27. The act of going from a single system to several component processes refers to:

a. structuring
b. balancing
c. functional decomposition
d. formatting

Answer: c Difficulty: Med Reference: p. 205

28. A miracle process is one that:

a. has only inputs

b. has only outputs
c. cannot be exploded further
d. has insufficient inputs to produce the associated processes

Answer: b Difficulty: Hard Reference: p. 206

29. A black hole is one that:

a. has only inputs

b. has only outputs
c. has not been exploded to show enough detail
d. has insufficient inputs to produce the associated processes

Answer: a Difficulty: Med Reference: p. 206

30. Which of the following is a true statement regarding a data store?

a. Data can move directly from one data store to another data store.
b. Data can move directly from a sink to a data store.
c. A data store has a noun phrase label.
d. Data can move from an outside source to a data store.

Answer: c Difficulty: Med Reference: p. 206

31. Which of the following is a true statement regarding data flows?

a. A data flow may have multiple directions between symbols.

b. A data flow to a data store means retrieve or use.
c. A data flow from a data store means update.
d. A join in a data flow means that exactly the same data comes from any of two or
more different processes, data stores, or sources/sinks to a common location.

Answer: d Difficulty: Hard Reference: p. 206

32. Which of the following is not a true statement regarding data flows?

a. A fork in a data flow means that exactly the same data goes from a common
location to two or more different processes, data stores, or sources/sinks.
b. A data flow can go directly back to the same process it leaves.
c. A data flow has a noun phrase label.
d. A data flow has only one direction of flow between symbols.

Answer: b Difficulty: Hard Reference: p. 206

33. On a data flow diagram, you may:

a. repeat data stores

b. repeat sources/sinks
c. repeat processes
d. both a and b

Answer: d Difficulty: Med Reference: p. 206

34. The lowest level of DFDs is called:

a. level-0 diagrams
b. context diagrams
c. level-1 diagrams
d. primitive data flow diagrams

Answer: d Difficulty: Med Reference: p. 206

35. A DFD that is a result of three nested decompositions of a series of subprocesses

from a process on a level-0 diagram defines a:

a. level-3 diagram
b. level-1 diagram
c. level-2 diagram
d. primitive diagram

Answer: a Difficulty: Hard Reference: p. 208

36. If an input from a source appears at level-0, it must:

a. appear on the context diagram

b. be connected to a data flow
c. be connected to a sink
d. be connected to a data store

Answer: a Difficulty: Med Reference: p. 209

 37. The new logical model will differ from the current logical model by:

a. identifying which system functions will be automated and which will be manual
b. having additional functions, removing obsolete functions, and reorganizing
inefficient flows
c. including an identification of the “technology” used to process the data
d. representing the physical implementation of the new system

Answer: b Difficulty: Med Reference: p. 212

38. The extent to which all necessary components of a data flow diagram have been
included and fully described refers to:

a. DFD consistency
b. DFD completeness
c. DFD gap proofing
d. DFD flexibility

Answer: b Difficulty: Med Reference: p. 216

39. Having a level-1 diagram with no level-0 diagram is an example of a:

a. violation of completeness
b. violation of consistency
c. gap
d. structuring violation

Answer: b Difficulty: Hard Reference: p. 220

40. The lowest level of decomposition for a data flow diagram is called the:

a. context diagram
b. level-0 diagram
c. level-1 diagram
d. primitive diagram

Answer: d Difficulty: Med Reference: p. 222

“Do an Exercise …” Type of Problem

1. Exercise # 1 , p. 234

Answer: HW # 7 Difficulty: Med

2. Exercise # 9 , p. 235

Answer: HW # 7 Difficulty: Med

3. Exercise # 10 , p. 235

Answer: HW # 7 Difficulty: Med