Isaca CISA Quiz 237 Topic 6 Questions 1181-1185

Question: 1

Many IT projects experience problems because the development time and/or resource requirements are underestimated. Which of the following techniques would provide the GREATEST assistance in developing an estimate of project duration?

AFunction point analysis

BPERT chart

CRapid application development

DObject-oriented system development

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Question: 2

The reason for establishing a stop or freezing point on the design of a new system is to:

Aprevent further changes to a project in process.

Bindicate the point at which the design is to be completed.

Crequire that changes after that point be evaluated for cost-effectiveness.

Dprovide the project management team with more control over the project design.

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Question: 3

Change control for business application systems being developed using prototyping could be complicated by the:

Aiterative nature of prototyping.

Brapid pace of modifications in requirements and design.

Cemphasis on reports and screens.

Dlack of integrated tools.

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Question: 4

An IS auditor finds that a system under development has 12 linked modules and each item of data can carry up to 10 definable attribute fields. The system handles several million transactions a year. Which of these techniques could an IS auditor use to estimate the size of the development effort?

AProgram evaluation review technique (PERT)

BCounting source lines of code (SLOC)

CFunction point analysis

DWhite box testing

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Question: 5

When planning to add personnel to tasks imposing time constraints on the duration of a project, which of the following should be revalidated FIRST?

AThe project budget

BThe critical path for the project

CThe length of the remaining tasks

DThe personnel assigned to other tasks

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Isaca CISA Quiz:237 Topic:6 Questions:1181-1185