MISC: 5 questions. short Answer
1. Describe the major phases in the systems development life cycle (SDLC)
2. What's a process?
3. What's a System?
4. Shown below is a proposed table structure for a different part of the ThudTruckers information system. Is this table in second normal form? If it is, what makes you think so? If it is not, list a table layout that will make it 2NF. (you don't have to include any of the data, just column names and key fields)
|
Emp_ID (PK) |
Name |
Dept |
Salary |
Date of Hire |
|
987 |
Mustrum Ridcully |
Sales |
$32,000 |
14 Oct 1995 |
|
598 |
Esmeralda Weatherwax |
Sales |
$36,000 |
14 July 1988 |
|
248 |
Artemesia Scud |
Sales |
$33,000 |
20 Feb 2000 |
5. You have all read Feynman's appendix to the space shuttle Challenger accident investigation. Which one (or more) of Linstone's Multiple Perspectives (Technical, Organizational, or Personal)ere the factors leading to the loss of space shuttle Challenger? Why?