IS323 Tutorial Questions for Week 8 (Tutorial 4)

The tutorial questions are related to Chapters 5-7 of the IS323 prescribed textbook.

1. Read the following narrative and answer these questions:

a) develop an activity diagram for each scenario;
b) complete a fully developed use case description for each scenario;
c) develop an SSD based on the narrative and the activity diagram created for part a).

Quality Building Supply has two kinds of customers: contractors and the general public. Sales to
each are slightly different. A contractor buys materials by taking them to the checkout desk for
contractors. The clerk enters the contractor’s name into the system. The system displays the
contractor’s information, including current credit standing. The clerk then opens up a new ticket
(sale) for the contractor. Next, the clerk scans in each item to be purchased. The system finds the
price of the item and adds the item to the ticket. At the end of the purchase, the clerk indicates
the end of the sale. The system compares the total amount against the contractor’s current credit
limit and, if it is acceptable, finalizes the sale. The system creates an electronic ticket for the
items, and the contractor’s credit limit is reduced by the amount of the sale. Some contractors
like to keep a record of their purchases, so they request that ticket details be printed. Others
aren’t interested in a printout.

A sale to the general public is simply entered into the cash register, and a paper ticket is printed
as the items are identified. Payment can be by cash, check, or credit card. The clerk must enter
the type of payment to ensure that the cash register balances at the end of the shift. For credit
card payments, the system prints a credit card voucher that the customer must sign.

IS323 Tutorial 4 (Week 8)

2. A medium-sized engineering firm has three separate engineering offices. In each office,
a local LAN supports all the engineers in that office. Due to the requirement for
collaboration among the offices, all the computers should be able to view and update
the data from any of the three offices. In other words, the data storage server within
each LAN should be accessible to all computers, no matter where they are located. Draw
a network diagram that will support this configuration.

3. Video Rental Service

Develop a storyboard that encompasses the following sample dialog. The system supports
rental and download of movies or television shows to a computer or digital video recording
and playback device. A dialog between the system and user might follow this pattern:

SYSTEM: What would you like to do?

USER: I’d like to rent a movie.
SYSTEM: Okay. What is your e-mail address or account number?
USER: My e-mail address is nwells22@gmail.com.
SYSTEM: Fine. You are Nancy Wells at 1122 Silicon Avenue. Correct?
USER: Yes.
SYSTEM: What movie do you want to rent?
USER: Titanic.
SYSTEM: I have two available movies named Titanic. The first was released in 1953 and
stars Barbara Stanwyck and Clifton Webb. The second was released in 1997 and
stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. Which do you want to rent?
USER: Both.
SYSTEM: Fine. That is Titanic (the 1953 release) with a rental charge of $2.99 for seven
days and Titanic (the 1997 release) with a rental charge of $5.99 for seven days.
Would you like to add more rentals?
USER: That’s all.
SYSTEM: Okay. The total charge is $8.98. Shall I charge that amount to your credit card file
(a Visa with an account number ending in 0899)?
USER: Yes.
SYSTEM: Your movies are downloading to your computer now. They will expire at
midnight seven days from now.
USER: Okay. Thanks.

IS323 Tutorial 4 (Week 8)