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1. A cost that business incurs on each sale. For apps - the variable cost is the iTunes store commission.
analytical design
variable cost
scatterplot
pivot table
2. Compares discrete categories on a common measure.
demographics
pie chart
differentiate
camelback notation
3. An analysis of the attractiveness of the industry in which the company operates.
industry Analysis
contribution margin
landscape orientation
Pitchbook
4. Compares coninuous categories such as time on a common measure
information systems
client side development
database integration
line graph
5. Systems that manage day to day transactions of the business.
static reports
business intelligence
enterprise systems
latency
6. One or more fields that uniquely identify each record in the table
dynamic reports
demographics
bar graph
primary key
7. Defines a set of background elements - colors - and fonts as well as a set of slide layouts.
Doing Business As (DBA) license
microfinance
business intelligence
theme
8. Repear the primary key from the parent table in each corresponding record of the child table as a foreign key to link tables together
industry Analysis
startup costs
foreign key
information systems
9. A business presentation combining concise text and graphics. Schematic reports should be brief - well organized - and easy to navigate. Though usually designed in PowerPoint - schematic reports are intended primarily to be read rather than projected.
Doing Business As (DBA) license
schematic report
pivot table
payment (PMT) function
10. What you make on every sale after subtracting variable costs.
usibility
contribution margin
foreign key
sensitivity analysis
11. Look like standard reports but with a major difference. They are interactive and allow the user to drill down to disover the source for the summary numbers.
site template
dynamic reports
information systems
sensitivity analysis
12. Make very small loans (typically under 500) to entrepreneurs in developing countries. Most Loans are repaid in six months to a year.
enterprise systems
camelback notation
pivot table
microfinance
13. A way to get information into database. Each field in the form corresponds to a field in the database table
contribution margin
form
industry Analysis
singularity
14. Structured Query Language is the language used by most relational database management systems. It requires very little code to accopmlish powerful operations.
SQL
bar graph
Porter's five forces
pivot table
15. Variable names created by capitalizing the first letter of each word and eliminating the spaces between words.
report
master
demographics
camelback notation
16. A visual query tool in excel that allows you to easily group and summarize data
schematic report
website authoring tools
pie chart
pivot table
17. A high level management overview of the data--sometimes depicted using dials and needles similar to an automobile dashboard. In a car.
extract - transform - load (ETL)
dashboard
client side development
demographics
18. A group of potential customers for a product or service. Segments are typically identified by demographics.
user centered design
startup costs
form
market segment
19. An analysis of how the calculation results vary with changes in the initial assumptions.
sensitivity analysis
fixed cost
scatterplot
form
20. The combination of people - information technology - and business processes to accomplish a business objective.
static reports
singularity
information systems
drill down
21. The amount of time between the occurrence of a transaction and the loading of that transaction's information into the business intellegence system.
latency
affinity
usibility
website authoring tools
22. Mini services that exist in the cloud and can be snapped into your webpage. For example - you can include a weather gadget.
business intelligence
gadgets
PowerPoint presentation
extract - transform - load (ETL)
23. The process of analyzing data to spot trends and opportunities.
payment (PMT) function
business intelligence
finance charge
report
24. The largest systems of all. ERP systems tie together all aspects of the business from accounting to the shop floor.
analytical design
user centered design
foreign key
enterprise resource planning
25. The cheapest way to start a business. It is just you doing business under another name. However - you are personally liable for business debts.
industry Analysis
finance charge
Doing Business As (DBA) license
enterprise resource planning
26. Printing horizontally rather than vertically on a piece of paper. The normal way to print is portrait or vertical orientation.
client side development
landscape orientation
enterprise resource planning
assumptions area
27. A built in Excel function that calculates loan payments. Inputs to the function include the loan amount (pv) - the interest rate (rate) - and the number of loan payments (nper).
business intelligence
payment (PMT) function
microfinance
contribution margin
28. A database that consists of related tables and nothing but tables.
Porter's five forces
finance charge
relational database
bar graph
29. An analysis of five key forces which profiles the attractiveness of an industry. These include the bargaining power of suppliers and buyers - barriers to entry - threat of substitutes - and the competitive rivalry of firms already in the industry.
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30. A marketing term that refers to the ability of a brand to stand out from the crowd.
differentiate
theme
theme
line graph
31. A model report in which the theme is predefined. In some templates even some of the slides are already created. For example - the Pitchbook template includes a title slide - a table of contents slide - and a section heading slide.
gadgets
business intelligence
template
business intelligence
32. A giant database that contains periodic dumps from many databases throughout the company. BI systems query the data warehouse to spot patterns and trends.
startup costs
dynamic reports
data warehouse
foreign key
33. The opposite of contrast. Layouts demonstrating affinity show subtle variations in color or brightness.
finance charge
system development life cycle
drill down
affinity
34. An unfortunate reuse of the word template
master
cloud development
variable cost
page template
35. A user-friendly way to get information into a database.
site template
pivot table
form
data mining
36. The ability to capture and store information gathered from a form into a database. Database integration also refers to the ability to extract and display information from a database on a website.
singularity
SQL
database integration
bar graph
37. A form of BI reporting with which we are most familiar-- summary reports distributed at regular intervals.
variable cost
extract - transform - load (ETL)
static reports
form
38. The process of uncovering the numbers that contribute to creating a summary number. Drill down is like being shocked at you ATM balance and then calling the bank to get a list of withdrawls and payments made against your account.
template
contribution margin
differentiate
drill down
39. A wat to get information out of a database. Often a report will gather information together from multiple tables and present it as a single table
landscape orientation
report
layout
information systems
40. A way to categorize groups of people using age - income level - gender - education level - home ownership - and so forth.
microfinance
demographics
dashboard
cloud development
41. A PowerPoint template well suited for creating schematic reports because of its small font size and versatile layouts.
variable cost
fixed cost
Pitchbook
schematic report
42. Running development software such as Dreamweaver on your workstation. The major advantage is that it runs very fast when running locally.
pivot table
client side development
SQL
drill down
43. The idea that a brand's power depends on it's uniqueness
PowerPoint presentation
gadgets
singularity
usibility
44. Similar to a template but without the placeholder text and images. A theme specifies formatting--layout - colors - and fonts
client side development
theme
master
contribution margin
45. Compares discrete (distinct) categories on a common measure
bar graph
usibility
market segment
theme
46. A method for designing information systems. The life cycle proceeds through the following stages: an analysis of the current state - development of requirements - design of a solution - development from the design and finally to implementation or rol
static reports
startup costs
system development life cycle
enterprise resource planning
47. A cost that the business must pay whether or not they sell anything. Examples include rent - legal fees - development costs and so forth.
fixed cost
form
demographics
pie chart
48. A part of the spreadsheet - usually at the top - where the key variables are given their values.
assumptions area
schematic report
analytical design
drill down
49. Model slides that define the theme elements. The slide master defines the background elements - colors - and fonts. The layout masters provide a menu of possible layouts to apply to a slide.
theme
extract - transform - load (ETL)
master
enterprise systems
50. This is a job title typical for an IS graduate. Business analysts work both with business units such as Human Resources and the programmers. They discover the needs of the business unit and then translate those needs into documentation for the progra
extract - transform - load (ETL)
pie chart
business intelligence
business analyst