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Business Analyst

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1. A way to get information into database. Each field in the form corresponds to a field in the database table






2. The delivery of accurate - useful information to the appropriate decision makers within the necessary fime frame to support effective decision making.






3. Structured Query Language is the language used by most relational database management systems. It requires very little code to accopmlish powerful operations.






4. An unfortunate reuse of the word template






5. Running development software such as Dreamweaver on your workstation. The major advantage is that it runs very fast when running locally.






6. Compares discrete categories on a common measure.






7. The combination of people - information technology - and business processes to accomplish a business objective.






8. One or more fields that uniquely identify each record in the table






9. 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.






10. Designing websites and applications to meet the needs of the user.






11. 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






12. A part of the spreadsheet - usually at the top - where the key variables are given their values.






13. Systems that manage day to day transactions of the business.






14. 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.


15. Usually the recommended way to start a small business. If the business goes under - you are not personally liable for the businesses debts.






16. Describes how best to represent information






17. A group of potential customers for a product or service. Segments are typically identified by demographics.






18. 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.






19. 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).






20. Repear the primary key from the parent table in each corresponding record of the child table as a foreign key to link tables together






21. 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.






22. The process of analyzing data to spot trends and opportunities.






23. The largest systems of all. ERP systems tie together all aspects of the business from accounting to the shop floor.






24. Variable names created by capitalizing the first letter of each word and eliminating the spaces between words.






25. The process of fishing for patterns in the data using computing power because you really do not know what to look for.






26. Defines a set of background elements - colors - and fonts as well as a set of slide layouts.






27. An analysis of how the calculation results vary with changes in the initial assumptions.






28. 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






29. Similar to a template but without the placeholder text and images. A theme specifies formatting--layout - colors - and fonts






30. The idea that a brand's power depends on it's uniqueness






31. A high level management overview of the data--sometimes depicted using dials and needles similar to an automobile dashboard. In a car.






32. A database that consists of related tables and nothing but tables.






33. Programs that greatly simplify the process of building a website. Google Sites is the authoring tool that we will use.






34. These are fixed costs associated with starting a business. Often refers to one time costs.






35. The opposite of contrast. Layouts demonstrating affinity show subtle variations in color or brightness.






36. A pre-built site with placeholder text - images - and a pre-selected theme. Site templates are the closest thing to an instant website.






37. The cheapest way to start a business. It is just you doing business under another name. However - you are personally liable for business debts.






38. A visual query tool in excel that allows you to easily group and summarize data






39. What you make on every sale after subtracting variable costs.






40. Mini services that exist in the cloud and can be snapped into your webpage. For example - you can include a weather gadget.






41. A way to categorize groups of people using age - income level - gender - education level - home ownership - and so forth.






42. The process of copying data from many databases throughout the enterprise into the datawarehouse






43. Describes how easy the system is to use and navigate






44. Printing horizontally rather than vertically on a piece of paper. The normal way to print is portrait or vertical orientation.






45. 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.






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






47. Suggests causality by plotting independent and dependent variables on the same graph.






48. A giant database that contains periodic dumps from many databases throughout the company. BI systems query the data warehouse to spot patterns and trends.






49. A marketing term that refers to the ability of a brand to stand out from the crowd.






50. A user-friendly way to get information into a database.