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Business Analyst

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1. An unfortunate reuse of the word template






2. 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






3. 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.






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






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






6. 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.






7. 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.






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






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






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






11. A cost that the business must pay whether or not they sell anything. Examples include rent - legal fees - development costs and so forth.






12. The organization of items on a page. For example - a 2up layout consists of two blocks of images and/or text.






13. Compares discrete categories on a common measure.






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






15. A collection of one or more related tables of data stored in rows and columns






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






17. Accessing development software that lives in the cloud. The major advantage is that the development process tends to be greatly simplified.






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






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






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






21. 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).






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. A form of BI reporting with which we are most familiar-- summary reports distributed at regular intervals.






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






31. The total interest paid over the life of the loan. The finance charge is calculated by adding up all of the loan payments and then subtracting from this total the amount originally borrowed.






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






33. A presentation primarily designed to be projected which combines brief text and graphics. Presentations use few words and large fonts for audience readability.






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






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






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






37. 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






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






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






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






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






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






43. The amount of time between the occurrence of a transaction and the loading of that transaction's information into the business intellegence system.






44. 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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45. Compares discrete (distinct) categories on a common measure






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






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






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






49. 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.






50. A PowerPoint template well suited for creating schematic reports because of its small font size and versatile layouts.