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Business Analyst

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Compares discrete categories on a common measure.






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






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






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






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






14. An analysis of the attractiveness of the industry in which the company operates.






15. Make very small loans (typically under 500) to entrepreneurs in developing countries. Most Loans are repaid in six months to a year.






16. 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






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






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






23. Compares coninuous categories such as time on a common measure






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






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






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






27. 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.






28. 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






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






30. A cost that business incurs on each sale. For apps - the variable cost is the iTunes store commission.






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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.






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






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






39. An unfortunate reuse of the word template






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






41. Describes how best to represent information






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






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






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






45. 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






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






47. 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.






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






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






50. 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.