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Business Analyst

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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).






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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.






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






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






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






14. 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






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






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






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






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






19. Describes how best to represent information






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






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






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






23. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Compares discrete categories on a common measure.






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






32. 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.






33. 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.






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






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






36. 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






37. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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






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






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






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






50. An unfortunate reuse of the word template