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Business Analyst

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






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






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






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






5. Compares discrete categories on a common measure.






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






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






22. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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






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. An unfortunate reuse of the word template






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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






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






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






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






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






49. 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).






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