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1. A user-friendly way to get information into a database.
client side development
business intelligence
cloud development
form
2. 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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3. One or more fields that uniquely identify each record in the table
variable cost
form
primary key
differentiate
4. Repear the primary key from the parent table in each corresponding record of the child table as a foreign key to link tables together
PowerPoint presentation
foreign key
market segment
landscape orientation
5. The combination of people - information technology - and business processes to accomplish a business objective.
extract - transform - load (ETL)
system development life cycle
bar graph
information systems
6. 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.
industry Analysis
schematic report
static reports
website authoring tools
7. The largest systems of all. ERP systems tie together all aspects of the business from accounting to the shop floor.
assumptions area
PowerPoint presentation
scatterplot
enterprise resource planning
8. Systems that manage day to day transactions of the business.
schematic report
enterprise systems
layout
foreign key
9. A way to categorize groups of people using age - income level - gender - education level - home ownership - and so forth.
database integration
Limited Liability Corporation (LLC)
demographics
industry Analysis
10. 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.
static reports
database integration
theme
demographics
11. An unfortunate reuse of the word template
master
data mining
business analyst
page template
12. A group of potential customers for a product or service. Segments are typically identified by demographics.
affinity
market segment
contribution margin
database integration
13. Structured Query Language is the language used by most relational database management systems. It requires very little code to accopmlish powerful operations.
website authoring tools
SQL
variable cost
page template
14. The process of analyzing data to spot trends and opportunities.
form
differentiate
foreign key
business intelligence
15. An analysis of the attractiveness of the industry in which the company operates.
data mining
pivot table
layout
industry Analysis
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
extract - transform - load (ETL)
sensitivity analysis
scatterplot
system development life cycle
17. A way to get information into database. Each field in the form corresponds to a field in the database table
usibility
form
line graph
static reports
18. A high level management overview of the data--sometimes depicted using dials and needles similar to an automobile dashboard. In a car.
market segment
data warehouse
dashboard
business analyst
19. A presentation primarily designed to be projected which combines brief text and graphics. Presentations use few words and large fonts for audience readability.
business analyst
PowerPoint presentation
line graph
data mining
20. Similar to a template but without the placeholder text and images. A theme specifies formatting--layout - colors - and fonts
finance charge
Pitchbook
form
theme
21. Make very small loans (typically under 500) to entrepreneurs in developing countries. Most Loans are repaid in six months to a year.
enterprise systems
database
microfinance
business intelligence
22. The idea that a brand's power depends on it's uniqueness
system development life cycle
layout
payment (PMT) function
singularity
23. 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.
template
bar graph
analytical design
Pitchbook
24. A marketing term that refers to the ability of a brand to stand out from the crowd.
form
report
usibility
differentiate
25. Compares discrete (distinct) categories on a common measure
startup costs
schematic report
bar graph
drill down
26. 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.
dynamic reports
data mining
Doing Business As (DBA) license
cloud development
27. Designing websites and applications to meet the needs of the user.
user centered design
database
client side development
data mining
28. Accessing development software that lives in the cloud. The major advantage is that the development process tends to be greatly simplified.
cloud development
Porter's five forces
system development life cycle
differentiate
29. A giant database that contains periodic dumps from many databases throughout the company. BI systems query the data warehouse to spot patterns and trends.
finance charge
Doing Business As (DBA) license
line graph
data warehouse
30. The process of copying data from many databases throughout the enterprise into the datawarehouse
analytical design
extract - transform - load (ETL)
primary key
database
31. The cheapest way to start a business. It is just you doing business under another name. However - you are personally liable for business debts.
Doing Business As (DBA) license
system development life cycle
analytical design
scatterplot
32. The delivery of accurate - useful information to the appropriate decision makers within the necessary fime frame to support effective decision making.
business intelligence
startup costs
scatterplot
drill down
33. Defines a set of background elements - colors - and fonts as well as a set of slide layouts.
website authoring tools
theme
demographics
payment (PMT) function
34. The opposite of contrast. Layouts demonstrating affinity show subtle variations in color or brightness.
Pitchbook
form
affinity
enterprise resource planning
35. Variable names created by capitalizing the first letter of each word and eliminating the spaces between words.
relational database
singularity
camelback notation
pie chart
36. What you make on every sale after subtracting variable costs.
landscape orientation
data mining
contribution margin
business intelligence
37. A collection of one or more related tables of data stored in rows and columns
industry Analysis
startup costs
database
database integration
38. Programs that greatly simplify the process of building a website. Google Sites is the authoring tool that we will use.
Pitchbook
information systems
sensitivity analysis
website authoring tools
39. 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.
cloud development
extract - transform - load (ETL)
master
Pitchbook
40. A form of BI reporting with which we are most familiar-- summary reports distributed at regular intervals.
user centered design
usibility
drill down
static reports
41. A visual query tool in excel that allows you to easily group and summarize data
cloud development
pivot table
business intelligence
drill down
42. An analysis of how the calculation results vary with changes in the initial assumptions.
system development life cycle
affinity
site template
sensitivity analysis
43. Suggests causality by plotting independent and dependent variables on the same graph.
PowerPoint presentation
bar graph
scatterplot
pivot table
44. 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.
pivot table
finance charge
Porter's five forces
theme
45. A cost that business incurs on each sale. For apps - the variable cost is the iTunes store commission.
Limited Liability Corporation (LLC)
variable cost
system development life cycle
pivot table
46. Usually the recommended way to start a small business. If the business goes under - you are not personally liable for the businesses debts.
Limited Liability Corporation (LLC)
dashboard
enterprise resource planning
finance charge
47. A pre-built site with placeholder text - images - and a pre-selected theme. Site templates are the closest thing to an instant website.
differentiate
site template
scatterplot
Doing Business As (DBA) license
48. Printing horizontally rather than vertically on a piece of paper. The normal way to print is portrait or vertical orientation.
Pitchbook
business analyst
landscape orientation
enterprise systems
49. A database that consists of related tables and nothing but tables.
Pitchbook
microfinance
relational database
extract - transform - load (ETL)
50. 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
Doing Business As (DBA) license
report
finance charge
industry Analysis