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1. An unfortunate reuse of the word template
page template
business intelligence
foreign key
system development life cycle
2. The process of copying data from many databases throughout the enterprise into the datawarehouse
pie chart
drill down
theme
extract - transform - load (ETL)
3. One or more fields that uniquely identify each record in the table
primary key
enterprise resource planning
pie chart
layout
4. A presentation primarily designed to be projected which combines brief text and graphics. Presentations use few words and large fonts for audience readability.
client side development
SQL
master
PowerPoint presentation
5. 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.
form
Porter's five forces
template
SQL
6. Usually the recommended way to start a small business. If the business goes under - you are not personally liable for the businesses debts.
theme
Limited Liability Corporation (LLC)
client side development
industry Analysis
7. An analysis of how the calculation results vary with changes in the initial assumptions.
bar graph
extract - transform - load (ETL)
sensitivity analysis
finance charge
8. A way to categorize groups of people using age - income level - gender - education level - home ownership - and so forth.
Pitchbook
demographics
information systems
database
9. A form of BI reporting with which we are most familiar-- summary reports distributed at regular intervals.
pivot table
latency
sensitivity analysis
static reports
10. A way to get information into database. Each field in the form corresponds to a field in the database table
camelback notation
database integration
sensitivity analysis
form
11. The largest systems of all. ERP systems tie together all aspects of the business from accounting to the shop floor.
dashboard
system development life cycle
demographics
enterprise resource planning
12. 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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13. A visual query tool in excel that allows you to easily group and summarize data
Limited Liability Corporation (LLC)
pivot table
business analyst
cloud development
14. 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
foreign key
Pitchbook
client side development
system development life cycle
15. 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).
finance charge
payment (PMT) function
PowerPoint presentation
Limited Liability Corporation (LLC)
16. These are fixed costs associated with starting a business. Often refers to one time costs.
database
payment (PMT) function
client side development
startup costs
17. The combination of people - information technology - and business processes to accomplish a business objective.
primary key
report
information systems
affinity
18. The process of analyzing data to spot trends and opportunities.
form
finance charge
database
business intelligence
19. The idea that a brand's power depends on it's uniqueness
singularity
extract - transform - load (ETL)
industry Analysis
foreign key
20. Programs that greatly simplify the process of building a website. Google Sites is the authoring tool that we will use.
dashboard
user centered design
website authoring tools
singularity
21. A part of the spreadsheet - usually at the top - where the key variables are given their values.
dashboard
assumptions area
cloud development
form
22. The organization of items on a page. For example - a 2up layout consists of two blocks of images and/or text.
business analyst
assumptions area
layout
dashboard
23. Make very small loans (typically under 500) to entrepreneurs in developing countries. Most Loans are repaid in six months to a year.
Pitchbook
report
cloud development
microfinance
24. 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.
singularity
finance charge
system development life cycle
extract - transform - load (ETL)
25. A collection of one or more related tables of data stored in rows and columns
contribution margin
layout
database
singularity
26. A user-friendly way to get information into a database.
microfinance
layout
form
assumptions area
27. 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
drill down
report
system development life cycle
28. Describes how easy the system is to use and navigate
usibility
business analyst
information systems
differentiate
29. 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
report
static reports
data mining
affinity
30. A cost that the business must pay whether or not they sell anything. Examples include rent - legal fees - development costs and so forth.
site template
fixed cost
business analyst
Pitchbook
31. 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.
form
master
drill down
variable cost
32. A pre-built site with placeholder text - images - and a pre-selected theme. Site templates are the closest thing to an instant website.
site template
theme
schematic report
assumptions area
33. Compares discrete categories on a common measure.
analytical design
pie chart
enterprise systems
PowerPoint presentation
34. Suggests causality by plotting independent and dependent variables on the same graph.
scatterplot
data warehouse
enterprise systems
dynamic reports
35. Repear the primary key from the parent table in each corresponding record of the child table as a foreign key to link tables together
database integration
business intelligence
Limited Liability Corporation (LLC)
foreign key
36. Describes how best to represent information
extract - transform - load (ETL)
theme
scatterplot
analytical design
37. Structured Query Language is the language used by most relational database management systems. It requires very little code to accopmlish powerful operations.
template
camelback notation
enterprise resource planning
SQL
38. The process of fishing for patterns in the data using computing power because you really do not know what to look for.
database integration
industry Analysis
data mining
pie chart
39. Running development software such as Dreamweaver on your workstation. The major advantage is that it runs very fast when running locally.
enterprise resource planning
client side development
layout
database integration
40. An analysis of the attractiveness of the industry in which the company operates.
theme
camelback notation
industry Analysis
microfinance
41. A giant database that contains periodic dumps from many databases throughout the company. BI systems query the data warehouse to spot patterns and trends.
Porter's five forces
drill down
data warehouse
relational database
42. Systems that manage day to day transactions of the business.
enterprise systems
site template
pie chart
theme
43. The opposite of contrast. Layouts demonstrating affinity show subtle variations in color or brightness.
enterprise systems
landscape orientation
affinity
finance charge
44. The amount of time between the occurrence of a transaction and the loading of that transaction's information into the business intellegence system.
sensitivity analysis
usibility
Limited Liability Corporation (LLC)
latency
45. Printing horizontally rather than vertically on a piece of paper. The normal way to print is portrait or vertical orientation.
website authoring tools
landscape orientation
data mining
layout
46. Similar to a template but without the placeholder text and images. A theme specifies formatting--layout - colors - and fonts
payment (PMT) function
assumptions area
database integration
theme
47. Variable names created by capitalizing the first letter of each word and eliminating the spaces between words.
theme
camelback notation
dashboard
assumptions area
48. A cost that business incurs on each sale. For apps - the variable cost is the iTunes store commission.
variable cost
landscape orientation
extract - transform - load (ETL)
Pitchbook
49. The delivery of accurate - useful information to the appropriate decision makers within the necessary fime frame to support effective decision making.
microfinance
business intelligence
fixed cost
line graph
50. Mini services that exist in the cloud and can be snapped into your webpage. For example - you can include a weather gadget.
scatterplot
dynamic reports
latency
gadgets