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Business Analyst

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. 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






12. 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.






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






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






16. 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.






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






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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).






39. An unfortunate reuse of the word template






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






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






42. Suggests causality by plotting independent and dependent variables on the same graph.






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






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






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