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1. Systems that manage day to day transactions of the business.
report
payment (PMT) function
enterprise systems
primary key
2. Variable names created by capitalizing the first letter of each word and eliminating the spaces between words.
data warehouse
camelback notation
market segment
PowerPoint presentation
3. Designing websites and applications to meet the needs of the user.
user centered design
dynamic reports
drill down
camelback notation
4. 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.
SQL
industry Analysis
database integration
PowerPoint presentation
5. Defines a set of background elements - colors - and fonts as well as a set of slide layouts.
theme
dynamic reports
affinity
website authoring tools
6. Compares discrete (distinct) categories on a common measure
layout
SQL
bar graph
website authoring tools
7. A way to categorize groups of people using age - income level - gender - education level - home ownership - and so forth.
demographics
report
form
payment (PMT) function
8. A form of BI reporting with which we are most familiar-- summary reports distributed at regular intervals.
schematic report
static reports
site template
system development life cycle
9. 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.
report
master
differentiate
singularity
10. Programs that greatly simplify the process of building a website. Google Sites is the authoring tool that we will use.
data warehouse
differentiate
dynamic reports
website authoring tools
11. Repear the primary key from the parent table in each corresponding record of the child table as a foreign key to link tables together
foreign key
demographics
relational database
drill down
12. 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.
sensitivity analysis
variable cost
camelback notation
schematic report
13. The amount of time between the occurrence of a transaction and the loading of that transaction's information into the business intellegence system.
database integration
startup costs
Limited Liability Corporation (LLC)
latency
14. Compares coninuous categories such as time on a common measure
primary key
Limited Liability Corporation (LLC)
line graph
enterprise systems
15. These are fixed costs associated with starting a business. Often refers to one time costs.
usibility
fixed cost
startup costs
Pitchbook
16. An analysis of how the calculation results vary with changes in the initial assumptions.
client side development
differentiate
usibility
sensitivity analysis
17. The process of copying data from many databases throughout the enterprise into the datawarehouse
extract - transform - load (ETL)
finance charge
contribution margin
layout
18. 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.
finance charge
bar graph
schematic report
variable cost
19. 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)
scatterplot
fixed cost
variable cost
20. 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.
SQL
layout
Limited Liability Corporation (LLC)
template
21. A marketing term that refers to the ability of a brand to stand out from the crowd.
differentiate
sensitivity analysis
theme
system development life cycle
22. A PowerPoint template well suited for creating schematic reports because of its small font size and versatile layouts.
Limited Liability Corporation (LLC)
Pitchbook
contribution margin
Doing Business As (DBA) license
23. A part of the spreadsheet - usually at the top - where the key variables are given their values.
data mining
business intelligence
information systems
assumptions area
24. The largest systems of all. ERP systems tie together all aspects of the business from accounting to the shop floor.
SQL
extract - transform - load (ETL)
enterprise resource planning
pivot table
25. A group of potential customers for a product or service. Segments are typically identified by demographics.
primary key
layout
master
market segment
26. 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
site template
business analyst
page template
enterprise resource planning
27. A user-friendly way to get information into a database.
system development life cycle
form
dynamic reports
pivot table
28. 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
website authoring tools
enterprise systems
assumptions area
29. The delivery of accurate - useful information to the appropriate decision makers within the necessary fime frame to support effective decision making.
site template
affinity
business intelligence
client side development
30. The idea that a brand's power depends on it's uniqueness
gadgets
singularity
business intelligence
foreign key
31. A way to get information into database. Each field in the form corresponds to a field in the database table
differentiate
foreign key
form
theme
32. An analysis of the attractiveness of the industry in which the company operates.
template
landscape orientation
master
industry Analysis
33. A cost that business incurs on each sale. For apps - the variable cost is the iTunes store commission.
variable cost
gadgets
demographics
user centered design
34. 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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35. Accessing development software that lives in the cloud. The major advantage is that the development process tends to be greatly simplified.
cloud development
user centered design
drill down
report
36. 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.
theme
dynamic reports
system development life cycle
site template
37. 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
market segment
latency
schematic report
38. One or more fields that uniquely identify each record in the table
startup costs
form
primary key
relational database
39. The organization of items on a page. For example - a 2up layout consists of two blocks of images and/or text.
report
layout
variable cost
form
40. Structured Query Language is the language used by most relational database management systems. It requires very little code to accopmlish powerful operations.
cloud development
latency
SQL
pie chart
41. Describes how best to represent information
extract - transform - load (ETL)
demographics
template
analytical design
42. The process of analyzing data to spot trends and opportunities.
database integration
startup costs
user centered design
business intelligence
43. 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
business intelligence
differentiate
master
44. Running development software such as Dreamweaver on your workstation. The major advantage is that it runs very fast when running locally.
Limited Liability Corporation (LLC)
latency
client side development
cloud development
45. A collection of one or more related tables of data stored in rows and columns
user centered design
affinity
database
dashboard
46. 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.
line graph
business analyst
Porter's five forces
drill down
47. What you make on every sale after subtracting variable costs.
Limited Liability Corporation (LLC)
Doing Business As (DBA) license
extract - transform - load (ETL)
contribution margin
48. Similar to a template but without the placeholder text and images. A theme specifies formatting--layout - colors - and fonts
fixed cost
differentiate
theme
user centered design
49. The process of fishing for patterns in the data using computing power because you really do not know what to look for.
latency
payment (PMT) function
data mining
business analyst
50. A database that consists of related tables and nothing but tables.
industry Analysis
business intelligence
relational database
master