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Business Analyst

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1. 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.






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






3. 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.






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






5. Compares discrete categories on a common measure.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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.






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






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






17. An unfortunate reuse of the word template






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






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






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






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






22. 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.






23. 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).






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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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30. 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.






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






32. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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






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






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






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