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1. A visual query tool in excel that allows you to easily group and summarize data
pivot table
master
enterprise systems
SQL
2. Compares discrete categories on a common measure.
dashboard
pie chart
Limited Liability Corporation (LLC)
information systems
3. Describes how easy the system is to use and navigate
foreign key
usibility
finance charge
database
4. Printing horizontally rather than vertically on a piece of paper. The normal way to print is portrait or vertical orientation.
theme
data warehouse
industry Analysis
landscape orientation
5. Similar to a template but without the placeholder text and images. A theme specifies formatting--layout - colors - and fonts
Limited Liability Corporation (LLC)
analytical design
finance charge
theme
6. The largest systems of all. ERP systems tie together all aspects of the business from accounting to the shop floor.
pie chart
extract - transform - load (ETL)
enterprise resource planning
contribution margin
7. Running development software such as Dreamweaver on your workstation. The major advantage is that it runs very fast when running locally.
landscape orientation
differentiate
client side development
contribution margin
8. Designing websites and applications to meet the needs of the user.
enterprise resource planning
user centered design
system development life cycle
master
9. A way to categorize groups of people using age - income level - gender - education level - home ownership - and so forth.
landscape orientation
cloud development
data warehouse
demographics
10. A cost that business incurs on each sale. For apps - the variable cost is the iTunes store commission.
information systems
camelback notation
variable cost
differentiate
11. Compares coninuous categories such as time on a common measure
line graph
form
variable cost
latency
12. The combination of people - information technology - and business processes to accomplish a business objective.
enterprise resource planning
information systems
PowerPoint presentation
latency
13. 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.
dashboard
assumptions area
pivot table
finance charge
14. A giant database that contains periodic dumps from many databases throughout the company. BI systems query the data warehouse to spot patterns and trends.
data mining
fixed cost
data warehouse
drill down
15. A group of potential customers for a product or service. Segments are typically identified by demographics.
Porter's five forces
finance charge
scatterplot
market segment
16. Make very small loans (typically under 500) to entrepreneurs in developing countries. Most Loans are repaid in six months to a year.
Limited Liability Corporation (LLC)
SQL
enterprise systems
microfinance
17. An unfortunate reuse of the word template
gadgets
industry Analysis
database integration
page template
18. Suggests causality by plotting independent and dependent variables on the same graph.
database
SQL
scatterplot
drill down
19. An analysis of the attractiveness of the industry in which the company operates.
user centered design
finance charge
industry Analysis
bar graph
20. The delivery of accurate - useful information to the appropriate decision makers within the necessary fime frame to support effective decision making.
business analyst
static reports
business intelligence
data mining
21. What you make on every sale after subtracting variable costs.
report
contribution margin
theme
database
22. A part of the spreadsheet - usually at the top - where the key variables are given their values.
landscape orientation
template
variable cost
assumptions area
23. A collection of one or more related tables of data stored in rows and columns
database
latency
pie chart
cloud development
24. A high level management overview of the data--sometimes depicted using dials and needles similar to an automobile dashboard. In a car.
dashboard
theme
assumptions area
finance charge
25. Variable names created by capitalizing the first letter of each word and eliminating the spaces between words.
line graph
startup costs
drill down
camelback notation
26. Usually the recommended way to start a small business. If the business goes under - you are not personally liable for the businesses debts.
business analyst
variable cost
Limited Liability Corporation (LLC)
data mining
27. A user-friendly way to get information into a database.
payment (PMT) function
form
landscape orientation
static reports
28. 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).
payment (PMT) function
pie chart
Doing Business As (DBA) license
gadgets
29. A PowerPoint template well suited for creating schematic reports because of its small font size and versatile layouts.
database integration
SQL
payment (PMT) function
Pitchbook
30. 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
system development life cycle
singularity
pivot table
31. A way to get information into database. Each field in the form corresponds to a field in the database table
latency
Doing Business As (DBA) license
database integration
form
32. 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.
schematic report
pivot table
client side development
landscape orientation
33. Mini services that exist in the cloud and can be snapped into your webpage. For example - you can include a weather gadget.
fixed cost
static reports
layout
gadgets
34. A cost that the business must pay whether or not they sell anything. Examples include rent - legal fees - development costs and so forth.
payment (PMT) function
system development life cycle
fixed cost
data mining
35. 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.
bar graph
enterprise resource planning
database integration
data mining
36. 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
gadgets
relational database
report
business analyst
37. A database that consists of related tables and nothing but tables.
Doing Business As (DBA) license
variable cost
usibility
relational database
38. 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.
data warehouse
drill down
enterprise resource planning
business intelligence
39. 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
schematic report
finance charge
PowerPoint presentation
40. Accessing development software that lives in the cloud. The major advantage is that the development process tends to be greatly simplified.
pivot table
cloud development
microfinance
extract - transform - load (ETL)
41. A presentation primarily designed to be projected which combines brief text and graphics. Presentations use few words and large fonts for audience readability.
landscape orientation
PowerPoint presentation
website authoring tools
drill down
42. The idea that a brand's power depends on it's uniqueness
enterprise resource planning
singularity
sensitivity analysis
line graph
43. The amount of time between the occurrence of a transaction and the loading of that transaction's information into the business intellegence system.
latency
affinity
finance charge
Porter's five forces
44. The process of fishing for patterns in the data using computing power because you really do not know what to look for.
data mining
market segment
enterprise resource planning
relational database
45. The process of analyzing data to spot trends and opportunities.
business intelligence
report
extract - transform - load (ETL)
theme
46. Structured Query Language is the language used by most relational database management systems. It requires very little code to accopmlish powerful operations.
SQL
Limited Liability Corporation (LLC)
bar graph
page template
47. A marketing term that refers to the ability of a brand to stand out from the crowd.
differentiate
landscape orientation
dynamic reports
usibility
48. One or more fields that uniquely identify each record in the table
information systems
pie chart
template
primary key
49. 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.
user centered design
contribution margin
dynamic reports
PowerPoint presentation
50. A form of BI reporting with which we are most familiar-- summary reports distributed at regular intervals.
static reports
Porter's five forces
business intelligence
form