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1. A part of the spreadsheet - usually at the top - where the key variables are given their values.
analytical design
assumptions area
affinity
report
2. 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.
affinity
Limited Liability Corporation (LLC)
microfinance
master
3. Accessing development software that lives in the cloud. The major advantage is that the development process tends to be greatly simplified.
cloud development
Pitchbook
user centered design
scatterplot
4. The opposite of contrast. Layouts demonstrating affinity show subtle variations in color or brightness.
affinity
Pitchbook
business intelligence
dynamic reports
5. A form of BI reporting with which we are most familiar-- summary reports distributed at regular intervals.
payment (PMT) function
static reports
analytical design
database integration
6. 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.
database integration
information systems
drill down
payment (PMT) function
7. Running development software such as Dreamweaver on your workstation. The major advantage is that it runs very fast when running locally.
client side development
extract - transform - load (ETL)
enterprise resource planning
cloud development
8. Printing horizontally rather than vertically on a piece of paper. The normal way to print is portrait or vertical orientation.
finance charge
landscape orientation
latency
drill down
9. The combination of people - information technology - and business processes to accomplish a business objective.
information systems
fixed cost
dashboard
form
10. A cost that the business must pay whether or not they sell anything. Examples include rent - legal fees - development costs and so forth.
demographics
camelback notation
fixed cost
enterprise systems
11. Designing websites and applications to meet the needs of the user.
microfinance
user centered design
page template
payment (PMT) function
12. A user-friendly way to get information into a database.
business intelligence
singularity
user centered design
form
13. The organization of items on a page. For example - a 2up layout consists of two blocks of images and/or text.
layout
master
information systems
business intelligence
14. 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
sensitivity analysis
latency
finance charge
15. One or more fields that uniquely identify each record in the table
enterprise systems
primary key
theme
differentiate
16. A way to categorize groups of people using age - income level - gender - education level - home ownership - and so forth.
form
analytical design
theme
demographics
17. Similar to a template but without the placeholder text and images. A theme specifies formatting--layout - colors - and fonts
dynamic reports
affinity
theme
enterprise systems
18. An unfortunate reuse of the word template
page template
camelback notation
assumptions area
client side development
19. A way to get information into database. Each field in the form corresponds to a field in the database table
client side development
SQL
static reports
form
20. 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.
relational database
dashboard
static reports
finance charge
21. An analysis of how the calculation results vary with changes in the initial assumptions.
microfinance
SQL
scatterplot
sensitivity analysis
22. 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
master
website authoring tools
business analyst
industry Analysis
23. The idea that a brand's power depends on it's uniqueness
business analyst
singularity
variable cost
finance charge
24. 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.
dynamic reports
affinity
primary key
page template
25. 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.
template
usibility
site template
differentiate
26. Programs that greatly simplify the process of building a website. Google Sites is the authoring tool that we will use.
website authoring tools
business analyst
latency
singularity
27. 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
contribution margin
dashboard
drill down
28. Compares discrete (distinct) categories on a common measure
scatterplot
microfinance
bar graph
user centered design
29. What you make on every sale after subtracting variable costs.
data warehouse
scatterplot
contribution margin
form
30. Systems that manage day to day transactions of the business.
contribution margin
data warehouse
enterprise systems
foreign key
31. Compares coninuous categories such as time on a common measure
data warehouse
line graph
dashboard
form
32. Describes how easy the system is to use and navigate
Pitchbook
microfinance
usibility
dashboard
33. 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
Doing Business As (DBA) license
system development life cycle
analytical design
affinity
34. 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.
template
Doing Business As (DBA) license
variable cost
drill down
35. A visual query tool in excel that allows you to easily group and summarize data
theme
demographics
pivot table
assumptions area
36. 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.
business analyst
landscape orientation
schematic report
database integration
37. Structured Query Language is the language used by most relational database management systems. It requires very little code to accopmlish powerful operations.
form
finance charge
sensitivity analysis
SQL
38. A group of potential customers for a product or service. Segments are typically identified by demographics.
affinity
market segment
form
dashboard
39. Mini services that exist in the cloud and can be snapped into your webpage. For example - you can include a weather gadget.
gadgets
foreign key
database
latency
40. 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.
41. The process of fishing for patterns in the data using computing power because you really do not know what to look for.
singularity
data mining
page template
layout
42. Suggests causality by plotting independent and dependent variables on the same graph.
enterprise systems
singularity
scatterplot
microfinance
43. A database that consists of related tables and nothing but tables.
relational database
SQL
demographics
analytical design
44. A PowerPoint template well suited for creating schematic reports because of its small font size and versatile layouts.
usibility
business intelligence
Pitchbook
Porter's five forces
45. Repear the primary key from the parent table in each corresponding record of the child table as a foreign key to link tables together
sensitivity analysis
foreign key
enterprise systems
extract - transform - load (ETL)
46. Defines a set of background elements - colors - and fonts as well as a set of slide layouts.
startup costs
pivot table
theme
drill down
47. 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
data mining
startup costs
scatterplot
48. A presentation primarily designed to be projected which combines brief text and graphics. Presentations use few words and large fonts for audience readability.
theme
bar graph
drill down
PowerPoint presentation
49. An analysis of the attractiveness of the industry in which the company operates.
primary key
industry Analysis
singularity
demographics
50. A cost that business incurs on each sale. For apps - the variable cost is the iTunes store commission.
variable cost
finance charge
contribution margin
payment (PMT) function