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Business Analyst

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






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






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






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






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






7. 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.






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






9. 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.






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






11. 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.






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






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






14. Describes how best to represent information






15. Usually the recommended way to start a small business. If the business goes under - you are not personally liable for the businesses debts.






16. 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).






17. 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.






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






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. Compares coninuous categories such as time on a common measure






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. An unfortunate reuse of the word template






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. The process of fishing for patterns in the data using computing power because you really do not know what to look for.






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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.






46. Compares discrete categories on a common measure.






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






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






49. 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






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