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Business Analyst

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






2. 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.






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






4. The cheapest way to start a business. It is just you doing business under another name. However - you are personally liable for business debts.






5. Compares discrete categories on a common measure.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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






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






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






21. 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






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






28. An unfortunate reuse of the word template






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






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






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






32. 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.






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






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






35. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Describes how best to represent information