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