Test your basic knowledge |

Business Analyst

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A cost that business incurs on each sale. For apps - the variable cost is the iTunes store commission.






2. 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.






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






4. Describes how best to represent information






5. 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.






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






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






12. Accessing development software that lives in the cloud. The major advantage is that the development process tends to be greatly simplified.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Compares discrete categories on a common measure.






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






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






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






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






25. 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






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






27. 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.

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


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






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






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






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






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






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






34. An analysis of the attractiveness of the industry in which the company operates.






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






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






37. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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).






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






48. Structured Query Language is the language used by most relational database management systems. It requires very little code to accopmlish powerful operations.






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






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







Sorry!:) No result found.

Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?


Let me suggest you:

Browse all subjects

Browse all tests

Most popular tests



Major Subjects

Tests & Exams


AP
CLEP
DSST
GRE
SAT
GMAT

Browse all subjects

Browse all tests

Most popular tests