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1. The amount of time between the occurrence of a transaction and the loading of that transaction's information into the business intellegence system.
extract - transform - load (ETL)
master
gadgets
latency
2. Accessing development software that lives in the cloud. The major advantage is that the development process tends to be greatly simplified.
microfinance
master
cloud development
gadgets
3. A collection of one or more related tables of data stored in rows and columns
camelback notation
contribution margin
database
SQL
4. A PowerPoint template well suited for creating schematic reports because of its small font size and versatile layouts.
form
variable cost
Pitchbook
data mining
5. A marketing term that refers to the ability of a brand to stand out from the crowd.
database integration
differentiate
system development life cycle
database
6. A way to get information into database. Each field in the form corresponds to a field in the database table
camelback notation
form
template
information systems
7. What you make on every sale after subtracting variable costs.
microfinance
singularity
contribution margin
assumptions area
8. The process of fishing for patterns in the data using computing power because you really do not know what to look for.
data mining
Doing Business As (DBA) license
enterprise systems
master
9. Running development software such as Dreamweaver on your workstation. The major advantage is that it runs very fast when running locally.
form
master
Porter's five forces
client side development
10. Designing websites and applications to meet the needs of the user.
user centered design
data warehouse
usibility
report
11. The idea that a brand's power depends on it's uniqueness
latency
singularity
database
Limited Liability Corporation (LLC)
12. The opposite of contrast. Layouts demonstrating affinity show subtle variations in color or brightness.
foreign key
website authoring tools
PowerPoint presentation
affinity
13. Compares discrete categories on a common measure.
pie chart
business intelligence
client side development
database integration
14. A visual query tool in excel that allows you to easily group and summarize data
gadgets
pivot table
database integration
enterprise resource planning
15. A database that consists of related tables and nothing but tables.
relational database
market segment
database integration
website authoring tools
16. 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.
analytical design
scatterplot
database integration
startup costs
17. An unfortunate reuse of the word template
form
page template
drill down
data mining
18. A way to categorize groups of people using age - income level - gender - education level - home ownership - and so forth.
demographics
static reports
dashboard
Doing Business As (DBA) license
19. Mini services that exist in the cloud and can be snapped into your webpage. For example - you can include a weather gadget.
dynamic reports
drill down
gadgets
theme
20. The organization of items on a page. For example - a 2up layout consists of two blocks of images and/or text.
layout
template
Pitchbook
business intelligence
21. 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.
business intelligence
layout
dynamic reports
SQL
22. A user-friendly way to get information into a database.
website authoring tools
sensitivity analysis
form
usibility
23. An analysis of the attractiveness of the industry in which the company operates.
database
pivot table
PowerPoint presentation
industry Analysis
24. Usually the recommended way to start a small business. If the business goes under - you are not personally liable for the businesses debts.
information systems
latency
Limited Liability Corporation (LLC)
form
25. Systems that manage day to day transactions of the business.
system development life cycle
theme
enterprise systems
pie chart
26. Describes how easy the system is to use and navigate
singularity
template
pivot table
usibility
27. The largest systems of all. ERP systems tie together all aspects of the business from accounting to the shop floor.
latency
form
enterprise resource planning
form
28. Structured Query Language is the language used by most relational database management systems. It requires very little code to accopmlish powerful operations.
site template
SQL
scatterplot
report
29. Suggests causality by plotting independent and dependent variables on the same graph.
scatterplot
contribution margin
cloud development
page template
30. A part of the spreadsheet - usually at the top - where the key variables are given their values.
information systems
sensitivity analysis
assumptions area
business intelligence
31. Variable names created by capitalizing the first letter of each word and eliminating the spaces between words.
camelback notation
form
bar graph
cloud development
32. The process of copying data from many databases throughout the enterprise into the datawarehouse
extract - transform - load (ETL)
foreign key
theme
landscape orientation
33. Programs that greatly simplify the process of building a website. Google Sites is the authoring tool that we will use.
layout
page template
website authoring tools
enterprise systems
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).
bar graph
payment (PMT) function
system development life cycle
static reports
35. Repear the primary key from the parent table in each corresponding record of the child table as a foreign key to link tables together
pivot table
business analyst
variable cost
foreign key
36. 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
pivot table
assumptions area
camelback notation
business analyst
37. Make very small loans (typically under 500) to entrepreneurs in developing countries. Most Loans are repaid in six months to a year.
camelback notation
microfinance
PowerPoint presentation
Porter's five forces
38. A cost that the business must pay whether or not they sell anything. Examples include rent - legal fees - development costs and so forth.
startup costs
primary key
fixed cost
information systems
39. A cost that business incurs on each sale. For apps - the variable cost is the iTunes store commission.
site template
foreign key
variable cost
landscape orientation
40. 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.
SQL
template
bar graph
analytical design
41. 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
theme
contribution margin
Pitchbook
42. Compares coninuous categories such as time on a common measure
cloud development
fixed cost
line graph
template
43. Defines a set of background elements - colors - and fonts as well as a set of slide layouts.
site template
theme
enterprise systems
variable cost
44. Describes how best to represent information
microfinance
scatterplot
analytical design
page template
45. Similar to a template but without the placeholder text and images. A theme specifies formatting--layout - colors - and fonts
theme
affinity
pie chart
client side development
46. 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.
database
analytical design
Doing Business As (DBA) license
schematic report
47. 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.
data warehouse
finance charge
contribution margin
singularity
48. An analysis of how the calculation results vary with changes in the initial assumptions.
sensitivity analysis
bar graph
business intelligence
variable cost
49. Compares discrete (distinct) categories on a common measure
bar graph
static reports
demographics
site template
50. 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 analyst
landscape orientation
foreign key