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Business Analyst

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A part of the spreadsheet - usually at the top - where the key variables are given their values.






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






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






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






5. 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.


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






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






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






9. 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).






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






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






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






13. 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






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






15. 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






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Compares discrete categories on a common measure.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. The process of uncovering the numbers that contribute to creating a summary number. Drill down is like being shocked at you ATM balance and then calling the bank to get a list of withdrawls and payments made against your account.






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






36. 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






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






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






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






40. 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.






41. 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.






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






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






44. 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.






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






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






47. Describes how best to represent information






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






49. 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.






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