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Business Analyst

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1. Describes how best to represent information






2. 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






3. 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).






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






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






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






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






8. Compares discrete categories on a common measure.






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






10. 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.






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






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






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






14. A form of BI reporting with which we are most familiar-- summary reports distributed at regular intervals.






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. An unfortunate reuse of the word template






46. 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.






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






48. 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.






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






50. 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.