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1. Structured Query Language is the language used by most relational database management systems. It requires very little code to accopmlish powerful operations.
pie chart
SQL
theme
contribution margin
2. A way to categorize groups of people using age - income level - gender - education level - home ownership - and so forth.
enterprise resource planning
usibility
data mining
demographics
3. Describes how easy the system is to use and navigate
foreign key
camelback notation
usibility
enterprise resource planning
4. The opposite of contrast. Layouts demonstrating affinity show subtle variations in color or brightness.
affinity
analytical design
Pitchbook
form
5. An analysis of the attractiveness of the industry in which the company operates.
landscape orientation
industry Analysis
business analyst
usibility
6. 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.
data mining
database integration
payment (PMT) function
assumptions area
7. 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
page template
scatterplot
report
landscape orientation
8. 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
data warehouse
assumptions area
market segment
9. Programs that greatly simplify the process of building a website. Google Sites is the authoring tool that we will use.
sensitivity analysis
industry Analysis
website authoring tools
report
10. A high level management overview of the data--sometimes depicted using dials and needles similar to an automobile dashboard. In a car.
pivot table
payment (PMT) function
user centered design
dashboard
11. A user-friendly way to get information into a database.
master
form
Limited Liability Corporation (LLC)
PowerPoint presentation
12. Compares discrete categories on a common measure.
database
bar graph
pie chart
pivot table
13. The cheapest way to start a business. It is just you doing business under another name. However - you are personally liable for business debts.
Doing Business As (DBA) license
microfinance
theme
pie chart
14. Compares coninuous categories such as time on a common measure
line graph
affinity
fixed cost
primary key
15. Make very small loans (typically under 500) to entrepreneurs in developing countries. Most Loans are repaid in six months to a year.
microfinance
business analyst
data mining
database integration
16. These are fixed costs associated with starting a business. Often refers to one time costs.
startup costs
Pitchbook
variable cost
website authoring tools
17. A presentation primarily designed to be projected which combines brief text and graphics. Presentations use few words and large fonts for audience readability.
variable cost
PowerPoint presentation
information systems
Doing Business As (DBA) license
18. Accessing development software that lives in the cloud. The major advantage is that the development process tends to be greatly simplified.
enterprise resource planning
Limited Liability Corporation (LLC)
enterprise systems
cloud development
19. An unfortunate reuse of the word template
gadgets
schematic report
extract - transform - load (ETL)
page template
20. Similar to a template but without the placeholder text and images. A theme specifies formatting--layout - colors - and fonts
payment (PMT) function
theme
affinity
data mining
21. The largest systems of all. ERP systems tie together all aspects of the business from accounting to the shop floor.
affinity
enterprise resource planning
report
client side development
22. The process of fishing for patterns in the data using computing power because you really do not know what to look for.
bar graph
data mining
assumptions area
form
23. The process of analyzing data to spot trends and opportunities.
data warehouse
business intelligence
fixed cost
database integration
24. What you make on every sale after subtracting variable costs.
static reports
database
contribution margin
landscape orientation
25. 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.
template
singularity
business intelligence
enterprise systems
26. The amount of time between the occurrence of a transaction and the loading of that transaction's information into the business intellegence system.
latency
database
gadgets
enterprise systems
27. Repear the primary key from the parent table in each corresponding record of the child table as a foreign key to link tables together
foreign key
gadgets
client side development
Doing Business As (DBA) license
28. 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.
client side development
form
finance charge
site template
29. An analysis of how the calculation results vary with changes in the initial assumptions.
finance charge
form
sensitivity analysis
system development life cycle
30. A visual query tool in excel that allows you to easily group and summarize data
form
Porter's five forces
pivot table
form
31. 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
Doing Business As (DBA) license
system development life cycle
singularity
report
32. A form of BI reporting with which we are most familiar-- summary reports distributed at regular intervals.
startup costs
system development life cycle
foreign key
static reports
33. 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.
usibility
cloud development
PowerPoint presentation
drill down
34. Defines a set of background elements - colors - and fonts as well as a set of slide layouts.
theme
dynamic reports
extract - transform - load (ETL)
variable cost
35. Suggests causality by plotting independent and dependent variables on the same graph.
scatterplot
payment (PMT) function
Porter's five forces
PowerPoint presentation
36. Systems that manage day to day transactions of the business.
database integration
camelback notation
enterprise systems
landscape orientation
37. A cost that business incurs on each sale. For apps - the variable cost is the iTunes store commission.
layout
gadgets
information systems
variable cost
38. 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.
contribution margin
master
finance charge
Doing Business As (DBA) license
39. Compares discrete (distinct) categories on a common measure
bar graph
form
report
user centered design
40. Printing horizontally rather than vertically on a piece of paper. The normal way to print is portrait or vertical orientation.
information systems
landscape orientation
theme
Porter's five forces
41. A collection of one or more related tables of data stored in rows and columns
database
pivot table
form
differentiate
42. The combination of people - information technology - and business processes to accomplish a business objective.
fixed cost
line graph
information systems
client side development
43. Mini services that exist in the cloud and can be snapped into your webpage. For example - you can include a weather gadget.
differentiate
gadgets
Pitchbook
line graph
44. A database that consists of related tables and nothing but tables.
Pitchbook
relational database
dynamic reports
fixed cost
45. The delivery of accurate - useful information to the appropriate decision makers within the necessary fime frame to support effective decision making.
cloud development
scatterplot
affinity
business intelligence
46. Variable names created by capitalizing the first letter of each word and eliminating the spaces between words.
camelback notation
gadgets
scatterplot
master
47. A giant database that contains periodic dumps from many databases throughout the company. BI systems query the data warehouse to spot patterns and trends.
startup costs
data warehouse
Pitchbook
fixed cost
48. The idea that a brand's power depends on it's uniqueness
landscape orientation
differentiate
form
singularity
49. Describes how best to represent information
analytical design
business intelligence
drill down
data warehouse
50. 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).
pivot table
site template
payment (PMT) function
analytical design