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Business Analyst

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






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






3. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Describes how best to represent information






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Compares discrete categories on a common measure.






26. 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.






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






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






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






30. 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.






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






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






33. 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






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






35. 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).






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






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






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






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 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. An analysis of how the calculation results vary with changes in the initial assumptions.






48. 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.






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






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