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1. Systems that manage day to day transactions of the business.
form
report
enterprise systems
drill down
2. A pre-built site with placeholder text - images - and a pre-selected theme. Site templates are the closest thing to an instant website.
extract - transform - load (ETL)
form
camelback notation
site template
3. Usually the recommended way to start a small business. If the business goes under - you are not personally liable for the businesses debts.
fixed cost
Limited Liability Corporation (LLC)
landscape orientation
singularity
4. 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 warehouse
page template
contribution margin
database integration
5. A PowerPoint template well suited for creating schematic reports because of its small font size and versatile layouts.
database
affinity
form
Pitchbook
6. Running development software such as Dreamweaver on your workstation. The major advantage is that it runs very fast when running locally.
client side development
site template
theme
microfinance
7. A presentation primarily designed to be projected which combines brief text and graphics. Presentations use few words and large fonts for audience readability.
camelback notation
industry Analysis
PowerPoint presentation
extract - transform - load (ETL)
8. An analysis of the attractiveness of the industry in which the company operates.
industry Analysis
bar graph
demographics
Pitchbook
9. A way to get information into database. Each field in the form corresponds to a field in the database table
form
business analyst
user centered design
sensitivity analysis
10. The delivery of accurate - useful information to the appropriate decision makers within the necessary fime frame to support effective decision making.
database
data warehouse
foreign key
business intelligence
11. 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).
cloud development
enterprise resource planning
payment (PMT) function
form
12. The process of fishing for patterns in the data using computing power because you really do not know what to look for.
data mining
PowerPoint presentation
scatterplot
Limited Liability Corporation (LLC)
13. A marketing term that refers to the ability of a brand to stand out from the crowd.
theme
sensitivity analysis
differentiate
Limited Liability Corporation (LLC)
14. Similar to a template but without the placeholder text and images. A theme specifies formatting--layout - colors - and fonts
Limited Liability Corporation (LLC)
theme
primary key
affinity
15. Designing websites and applications to meet the needs of the user.
user centered design
usibility
extract - transform - load (ETL)
landscape orientation
16. 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
data warehouse
affinity
foreign key
17. 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
system development life cycle
singularity
enterprise systems
dynamic reports
18. An unfortunate reuse of the word template
singularity
page template
user centered design
PowerPoint presentation
19. Defines a set of background elements - colors - and fonts as well as a set of slide layouts.
data mining
website authoring tools
report
theme
20. 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.
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21. A visual query tool in excel that allows you to easily group and summarize data
extract - transform - load (ETL)
differentiate
pivot table
assumptions area
22. 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.
SQL
data mining
foreign key
schematic report
23. Variable names created by capitalizing the first letter of each word and eliminating the spaces between words.
camelback notation
SQL
site template
data warehouse
24. Structured Query Language is the language used by most relational database management systems. It requires very little code to accopmlish powerful operations.
data mining
database
SQL
report
25. One or more fields that uniquely identify each record in the table
Limited Liability Corporation (LLC)
primary key
demographics
theme
26. The process of analyzing data to spot trends and opportunities.
master
database integration
business intelligence
payment (PMT) function
27. The process of copying data from many databases throughout the enterprise into the datawarehouse
extract - transform - load (ETL)
client side development
bar graph
variable cost
28. The idea that a brand's power depends on it's uniqueness
Doing Business As (DBA) license
site template
data mining
singularity
29. Printing horizontally rather than vertically on a piece of paper. The normal way to print is portrait or vertical orientation.
PowerPoint presentation
client side development
landscape orientation
website authoring tools
30. 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.
dynamic reports
form
theme
database
31. A giant database that contains periodic dumps from many databases throughout the company. BI systems query the data warehouse to spot patterns and trends.
landscape orientation
industry Analysis
data warehouse
foreign key
32. The organization of items on a page. For example - a 2up layout consists of two blocks of images and/or text.
site template
layout
foreign key
scatterplot
33. A group of potential customers for a product or service. Segments are typically identified by demographics.
market segment
business intelligence
assumptions area
scatterplot
34. The cheapest way to start a business. It is just you doing business under another name. However - you are personally liable for business debts.
extract - transform - load (ETL)
database integration
Doing Business As (DBA) license
layout
35. A user-friendly way to get information into a database.
relational database
website authoring tools
SQL
form
36. Compares discrete categories on a common measure.
usibility
pie chart
theme
theme
37. A cost that the business must pay whether or not they sell anything. Examples include rent - legal fees - development costs and so forth.
affinity
theme
fixed cost
system development life cycle
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.
usibility
master
form
singularity
39. A form of BI reporting with which we are most familiar-- summary reports distributed at regular intervals.
static reports
SQL
database integration
payment (PMT) function
40. Describes how best to represent information
analytical design
schematic report
landscape orientation
system development life cycle
41. Accessing development software that lives in the cloud. The major advantage is that the development process tends to be greatly simplified.
cloud development
payment (PMT) function
master
form
42. A collection of one or more related tables of data stored in rows and columns
system development life cycle
pie chart
website authoring tools
database
43. Mini services that exist in the cloud and can be snapped into your webpage. For example - you can include a weather gadget.
Porter's five forces
Pitchbook
client side development
gadgets
44. These are fixed costs associated with starting a business. Often refers to one time costs.
cloud development
system development life cycle
client side development
startup costs
45. Suggests causality by plotting independent and dependent variables on the same graph.
master
pivot table
scatterplot
microfinance
46. Make very small loans (typically under 500) to entrepreneurs in developing countries. Most Loans are repaid in six months to a year.
microfinance
dashboard
theme
enterprise resource planning
47. A cost that business incurs on each sale. For apps - the variable cost is the iTunes store commission.
differentiate
form
enterprise resource planning
variable cost
48. An analysis of how the calculation results vary with changes in the initial assumptions.
sensitivity analysis
pie chart
page template
system development life cycle
49. 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.
layout
drill down
contribution margin
industry Analysis
50. Compares coninuous categories such as time on a common measure
data mining
line graph
theme
extract - transform - load (ETL)