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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 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.
template
enterprise systems
master
static reports
2. Usually the recommended way to start a small business. If the business goes under - you are not personally liable for the businesses debts.
data mining
theme
business intelligence
Limited Liability Corporation (LLC)
3. 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.
4. Programs that greatly simplify the process of building a website. Google Sites is the authoring tool that we will use.
website authoring tools
foreign key
affinity
primary key
5. Structured Query Language is the language used by most relational database management systems. It requires very little code to accopmlish powerful operations.
Porter's five forces
SQL
data warehouse
master
6. A giant database that contains periodic dumps from many databases throughout the company. BI systems query the data warehouse to spot patterns and trends.
business intelligence
data warehouse
pie chart
data mining
7. The largest systems of all. ERP systems tie together all aspects of the business from accounting to the shop floor.
static reports
user centered design
usibility
enterprise resource planning
8. A database that consists of related tables and nothing but tables.
industry Analysis
dynamic reports
latency
relational database
9. Describes how best to represent information
landscape orientation
master
business intelligence
analytical design
10. A PowerPoint template well suited for creating schematic reports because of its small font size and versatile layouts.
foreign key
Pitchbook
line graph
data mining
11. 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.
extract - transform - load (ETL)
PowerPoint presentation
template
industry Analysis
12. A cost that the business must pay whether or not they sell anything. Examples include rent - legal fees - development costs and so forth.
Doing Business As (DBA) license
pie chart
fixed cost
primary key
13. Make very small loans (typically under 500) to entrepreneurs in developing countries. Most Loans are repaid in six months to a year.
database integration
line graph
business intelligence
microfinance
14. A way to categorize groups of people using age - income level - gender - education level - home ownership - and so forth.
demographics
site template
form
Porter's five forces
15. 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
system development life cycle
Limited Liability Corporation (LLC)
latency
report
16. 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.
schematic report
drill down
form
pivot table
17. A group of potential customers for a product or service. Segments are typically identified by demographics.
affinity
market segment
data mining
master
18. An analysis of the attractiveness of the industry in which the company operates.
scatterplot
industry Analysis
bar graph
Pitchbook
19. Running development software such as Dreamweaver on your workstation. The major advantage is that it runs very fast when running locally.
client side development
website authoring tools
market segment
form
20. An unfortunate reuse of the word template
latency
dashboard
PowerPoint presentation
page template
21. These are fixed costs associated with starting a business. Often refers to one time costs.
scatterplot
startup costs
business analyst
finance charge
22. A collection of one or more related tables of data stored in rows and columns
drill down
landscape orientation
differentiate
database
23. The organization of items on a page. For example - a 2up layout consists of two blocks of images and/or text.
sensitivity analysis
layout
analytical design
system development life cycle
24. Accessing development software that lives in the cloud. The major advantage is that the development process tends to be greatly simplified.
cloud development
database integration
PowerPoint presentation
schematic report
25. The cheapest way to start a business. It is just you doing business under another name. However - you are personally liable for business debts.
contribution margin
Doing Business As (DBA) license
database integration
SQL
26. Compares discrete categories on a common measure.
client side development
Limited Liability Corporation (LLC)
pie chart
theme
27. The process of copying data from many databases throughout the enterprise into the datawarehouse
differentiate
finance charge
fixed cost
extract - transform - load (ETL)
28. A presentation primarily designed to be projected which combines brief text and graphics. Presentations use few words and large fonts for audience readability.
PowerPoint presentation
dynamic reports
site template
relational database
29. A high level management overview of the data--sometimes depicted using dials and needles similar to an automobile dashboard. In a car.
Porter's five forces
dashboard
business intelligence
information systems
30. Compares coninuous categories such as time on a common measure
business intelligence
dynamic reports
line graph
gadgets
31. An analysis of how the calculation results vary with changes in the initial assumptions.
assumptions area
foreign key
sensitivity analysis
user centered design
32. A part of the spreadsheet - usually at the top - where the key variables are given their values.
SQL
sensitivity analysis
assumptions area
report
33. Designing websites and applications to meet the needs of the user.
payment (PMT) function
finance charge
user centered design
page template
34. 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.
dynamic reports
form
finance charge
schematic report
35. Suggests causality by plotting independent and dependent variables on the same graph.
scatterplot
Limited Liability Corporation (LLC)
database
foreign key
36. Defines a set of background elements - colors - and fonts as well as a set of slide layouts.
fixed cost
payment (PMT) function
theme
contribution margin
37. 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
latency
website authoring tools
Doing Business As (DBA) license
business analyst
38. Variable names created by capitalizing the first letter of each word and eliminating the spaces between words.
camelback notation
business analyst
line graph
information systems
39. The process of analyzing data to spot trends and opportunities.
information systems
contribution margin
theme
business intelligence
40. Similar to a template but without the placeholder text and images. A theme specifies formatting--layout - colors - and fonts
theme
data mining
drill down
system development life cycle
41. The opposite of contrast. Layouts demonstrating affinity show subtle variations in color or brightness.
affinity
page template
differentiate
camelback notation
42. 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
sensitivity analysis
usibility
SQL
43. One or more fields that uniquely identify each record in the table
PowerPoint presentation
industry Analysis
analytical design
primary key
44. The idea that a brand's power depends on it's uniqueness
cloud development
Limited Liability Corporation (LLC)
dynamic reports
singularity
45. 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.
foreign key
user centered design
finance charge
gadgets
46. A visual query tool in excel that allows you to easily group and summarize data
theme
pivot table
PowerPoint presentation
differentiate
47. A way to get information into database. Each field in the form corresponds to a field in the database table
website authoring tools
form
Porter's five forces
report
48. A marketing term that refers to the ability of a brand to stand out from the crowd.
page template
business intelligence
singularity
differentiate
49. Repear the primary key from the parent table in each corresponding record of the child table as a foreign key to link tables together
microfinance
data warehouse
foreign key
template
50. What you make on every sale after subtracting variable costs.
dynamic reports
contribution margin
singularity
camelback notation