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System Analysis And Design
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Subject
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it-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Type of system implementation that is used in its entirety only in one locality or area
System Testing
desk checking
hierarchy chart
pilot
2. Flow Chart: a loop must begin with a _________
parallelogram
direct
Data Flow Diagram
decision
3. Flow Chart: Processing steps - "process blocks" - an operation or action step
rectangle
cost benefit analysis
general journal
data flow diagram
4. Data flow diagram shape: open ended (right) rectangle
collect data
data storage
HIPO
cost benefit analysis
5. Integration testing is performed by ____________
freeze point
analysts
GANTT
link
6. HIPO Chart __________: extensive training/experience needed - uses top-down programming techniques - extra documentation requirements
Cohesion
Allocated Baseline
Release Methodology
disadvantages
7. Program testing is carried out by computer _________
Product Baseline
Top-Down Approach
programmers
outflows
8. The first step in solving a problem with a computer
users
users
problem analysis
Operations Documentation
9. Documents the system at the end of the design phase and identifies any changes since the functional baseline.
names
procedures
Allocated Baseline
program
10. Which analysis and design tool used by the computer system analyst shows the levels and subdivisions of a computer system? _________ _________
Response Time
system requirements plan
algorithm process
hierarchy chart
11. _________ The first procedure in a system test plan
problem analysis
phased implementation
unit testing
collect data
12. A chronological listing of financial transactions is called a _________ _________
Allocated Baseline
process
general journal
circle
13. Describes the system's functions and how they are implemented
analysts
System Documentation
fail
Integration Testing
14. Flow chart: ____________ represents an event which occurs automatically. Such an event will trigger a subsequent action - for example 'receive telephone call' - or describe a new state of affairs
pentagon
parallel
implementation
Pseudocode
15. ____________ Testing: Another name for integration testing
programmers
acceptance notice
link
desk checking
16. __________________: written materials that accompany the system process
data storage
system documentation
analysts
System Testing
17. ________________ is an output of the systems audit
Activity Diagram
implementation
acceptance notice
circle
18. The most common reason for the failure of an information system is _________ _________ _________
process
decision
System Testing
faulty problem identification
19. The overall time between a request for system activity and the delivery of the response
Response Time
unit testing
system
Configuration Management
20. Flow Chart: Represents start or stop/end. Pill shape (sometimes circle - oval - cigar or rounded rectangle)
terminator
problem analysis
Response Time
GANTT
21. Testing of an individual program module.
Unit Testing
management
decision table
desk checking
22. The analyst may solicit hardware and software proposals from vendors. The analyst will prepare a(n) _________
RFP
algorithm process
desk checking
program
23. _________ Type of systems conversion where various capabilities are added to the system over a number of years
priming read
phased implementation
number
terminator
24. When all non-critical changes are held until they can be implemented at the same time.
parallelogram
Release Methodology
Top-Down Approach
parallel
25. Describes the system at the beginning of system operation.
Integration Testing
pentagon
Product Baseline
What-If Analysis
26. Data Flow Diagram: Circles will have data inflows and data ________________
decision table
outflows
interviews
Integration Testing
27. Describes the inputs - outputs - and processing logic for all program modules.
implementation
phased implementation
hexagon
Program Documentation
28. Flow Chart: Connector - continues a chart to another point on the same page
circle
interviews
Program Documentation
link
29. Flow Chart: Preparation: any process step that is a preparation such as a setup operation
hexagon
pentagon
data flow diagram
Version Control
30. ____________ Testing - (sometimes called Integration and Testing - abbreviated "I&T") is the phase in software testing in which individual software modules are combined and tested as a group. It occurs after unit testing and before system testing.
communication
integration
program
cost benefit analysis
31. Flow Chart: A _________ must have two flow line coming out of it
decision
analysts
RFP
Response Time
32. ____________ Testing - The first procedure in a system test plan - a software verification and validation method in which a programmer tests if individual units of source code are fit for use. A unit is the smallest testable part of an application. I
data storage
unit
analysts
users
33. The longest phase in the systems analysis and design process is the _______________ phase
hexagon
systems development
decision
link
34. Process of tracking system releases - or versions
Activity Diagram
Modular Design
Version Control
rectangle
35. A precise yet compact way to model complicated logic. Like if-then-else and switch-case statements - associate conditions with actions to perform. But - unlike the control structures found in traditional programming languages - they can associate man
programmers
Operations Documentation
decision table
Product Baseline
36. Flow Chart: data - input - output
algorithm process
Partitioning
parallel
parallelogram
37. Data Flow Diagram: in reviewing each circle - the analyst will find it yields a _______________
phased implementation
unit testing
program
general journal
38. _________is the most commonly used tool by analysts to graphically illustrate the flow of data through a system
Coupling
data flow diagram
data storage
faulty problem identification
39. This happens after completing integration testing - it involves the testing of the entire information.
GANTT
What-If Analysis
System Testing
programmers
40. The process of examining a program design and reviewing the logic of a program with test data
problem analysis
desk checking
link
parallelogram
41. Integration testing is also called ____________ testing
link
Top-Down Approach
priming read
string
42. When initially collecting data for a systems project - it should be collected via ________________
Unit Testing
personal interviews
hierarchy chart
program
43. The most important skill or requirement of the analyst is good_________ skills
hierarchy chart
personal interviews
rectangle
communication
44. Data Flow Diagram: each circle is identified by a ___________
number
terminator
circle
output
45. Describes the degree of interdependence among modules. (loosely coupled modules are desirable as they are more independent)
analysts
freeze point
Coupling
Configuration Management
46. ____________ Testing - testing conducted on a complete - integrated system to evaluate the system's compliance with its specified requirements. System testing falls within the scope of black box testing - and as such - should require no knowledge of
string
Integration Testing
system
names
47. Type of Chart: uses flow lines and process blocks
collect data
Hierarchy Chart
GANTT
systems development
48. Flow Chart: Always has one flow line in and one flow line out - _________ symbol
process
desk checking
data flow diagram
pilot
49. When it is too expensive to convert a system's old files and applications - a _______________ systems conversion is commonly used.
decision
phased implementation
day one
communication
50. Flow Chart: Off-Page-Connector - continues a chart to another page
pentagon
outflows
Activity Diagram
circle