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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. Flow Chart: comment
open ended rectangle
Version Control
direct response
Capacity Planning
2. __________________: written materials that accompany the system process
system documentation
direct
GANTT
Test Environment
3. Applies to centralized batch processing operations - such as customer billing or credit card statement processing. It measures the time between submitting a request for information and the fulfillment of the request
direct
Turnaround Time
users
link
4. Testing of two or more programs that depend on each other.
integration
Integration Testing
Hierarchy Chart
statement of objectives
5. ____________ 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.
Hierarchy Chart
integration
circle
problem analysis
6. The overall time between a request for system activity and the delivery of the response
direct response
fail
problem analysis
Response Time
7. Process of tracking system releases - or versions
Version Control
Release Methodology
GANTT
priming read
8. ____________ Testing: the testing of a collection of units that have a logical relationship or flow from the user's perspective.
system
decision
string
hexagon
9. Flow Chart: Decision/Conditional - a question or branch in the process
diamond
direct response
direct
Data Flow Diagram
10. When all non-critical changes are held until they can be implemented at the same time.
System Testing
Release Methodology
Allocated Baseline
communication
11. Describes the system's functions and how they are implemented
disadvantages
direct response
System Documentation
program
12. __________ - analyst compares the expenses against the advantages of a system
pilot
system requirements plan
2-3 years
cost benefit analysis
13. Describes the system at the beginning of system operation.
Product Baseline
hierarchy chart
System Testing
link
14. _________ are the most reliable means of obtaining information about an existing system
analysts
interviews
Integration Testing
outflows
15. 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
decision table
priming read
Modular Design
phased implementation
16. System testing is performed by ____________
Allocated Baseline
parallel
users
system requirements plan
17. Describes the degree of interdependence among modules. (loosely coupled modules are desirable as they are more independent)
circle
disadvantages
users
Coupling
18. Integration testing is also called ____________ testing
Partitioning
link
Capacity Planning
diamond
19. _________ The first procedure in a system test plan
System Testing
unit testing
system
direct
20. The first step in solving a problem with a computer
algorithm process
disadvantages
communication
problem analysis
21. ____________ Testing: Another name for integration testing
link
pentagon
decision table
data flow diagram
22. During the design of input - the analyst establishes how to _________ _________
RFP
collect data
unit
hexagon
23. OLD: The total time required for an entire systems analysis and design process to be completed will most likely be _________ _________.
pentagon
faulty problem identification
priming read
2-3 years
24. The most common reason for the failure of an information system is _________ _________ _________
faulty problem identification
decision table
Activity Diagram
day one
25. Graphical representations of workflows of stepwise activities and actions with support for choice - iteration and concurrency. Extension of flowchart.
pilot
data storage
Activity Diagram
Allocated Baseline
26. Measures a module's scope and processing characteristics
Cohesion
direct
unit testing
link
27. A flowchart represents an _____________ or process.
personal interviews
RFP
algorithm process
communication
28. Flow Chart: Always has one flow line in and one flow line out - _________ symbol
number
process
fail
algorithm process
29. _________ Type of systems conversion where various capabilities are added to the system over a number of years
phased implementation
Activity Diagram
Coupling
decision table
30. The process for controlling changes in system requirements during software development.
Modular Design
Configuration Management
systems development
Functional Baseline
31. Of input - output - processing - storage methods - and procedures - the one designed first by the analyst is _________
program
desk checking
Hierarchy Chart
output
32. Type of system implementation that is used in its entirety only in one locality or area
pilot
direct response
desk checking
Partitioning
33. testing attempts to make a system ____________
communication
parallel
parallelogram
fail
34. Describes the inputs - outputs - and processing logic for all program modules.
link
data storage
2-3 years
Program Documentation
35. Dtypically the riskiest method of systems conversion
Capacity Planning
direct
decision table
hexagon
36. Flow Chart: Preparation: any process step that is a preparation such as a setup operation
Pseudocode
direct
hexagon
decision
37. In a program flowchart - a _________ ________ serves to fetch initial data item for processing
Program Documentation
data flow diagram
Cohesion
priming read
38. Documents the system at the end of the design phase and identifies any changes since the functional baseline.
Operations Documentation
collect data
desk checking
Allocated Baseline
39. 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
parallel
freeze point
Test Environment
What-If Analysis
40. The most significant output of the systems analysis phase of the entire analysis and design process is the _________ _________ _________
desk checking
freeze point
Test Environment
system requirements plan
41. The most important skill or requirement of the analyst is good_________ skills
system documentation
pilot
phased implementation
communication
42. The analyst may solicit hardware and software proposals from vendors. The analyst will prepare a(n) _________
RFP
day one
decision table
Version Control
43. Used answer questions about specific scenarios that could potentially appear in a situation during capacity planning
What-If Analysis
program
direct response
cost benefit analysis
44. Data flow diagram shape: process that transforms the data in some way
decision
Release Methodology
cost benefit analysis
circle
45. Contains all the information needed for processing and distributing online and printed output
Pseudocode
Operations Documentation
fail
users
46. ________________ is an output of the systems audit
system documentation
acceptance notice
parallel
pentagon
47. Program testing is carried out by computer _________
integration
desk checking
programmers
Test Environment
48. A type of questionnaire which uses very explicit questions and require a short written response is called a(n) _________ _________ questionnaire
Data Flow Diagram
direct response
unit testing
System Documentation
49. This happens after completing integration testing - it involves the testing of the entire information.
unit
open ended rectangle
System Testing
statement of objectives
50. Which analysis and design tool used by the computer system analyst shows the levels and subdivisions of a computer system? _________ _________
interviews
Integration Testing
hierarchy chart
Version Control