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System Analysis And Design

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Integration testing is performed by ____________






2. the process that monitors current activity and performance levels - anticipates future activity - and forecasts the resources needed to provide desired levels of service.






3. A complete computer system will consist of people - _________ - hardware - software and data.






4. Flow Chart: A _________ must have two flow line coming out of it






5. Testing of two or more programs that depend on each other.






6. Flow Chart: comment






7. Flow Chart: Decision/Conditional - a question or branch in the process






8. A technique for representing program logic that a systems analyst can use to describe program actions.






9. __________ - analyst compares the expenses against the advantages of a system






10. Flow Chart: data - input - output






11. _________ Chart advantages: designs programs in testable models - creation of hierarchy of detail as design progresses - clear indication of necessary inputs and outputs






12. Flow Chart: Processing steps - "process blocks" - an operation or action step






13. Of input - output - processing - storage methods - and procedures - the one designed first by the analyst is _________






14. Data Flow Diagram: Circles will have numbers and ____________






15. testing attempts to make a system ____________






16. The most common reason for the failure of an information system is _________ _________ _________






17. Flow Chart: Preparation: any process step that is a preparation such as a setup operation






18. A flowchart represents an _____________ or process.






19. 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






20. A design approach where the system's analyst defines the overall objectives of the system - and then breaks them down into subsystems and modules.






21. The overall time between a request for system activity and the delivery of the response






22. In a program flowchart - a _________ ________ serves to fetch initial data item for processing






23. Type of Chart: uses flow lines and process blocks






24. Data Flow Diagram: each circle is identified by a ___________






25. The longest phase in the systems analysis and design process is the _______________ phase






26. System testing is performed by ____________






27. The process of examining a program design and reviewing the logic of a program with test data






28. The process for controlling changes in system requirements during software development.






29. Program testing is carried out by computer _________






30. Contains all the information needed for processing and distributing online and printed output






31. OLD: The total time required for an entire systems analysis and design process to be completed will most likely be _________ _________.






32. __________________: written materials that accompany the system process






33. Used answer questions about specific scenarios that could potentially appear in a situation during capacity planning






34. Measures a module's scope and processing characteristics






35. The most significant output of the systems analysis phase of the entire analysis and design process is the _________ _________ _________






36. Integration testing is also called ____________ testing






37. During the design of input - the analyst establishes how to _________ _________






38. The environment that analysts and programmers use to develop and maintain programs






39. Flow Chart: Represents start or stop/end. Pill shape (sometimes circle - oval - cigar or rounded rectangle)






40. Data flow diagram shape: open ended (right) rectangle






41. Describes the system at the beginning of system operation.






42. A design that can be broken down into logical blocks - also known as partitioning - or top-down design. This approach is similar to constructing a leveled set of DFDs.






43. The analyst may solicit hardware and software proposals from vendors. The analyst will prepare a(n) _________






44. 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






45. Dtypically the riskiest method of systems conversion






46. The most important skill or requirement of the analyst is good_________ skills






47. Which analysis and design tool used by the computer system analyst shows the levels and subdivisions of a computer system? _________ _________






48. A chronological listing of financial transactions is called a _________ _________






49. Graphical representations of workflows of stepwise activities and actions with support for choice - iteration and concurrency. Extension of flowchart.






50. Documents the system at the end of the design phase and identifies any changes since the functional baseline.