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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.
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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 systems conversion where various capabilities are added to the system over a number of years
direct response
integration
phased implementation
decision table
2. A design approach where the system's analyst defines the overall objectives of the system - and then breaks them down into subsystems and modules.
decision table
general journal
data storage
Top-Down Approach
3. Testing of an individual program module.
Unit Testing
program
Pseudocode
link
4. Describes the degree of interdependence among modules. (loosely coupled modules are desirable as they are more independent)
Activity Diagram
string
Coupling
pentagon
5. Flow Chart: Connector - continues a chart to another point on the same page
circle
Top-Down Approach
Coupling
decision
6. _________ The first procedure in a system test plan
unit testing
decision
parallelogram
parallel
7. Testing of two or more programs that depend on each other.
cost benefit analysis
implementation
direct
Integration Testing
8. A chronological listing of financial transactions is called a _________ _________
Allocated Baseline
general journal
system documentation
users
9. _________ Chart advantages: designs programs in testable models - creation of hierarchy of detail as design progresses - clear indication of necessary inputs and outputs
HIPO
circle
Allocated Baseline
management
10. Type of system implementation that is used in its entirety only in one locality or area
pilot
outflows
Integration Testing
Cohesion
11. A technique for representing program logic that a systems analyst can use to describe program actions.
decision
Pseudocode
hexagon
fail
12. HIPO Chart __________: extensive training/experience needed - uses top-down programming techniques - extra documentation requirements
terminator
management
circle
disadvantages
13. testing attempts to make a system ____________
Allocated Baseline
fail
data storage
personal interviews
14. _________ are the most reliable means of obtaining information about an existing system
link
direct
Capacity Planning
interviews
15. When it is too expensive to convert a system's old files and applications - a _______________ systems conversion is commonly used.
Hierarchy Chart
management
data flow diagram
day one
16. This happens after completing integration testing - it involves the testing of the entire information.
program
open ended rectangle
System Testing
collect data
17. the process that monitors current activity and performance levels - anticipates future activity - and forecasts the resources needed to provide desired levels of service.
circle
parallelogram
outflows
Capacity Planning
18. Flow Chart: Off-Page-Connector - continues a chart to another page
terminator
pentagon
Allocated Baseline
diamond
19. Data Flow Diagram: each circle is identified by a ___________
pilot
parallel
number
data storage
20. A method for converting a manual system to an automated system whereby both systems are run simultaneously - whereupon the results are compared and the new system is phased in is called _________ conversion
system
parallel
parallelogram
circle
21. Process of tracking system releases - or versions
parallel
Version Control
freeze point
HIPO
22. _________ accounts for the greatest expenditure involved in the cost of creating and maintaining a system.
personal interviews
Hierarchy Chart
implementation
users
23. 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
data storage
What-If Analysis
hexagon
Turnaround Time
24. When all non-critical changes are held until they can be implemented at the same time.
data flow diagram
Release Methodology
parallel
decision table
25. The most common reason for the failure of an information system is _________ _________ _________
link
Turnaround Time
Integration Testing
faulty problem identification
26. Process that divides the overall objectives into subsystems and modules
Partitioning
direct
What-If Analysis
implementation
27. Flow Chart shapes are similar to ________
decision
acceptance notice
parallel
Data Flow Diagram
28. ________________ - a document created by the systems project team that takes into account the organizational constraints and the personnel involved in using a new system.
Data Flow Diagram
System Documentation
statement of objectives
open ended rectangle
29. Documents the system at the end of the design phase and identifies any changes since the functional baseline.
Data Flow Diagram
communication
GANTT
Allocated Baseline
30. The environment that analysts and programmers use to develop and maintain programs
Test Environment
Hierarchy Chart
circle
Allocated Baseline
31. Data Flow Diagram Shape: open ended (right) rectangle
hierarchy chart
system documentation
data storage
data flow diagram
32. Data flow diagram shape: process that transforms the data in some way
personal interviews
names
phased implementation
circle
33. Program testing is carried out by computer _________
2-3 years
pilot
desk checking
programmers
34. Used answer questions about specific scenarios that could potentially appear in a situation during capacity planning
implementation
What-If Analysis
diamond
link
35. Type of Chart: uses flow lines and process blocks
Hierarchy Chart
Coupling
direct
process
36. ____________ 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 flow diagram
unit
management
What-If Analysis
37. Measures a module's scope and processing characteristics
priming read
Capacity Planning
Cohesion
acceptance notice
38. Describes the system at the beginning of system operation.
Turnaround Time
integration
Product Baseline
general journal
39. The overall time between a request for system activity and the delivery of the response
Response Time
acceptance notice
output
link
40. ____________ - a method for converting a manual system to an automated system whereby both systems are run simultaneously - whereupon the results are compared and the new system is phased in is called parallel conversion
data storage
parallel
Data Flow Diagram
output
41. 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
acceptance notice
decision table
rectangle
Modular Design
42. Point where no changes can be made without impacting the schedule _________ _________
data storage
2-3 years
freeze point
Top-Down Approach
43. A _________ systems conversion takes place when the old system is switched off and the new one is started up.
analysts
acceptance notice
direct
disadvantages
44. Data Flow Diagram: in reviewing each circle - the analyst will find it yields a _______________
fail
program
procedures
system documentation
45. ____________ Testing: Another name for integration testing
link
outflows
System Documentation
output
46. The longest phase in the systems analysis and design process is the _______________ phase
hexagon
system
Test Environment
systems development
47. Of input - output - processing - storage methods - and procedures - the one designed first by the analyst is _________
output
parallel
pilot
Integration Testing
48. During the design of input - the analyst establishes how to _________ _________
names
collect data
day one
fail
49. Flow Chart: comment
System Documentation
circle
Turnaround Time
open ended rectangle
50. __________________: written materials that accompany the system process
process
system documentation
Product Baseline
priming read