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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. Data Flow Diagram Shape: open ended (right) rectangle
data storage
process
Allocated Baseline
analysts
2. Flow Chart: Always has one flow line in and one flow line out - _________ symbol
process
system documentation
system requirements plan
data storage
3. Describes the system at the beginning of system operation.
problem analysis
Response Time
link
Product Baseline
4. Flow Chart: comment
open ended rectangle
freeze point
System Testing
Version Control
5. ____________ Testing: Another name for integration testing
management
diamond
link
Configuration Management
6. __________________: written materials that accompany the system process
Product Baseline
GANTT
direct response
system documentation
7. Data flow diagram shape: open ended (right) rectangle
output
Top-Down Approach
data storage
open ended rectangle
8. In a program flowchart - a _________ ________ serves to fetch initial data item for processing
pentagon
Cohesion
problem analysis
priming read
9. Flow Chart: a loop must begin with a _________
program
decision
analysts
collect data
10. Type of system implementation that is used in its entirety only in one locality or area
system
pilot
System Testing
acceptance notice
11. A technique for representing program logic that a systems analyst can use to describe program actions.
Pseudocode
decision table
Functional Baseline
Partitioning
12. Data Flow Diagram: Circles will have data inflows and data ________________
parallel
direct
process
outflows
13. Dtypically the riskiest method of systems conversion
names
systems development
direct
outflows
14. _________is the most commonly used tool by analysts to graphically illustrate the flow of data through a system
hexagon
data flow diagram
analysts
direct
15. A flowchart represents an _____________ or process.
programmers
HIPO
algorithm process
pentagon
16. Testing of two or more programs that depend on each other.
pentagon
HIPO
programmers
Integration Testing
17. _________ Type of systems conversion where various capabilities are added to the system over a number of years
Release Methodology
phased implementation
direct
interviews
18. Flow Chart: A _________ must have two flow line coming out of it
programmers
link
decision
diamond
19. Point where no changes can be made without impacting the schedule _________ _________
freeze point
unit testing
What-If Analysis
process
20. The first step in solving a problem with a computer
decision
decision table
problem analysis
output
21. This happens after completing integration testing - it involves the testing of the entire information.
acceptance notice
System Testing
What-If Analysis
direct
22. Testing of an individual program module.
parallel
direct response
Unit Testing
System Testing
23. __________ - analyst compares the expenses against the advantages of a system
interviews
disadvantages
cost benefit analysis
Allocated Baseline
24. ____________ 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
circle
unit
Capacity Planning
data storage
25. Data Flow Diagram: Circles will have numbers and ____________
Activity Diagram
circle
parallel
names
26. The analyst may solicit hardware and software proposals from vendors. The analyst will prepare a(n) _________
users
systems development
RFP
unit testing
27. _________ The first procedure in a system test plan
unit testing
disadvantages
Cohesion
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.
outflows
statement of objectives
Pseudocode
implementation
29. In most cases - a request for computer services should originate from the _________ of the requested system
faulty problem identification
users
circle
Data Flow Diagram
30. A design approach where the system's analyst defines the overall objectives of the system - and then breaks them down into subsystems and modules.
cost benefit analysis
number
HIPO
Top-Down Approach
31. The most significant output of the systems analysis phase of the entire analysis and design process is the _________ _________ _________
Hierarchy Chart
programmers
Version Control
system requirements plan
32. Flow Chart: Off-Page-Connector - continues a chart to another page
Partitioning
Hierarchy Chart
Pseudocode
pentagon
33. ________________ is an output of the systems audit
decision
Program Documentation
decision table
acceptance notice
34. Flow Chart: Decision/Conditional - a question or branch in the process
priming read
diamond
general journal
What-If Analysis
35. 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
system documentation
programmers
parallel
Data Flow Diagram
36. Measures a module's scope and processing characteristics
Cohesion
Modular Design
analysts
RFP
37. Of input - output - processing - storage methods - and procedures - the one designed first by the analyst is _________
Operations Documentation
output
systems development
personal interviews
38. ____________ - 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
communication
Version Control
Functional Baseline
parallel
39. The overall time between a request for system activity and the delivery of the response
link
Response Time
phased implementation
personal interviews
40. Which analysis and design tool used by the computer system analyst shows the levels and subdivisions of a computer system? _________ _________
pilot
integration
circle
hierarchy chart
41. _________ accounts for the greatest expenditure involved in the cost of creating and maintaining a system.
fail
names
parallel
implementation
42. Process of tracking system releases - or versions
Version Control
analysts
Cohesion
system documentation
43. A complete computer system will consist of people - _________ - hardware - software and data.
users
implementation
procedures
System Documentation
44. Integration testing is performed by ____________
Configuration Management
terminator
analysts
circle
45. During the design of input - the analyst establishes how to _________ _________
collect data
Top-Down Approach
Response Time
statement of objectives
46. Data Flow Diagram: in reviewing each circle - the analyst will find it yields a _______________
open ended rectangle
System Documentation
desk checking
program
47. 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.
Modular Design
Cohesion
HIPO
users
48. Describes the system's functions and how they are implemented
faulty problem identification
parallel
rectangle
System Documentation
49. ____________ 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
implementation
rectangle
output
system
50. The process of examining a program design and reviewing the logic of a program with test data
desk checking
users
Version Control
circle