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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. 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
Capacity Planning
decision table
Test Environment
Activity Diagram
2. When initially collecting data for a systems project - it should be collected via ________________
personal interviews
acceptance notice
statement of objectives
algorithm process
3. Flow Chart: Processing steps - "process blocks" - an operation or action step
rectangle
diamond
systems development
collect data
4. Flow Chart: Represents start or stop/end. Pill shape (sometimes circle - oval - cigar or rounded rectangle)
parallelogram
parallel
terminator
What-If Analysis
5. A type of questionnaire which uses very explicit questions and require a short written response is called a(n) _________ _________ questionnaire
unit testing
Pseudocode
users
direct response
6. Flow Chart: Preparation: any process step that is a preparation such as a setup operation
data storage
Configuration Management
hexagon
implementation
7. Testing of an individual program module.
decision
Data Flow Diagram
Unit Testing
hexagon
8. Dtypically the riskiest method of systems conversion
direct
rectangle
data storage
parallel
9. Flow Chart: Decision/Conditional - a question or branch in the process
cost benefit analysis
diamond
process
Modular Design
10. _________ are the most reliable means of obtaining information about an existing system
interviews
Coupling
direct response
implementation
11. A complete computer system will consist of people - _________ - hardware - software and data.
data flow diagram
management
Modular Design
procedures
12. A method used by the analyst to document the scheduling of the completion of the project is a(n) _________ Chart
disadvantages
procedures
GANTT
decision table
13. Data Flow Diagram Shape: open ended (right) rectangle
data storage
Unit Testing
hexagon
program
14. _________ Chart advantages: designs programs in testable models - creation of hierarchy of detail as design progresses - clear indication of necessary inputs and outputs
Capacity Planning
HIPO
communication
Program Documentation
15. When all non-critical changes are held until they can be implemented at the same time.
pilot
open ended rectangle
unit
Release Methodology
16. Process of tracking system releases - or versions
systems development
outflows
Version Control
priming read
17. ________________ is an output of the systems audit
terminator
programmers
data storage
acceptance notice
18. ____________ - 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
parallel
parallelogram
Release Methodology
statement of objectives
19. __________ - analyst compares the expenses against the advantages of a system
analysts
system requirements plan
cost benefit analysis
system
20. OLD: The total time required for an entire systems analysis and design process to be completed will most likely be _________ _________.
data storage
faulty problem identification
open ended rectangle
2-3 years
21. Which analysis and design tool used by the computer system analyst shows the levels and subdivisions of a computer system? _________ _________
open ended rectangle
systems development
hierarchy chart
System Documentation
22. Flow Chart: comment
open ended rectangle
analysts
phased implementation
acceptance notice
23. This happens after completing integration testing - it involves the testing of the entire information.
direct response
decision table
Data Flow Diagram
System Testing
24. Describes the degree of interdependence among modules. (loosely coupled modules are desirable as they are more independent)
disadvantages
Coupling
RFP
HIPO
25. Data Flow Diagram: each circle is identified by a ___________
day one
pilot
Version Control
number
26. 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
decision table
Turnaround Time
Top-Down Approach
collect data
27. Process that divides the overall objectives into subsystems and modules
integration
general journal
parallel
Partitioning
28. ____________ 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.
integration
Pseudocode
unit
acceptance notice
29. _________ accounts for the greatest expenditure involved in the cost of creating and maintaining a system.
parallel
string
implementation
System Documentation
30. 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.
management
Program Documentation
Modular Design
rectangle
31. Of input - output - processing - storage methods - and procedures - the one designed first by the analyst is _________
Top-Down Approach
output
communication
unit testing
32. The overall time between a request for system activity and the delivery of the response
data storage
number
Response Time
System Testing
33. A technique for representing program logic that a systems analyst can use to describe program actions.
parallel
system requirements plan
data flow diagram
Pseudocode
34. 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
circle
What-If Analysis
decision
parallel
35. The process of examining a program design and reviewing the logic of a program with test data
procedures
desk checking
general journal
direct
36. 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
terminator
System Documentation
freeze point
parallel
37. _________ The first procedure in a system test plan
System Documentation
parallel
What-If Analysis
unit testing
38. Flow Chart: Connector - continues a chart to another point on the same page
hierarchy chart
circle
pilot
Activity Diagram
39. ________________ - a document created by the systems project team that takes into account the organizational constraints and the personnel involved in using a new system.
collect data
data storage
statement of objectives
system requirements plan
40. __________________: written materials that accompany the system process
disadvantages
data storage
system documentation
Turnaround Time
41. Flow Chart: a loop must begin with a _________
names
decision
hexagon
System Documentation
42. When it is too expensive to convert a system's old files and applications - a _______________ systems conversion is commonly used.
System Testing
decision
day one
RFP
43. Measures a module's scope and processing characteristics
Integration Testing
parallel
Cohesion
System Testing
44. During the design of input - the analyst establishes how to _________ _________
system requirements plan
Test Environment
collect data
direct
45. Flow Chart: Always has one flow line in and one flow line out - _________ symbol
Modular Design
rectangle
process
Operations Documentation
46. Point where no changes can be made without impacting the schedule _________ _________
circle
freeze point
Test Environment
Modular Design
47. A design approach where the system's analyst defines the overall objectives of the system - and then breaks them down into subsystems and modules.
collect data
Top-Down Approach
Configuration Management
users
48. _________ makes the final decision whether or not a system will be implemented
2-3 years
System Testing
Unit Testing
management
49. Testing of two or more programs that depend on each other.
management
Integration Testing
program
data storage
50. Documents the system at the end of the design phase and identifies any changes since the functional baseline.
programmers
Allocated Baseline
Cohesion
procedures