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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. When it is too expensive to convert a system's old files and applications - a _______________ systems conversion is commonly used.
Response Time
day one
hierarchy chart
direct
2. Describes the system's functions and how they are implemented
direct
System Documentation
disadvantages
circle
3. Program testing is carried out by computer _________
programmers
parallelogram
problem analysis
Hierarchy Chart
4. Flow Chart: Represents start or stop/end. Pill shape (sometimes circle - oval - cigar or rounded rectangle)
problem analysis
terminator
algorithm process
fail
5. A technique for representing program logic that a systems analyst can use to describe program actions.
statement of objectives
string
Pseudocode
problem analysis
6. Used answer questions about specific scenarios that could potentially appear in a situation during capacity planning
process
Unit Testing
What-If Analysis
analysts
7. Flow Chart: A _________ must have two flow line coming out of it
link
rectangle
decision
programmers
8. ____________ 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
Integration Testing
system
pilot
System Testing
9. Integration testing is also called ____________ testing
statement of objectives
cost benefit analysis
link
Modular Design
10. __________________: written materials that accompany the system process
system documentation
interviews
Unit Testing
collect data
11. A flowchart represents an _____________ or process.
personal interviews
algorithm process
unit
System Testing
12. ____________ Testing: Another name for integration testing
data flow diagram
link
Pseudocode
system
13. __________ - analyst compares the expenses against the advantages of a system
Activity Diagram
Response Time
cost benefit analysis
terminator
14. In most cases - a request for computer services should originate from the _________ of the requested system
disadvantages
unit
users
direct response
15. testing attempts to make a system ____________
cost benefit analysis
System Documentation
Response Time
fail
16. A design approach where the system's analyst defines the overall objectives of the system - and then breaks them down into subsystems and modules.
Top-Down Approach
Capacity Planning
fail
link
17. Flow Chart: Decision/Conditional - a question or branch in the process
diamond
decision
Release Methodology
HIPO
18. The most important skill or requirement of the analyst is good_________ skills
implementation
communication
Top-Down Approach
interviews
19. Which analysis and design tool used by the computer system analyst shows the levels and subdivisions of a computer system? _________ _________
pentagon
Operations Documentation
hierarchy chart
cost benefit analysis
20. ____________ 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
system documentation
freeze point
personal interviews
unit
21. _________ are the most reliable means of obtaining information about an existing system
programmers
Pseudocode
interviews
parallel
22. Testing of an individual program module.
disadvantages
Unit Testing
priming read
parallel
23. Of input - output - processing - storage methods - and procedures - the one designed first by the analyst is _________
cost benefit analysis
parallel
system documentation
output
24. The longest phase in the systems analysis and design process is the _______________ phase
systems development
System Testing
cost benefit analysis
interviews
25. The environment that analysts and programmers use to develop and maintain programs
parallel
Test Environment
RFP
disadvantages
26. 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
users
parallel
statement of objectives
27. Process that divides the overall objectives into subsystems and modules
process
system
Partitioning
RFP
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.
statement of objectives
faulty problem identification
Integration Testing
circle
29. A type of questionnaire which uses very explicit questions and require a short written response is called a(n) _________ _________ questionnaire
direct response
names
terminator
users
30. A complete computer system will consist of people - _________ - hardware - software and data.
procedures
Partitioning
system documentation
Functional Baseline
31. _________ The first procedure in a system test plan
acceptance notice
string
unit testing
Cohesion
32. The first step in solving a problem with a computer
problem analysis
Test Environment
priming read
program
33. The process for controlling changes in system requirements during software development.
decision table
Configuration Management
names
unit
34. Type of system implementation that is used in its entirety only in one locality or area
Coupling
general journal
Test Environment
pilot
35. When initially collecting data for a systems project - it should be collected via ________________
faulty problem identification
parallel
personal interviews
link
36. The configuration of the system document features and performance during the systems development process.
users
direct
Functional Baseline
GANTT
37. Integration testing is performed by ____________
analysts
program
statement of objectives
general journal
38. _________ Chart advantages: designs programs in testable models - creation of hierarchy of detail as design progresses - clear indication of necessary inputs and outputs
diamond
desk checking
HIPO
data storage
39. The overall time between a request for system activity and the delivery of the response
Integration Testing
Response Time
string
terminator
40. Data Flow Diagram: Circles will have numbers and ____________
desk checking
RFP
names
output
41. Point where no changes can be made without impacting the schedule _________ _________
freeze point
users
fail
string
42. Data Flow Diagram: in reviewing each circle - the analyst will find it yields a _______________
program
Partitioning
cost benefit analysis
system requirements plan
43. 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
system
Configuration Management
GANTT
decision table
44. Graphical representations of workflows of stepwise activities and actions with support for choice - iteration and concurrency. Extension of flowchart.
Allocated Baseline
open ended rectangle
Activity Diagram
What-If Analysis
45. Process of tracking system releases - or versions
direct
Version Control
link
Test Environment
46. Describes the degree of interdependence among modules. (loosely coupled modules are desirable as they are more independent)
circle
number
Modular Design
Coupling
47. Data flow diagram shape: open ended (right) rectangle
data storage
faulty problem identification
statement of objectives
Release Methodology
48. Flow Chart: Processing steps - "process blocks" - an operation or action step
rectangle
decision table
general journal
Program Documentation
49. A chronological listing of financial transactions is called a _________ _________
general journal
Pseudocode
procedures
Integration Testing
50. ____________ Testing: the testing of a collection of units that have a logical relationship or flow from the user's perspective.
Functional Baseline
string
Data Flow Diagram
link