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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. The environment that analysts and programmers use to develop and maintain programs
Top-Down Approach
cost benefit analysis
Test Environment
personal interviews
2. Testing of two or more programs that depend on each other.
Data Flow Diagram
Configuration Management
Integration Testing
freeze point
3. Of input - output - processing - storage methods - and procedures - the one designed first by the analyst is _________
parallel
pentagon
output
interviews
4. Process that divides the overall objectives into subsystems and modules
acceptance notice
System Documentation
Partitioning
Release Methodology
5. Documents the system at the end of the design phase and identifies any changes since the functional baseline.
output
acceptance notice
Allocated Baseline
Operations Documentation
6. ____________ Testing: Another name for integration testing
number
rectangle
link
Operations Documentation
7. Dtypically the riskiest method of systems conversion
system
Version Control
direct
HIPO
8. __________________: written materials that accompany the system process
faulty problem identification
analysts
system documentation
RFP
9. Data Flow Diagram: in reviewing each circle - the analyst will find it yields a _______________
program
Coupling
decision table
priming read
10. The most important skill or requirement of the analyst is good_________ skills
GANTT
problem analysis
communication
decision table
11. HIPO Chart __________: extensive training/experience needed - uses top-down programming techniques - extra documentation requirements
unit
Top-Down Approach
disadvantages
acceptance notice
12. In a program flowchart - a _________ ________ serves to fetch initial data item for processing
data storage
Allocated Baseline
priming read
2-3 years
13. ________________ is an output of the systems audit
acceptance notice
System Testing
system documentation
Unit Testing
14. 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
Turnaround Time
general journal
data storage
open ended rectangle
15. ________________ - a document created by the systems project team that takes into account the organizational constraints and the personnel involved in using a new system.
direct
program
system requirements plan
statement of objectives
16. Testing of an individual program module.
communication
pentagon
Unit Testing
data storage
17. _________ are the most reliable means of obtaining information about an existing system
communication
circle
interviews
2-3 years
18. Flow Chart: Represents start or stop/end. Pill shape (sometimes circle - oval - cigar or rounded rectangle)
terminator
2-3 years
statement of objectives
direct response
19. Describes the inputs - outputs - and processing logic for all program modules.
Version Control
diamond
Program Documentation
Turnaround Time
20. Flow Chart: A _________ must have two flow line coming out of it
parallel
RFP
decision
programmers
21. Data flow diagram shape: process that transforms the data in some way
circle
Release Methodology
Unit Testing
Operations Documentation
22. A method used by the analyst to document the scheduling of the completion of the project is a(n) _________ Chart
GANTT
System Testing
output
Capacity Planning
23. Process of tracking system releases - or versions
collect data
Turnaround Time
Version Control
system
24. Data Flow Diagram: Circles will have numbers and ____________
Pseudocode
statement of objectives
Partitioning
names
25. Point where no changes can be made without impacting the schedule _________ _________
personal interviews
Release Methodology
freeze point
circle
26. The most significant output of the systems analysis phase of the entire analysis and design process is the _________ _________ _________
fail
algorithm process
system requirements plan
rectangle
27. Which analysis and design tool used by the computer system analyst shows the levels and subdivisions of a computer system? _________ _________
users
names
hierarchy chart
Release Methodology
28. Flow Chart: Preparation: any process step that is a preparation such as a setup operation
pentagon
data storage
number
hexagon
29. ____________ - 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
Coupling
names
parallel
Version Control
30. Used answer questions about specific scenarios that could potentially appear in a situation during capacity planning
Integration Testing
What-If Analysis
Top-Down Approach
Unit Testing
31. Data Flow Diagram: each circle is identified by a ___________
day one
number
statement of objectives
analysts
32. ____________ 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
unit
Functional Baseline
problem analysis
System Testing
33. _________ The first procedure in a system test plan
output
statement of objectives
unit testing
disadvantages
34. _________ makes the final decision whether or not a system will be implemented
management
open ended rectangle
Product Baseline
implementation
35. System testing is performed by ____________
terminator
Operations Documentation
analysts
users
36. A technique for representing program logic that a systems analyst can use to describe program actions.
Product Baseline
unit testing
algorithm process
Pseudocode
37. A chronological listing of financial transactions is called a _________ _________
System Testing
general journal
integration
rectangle
38. When initially collecting data for a systems project - it should be collected via ________________
direct
HIPO
decision table
personal interviews
39. When it is too expensive to convert a system's old files and applications - a _______________ systems conversion is commonly used.
string
decision
Modular Design
day one
40. Contains all the information needed for processing and distributing online and printed output
Product Baseline
output
Operations Documentation
open ended rectangle
41. the process that monitors current activity and performance levels - anticipates future activity - and forecasts the resources needed to provide desired levels of service.
Capacity Planning
Version Control
communication
parallel
42. _________ Type of systems conversion where various capabilities are added to the system over a number of years
phased implementation
parallelogram
Cohesion
Capacity Planning
43. The configuration of the system document features and performance during the systems development process.
Functional Baseline
hierarchy chart
diamond
2-3 years
44. 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
decision table
2-3 years
users
faulty problem identification
45. The first step in solving a problem with a computer
problem analysis
freeze point
process
link
46. Flow Chart: Processing steps - "process blocks" - an operation or action step
parallel
rectangle
personal interviews
acceptance notice
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
direct
parallel
names
48. When all non-critical changes are held until they can be implemented at the same time.
Top-Down Approach
Allocated Baseline
Release Methodology
decision table
49. Data Flow Diagram: Circles will have data inflows and data ________________
algorithm process
outflows
direct response
analysts
50. _________ accounts for the greatest expenditure involved in the cost of creating and maintaining a system.
implementation
parallel
system
Modular Design