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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. Flow Chart shapes are similar to ________
parallelogram
unit testing
Activity Diagram
Data Flow Diagram
2. System testing is performed by ____________
hierarchy chart
general journal
users
string
3. HIPO Chart __________: extensive training/experience needed - uses top-down programming techniques - extra documentation requirements
hexagon
disadvantages
Functional Baseline
System Documentation
4. ____________ - 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
Activity Diagram
parallel
RFP
Operations Documentation
5. 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
hexagon
users
parallel
Response Time
6. Contains all the information needed for processing and distributing online and printed output
Operations Documentation
cost benefit analysis
users
communication
7. Graphical representations of workflows of stepwise activities and actions with support for choice - iteration and concurrency. Extension of flowchart.
hexagon
RFP
systems development
Activity Diagram
8. ________________ is an output of the systems audit
Data Flow Diagram
link
acceptance notice
procedures
9. _________is the most commonly used tool by analysts to graphically illustrate the flow of data through a system
faulty problem identification
integration
data flow diagram
names
10. When all non-critical changes are held until they can be implemented at the same time.
desk checking
Release Methodology
direct
decision table
11. Testing of an individual program module.
process
output
decision table
Unit Testing
12. When it is too expensive to convert a system's old files and applications - a _______________ systems conversion is commonly used.
circle
day one
management
HIPO
13. __________________: written materials that accompany the system process
system documentation
terminator
2-3 years
freeze point
14. _________ accounts for the greatest expenditure involved in the cost of creating and maintaining a system.
programmers
decision
collect data
implementation
15. Data Flow Diagram: Circles will have numbers and ____________
names
data storage
disadvantages
System Testing
16. _________ are the most reliable means of obtaining information about an existing system
interviews
personal interviews
integration
Capacity Planning
17. A type of questionnaire which uses very explicit questions and require a short written response is called a(n) _________ _________ questionnaire
direct response
desk checking
Capacity Planning
RFP
18. __________ - analyst compares the expenses against the advantages of a system
collect data
cost benefit analysis
Coupling
users
19. ____________ 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.
general journal
programmers
system documentation
integration
20. Data Flow Diagram: each circle is identified by a ___________
decision
general journal
circle
number
21. Flow Chart: Off-Page-Connector - continues a chart to another page
Program Documentation
pentagon
fail
faulty problem identification
22. Flow Chart: A _________ must have two flow line coming out of it
string
users
decision
Program Documentation
23. Data flow diagram shape: open ended (right) rectangle
parallel
data storage
rectangle
diamond
24. Testing of two or more programs that depend on each other.
cost benefit analysis
system requirements plan
System Testing
Integration Testing
25. Data Flow Diagram: in reviewing each circle - the analyst will find it yields a _______________
program
procedures
fail
direct
26. A method used by the analyst to document the scheduling of the completion of the project is a(n) _________ Chart
Pseudocode
RFP
GANTT
Coupling
27. The overall time between a request for system activity and the delivery of the response
general journal
Response Time
data flow diagram
cost benefit analysis
28. OLD: The total time required for an entire systems analysis and design process to be completed will most likely be _________ _________.
system requirements plan
decision
Version Control
2-3 years
29. Used answer questions about specific scenarios that could potentially appear in a situation during capacity planning
rectangle
What-If Analysis
HIPO
system
30. Of input - output - processing - storage methods - and procedures - the one designed first by the analyst is _________
output
Configuration Management
implementation
Partitioning
31. 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
parallelogram
System Documentation
system documentation
32. 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
desk checking
Version Control
circle
decision table
33. Data flow diagram shape: process that transforms the data in some way
system
circle
Unit Testing
decision
34. A complete computer system will consist of people - _________ - hardware - software and data.
link
data storage
personal interviews
procedures
35. Flow Chart: Represents start or stop/end. Pill shape (sometimes circle - oval - cigar or rounded rectangle)
Unit Testing
terminator
decision
algorithm process
36. Data Flow Diagram: Circles will have data inflows and data ________________
analysts
cost benefit analysis
outflows
pentagon
37. Type of Chart: uses flow lines and process blocks
personal interviews
Version Control
Hierarchy Chart
programmers
38. Integration testing is also called ____________ testing
Modular Design
link
Response Time
What-If Analysis
39. Integration testing is performed by ____________
statement of objectives
personal interviews
Cohesion
analysts
40. Data Flow Diagram Shape: open ended (right) rectangle
programmers
data storage
direct
parallelogram
41. When initially collecting data for a systems project - it should be collected via ________________
Integration Testing
phased implementation
system documentation
personal interviews
42. The most important skill or requirement of the analyst is good_________ skills
diamond
disadvantages
unit
communication
43. 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
Release Methodology
Response Time
parallel
Functional Baseline
44. Which analysis and design tool used by the computer system analyst shows the levels and subdivisions of a computer system? _________ _________
link
hierarchy chart
faulty problem identification
direct
45. _________ Chart advantages: designs programs in testable models - creation of hierarchy of detail as design progresses - clear indication of necessary inputs and outputs
HIPO
outflows
cost benefit analysis
Allocated Baseline
46. _________ The first procedure in a system test plan
Coupling
unit testing
Product Baseline
statement of objectives
47. Flow Chart: Decision/Conditional - a question or branch in the process
day one
Operations Documentation
diamond
unit
48. The most common reason for the failure of an information system is _________ _________ _________
faulty problem identification
number
Integration Testing
output
49. Program testing is carried out by computer _________
GANTT
programmers
parallelogram
general journal
50. The process of examining a program design and reviewing the logic of a program with test data
rectangle
program
Configuration Management
desk checking