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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: Connector - continues a chart to another point on the same page
Pseudocode
circle
disadvantages
unit testing
2. 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
Response Time
Activity Diagram
parallelogram
Turnaround Time
3. When all non-critical changes are held until they can be implemented at the same time.
Release Methodology
names
users
Operations Documentation
4. 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
phased implementation
decision table
communication
2-3 years
5. Measures a module's scope and processing characteristics
Cohesion
parallel
Pseudocode
direct
6. the process that monitors current activity and performance levels - anticipates future activity - and forecasts the resources needed to provide desired levels of service.
Product Baseline
Modular Design
statement of objectives
Capacity Planning
7. A flowchart represents an _____________ or process.
statement of objectives
Configuration Management
users
algorithm process
8. Flow Chart: Off-Page-Connector - continues a chart to another page
2-3 years
pentagon
circle
output
9. When initially collecting data for a systems project - it should be collected via ________________
personal interviews
cost benefit analysis
program
HIPO
10. The overall time between a request for system activity and the delivery of the response
Response Time
Functional Baseline
Pseudocode
freeze point
11. Flow Chart: A _________ must have two flow line coming out of it
circle
system
Test Environment
decision
12. ____________ 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
acceptance notice
unit testing
system
link
13. Integration testing is performed by ____________
acceptance notice
management
rectangle
analysts
14. System testing is performed by ____________
open ended rectangle
circle
outflows
users
15. A chronological listing of financial transactions is called a _________ _________
general journal
Hierarchy Chart
Turnaround Time
decision
16. Graphical representations of workflows of stepwise activities and actions with support for choice - iteration and concurrency. Extension of flowchart.
data flow diagram
Coupling
HIPO
Activity Diagram
17. The analyst may solicit hardware and software proposals from vendors. The analyst will prepare a(n) _________
RFP
system documentation
parallel
unit
18. Flow Chart: Decision/Conditional - a question or branch in the process
integration
diamond
2-3 years
outflows
19. __________________: written materials that accompany the system process
parallelogram
Integration Testing
system documentation
systems development
20. Data flow diagram shape: open ended (right) rectangle
data storage
System Documentation
faulty problem identification
names
21. Of input - output - processing - storage methods - and procedures - the one designed first by the analyst is _________
output
cost benefit analysis
direct response
string
22. Process that divides the overall objectives into subsystems and modules
faulty problem identification
system
Partitioning
Hierarchy Chart
23. ________________ is an output of the systems audit
open ended rectangle
link
analysts
acceptance notice
24. Which analysis and design tool used by the computer system analyst shows the levels and subdivisions of a computer system? _________ _________
circle
hierarchy chart
fail
GANTT
25. Used answer questions about specific scenarios that could potentially appear in a situation during capacity planning
System Testing
What-If Analysis
day one
output
26. The first step in solving a problem with a computer
algorithm process
problem analysis
hexagon
statement of objectives
27. A type of questionnaire which uses very explicit questions and require a short written response is called a(n) _________ _________ questionnaire
terminator
general journal
direct response
rectangle
28. Flow Chart: a loop must begin with a _________
freeze point
integration
decision
general journal
29. Data Flow Diagram: Circles will have data inflows and data ________________
link
parallel
rectangle
outflows
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.
output
Modular Design
decision table
statement of objectives
31. ____________ 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
Release Methodology
pentagon
link
32. The most significant output of the systems analysis phase of the entire analysis and design process is the _________ _________ _________
Functional Baseline
unit
system requirements plan
decision
33. ____________ - 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
terminator
circle
Partitioning
parallel
34. _________ are the most reliable means of obtaining information about an existing system
general journal
diamond
GANTT
interviews
35. Type of Chart: uses flow lines and process blocks
data storage
outflows
parallel
Hierarchy Chart
36. Data Flow Diagram: each circle is identified by a ___________
number
Response Time
system requirements plan
Activity Diagram
37. Program testing is carried out by computer _________
programmers
procedures
parallel
GANTT
38. Contains all the information needed for processing and distributing online and printed output
collect data
direct
outflows
Operations Documentation
39. Data Flow Diagram: Circles will have numbers and ____________
data flow diagram
2-3 years
names
system documentation
40. Flow Chart: data - input - output
personal interviews
circle
circle
parallelogram
41. Integration testing is also called ____________ testing
link
decision
Activity Diagram
general journal
42. __________ - analyst compares the expenses against the advantages of a system
cost benefit analysis
Pseudocode
freeze point
procedures
43. In a program flowchart - a _________ ________ serves to fetch initial data item for processing
Hierarchy Chart
priming read
acceptance notice
decision table
44. Data Flow Diagram Shape: open ended (right) rectangle
Program Documentation
data storage
decision table
decision
45. Process of tracking system releases - or versions
Version Control
interviews
Integration Testing
management
46. Flow Chart: Represents start or stop/end. Pill shape (sometimes circle - oval - cigar or rounded rectangle)
procedures
terminator
pentagon
acceptance notice
47. _________ makes the final decision whether or not a system will be implemented
management
pentagon
Version Control
Operations Documentation
48. HIPO Chart __________: extensive training/experience needed - uses top-down programming techniques - extra documentation requirements
cost benefit analysis
collect data
communication
disadvantages
49. _________ Type of systems conversion where various capabilities are added to the system over a number of years
analysts
System Testing
procedures
phased implementation
50. The most important skill or requirement of the analyst is good_________ skills
communication
management
Integration Testing
What-If Analysis