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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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1. Integration testing is performed by ____________
unit testing
terminator
Configuration Management
analysts
2. Program testing is carried out by computer _________
number
programmers
parallelogram
rectangle
3. In a program flowchart - a _________ ________ serves to fetch initial data item for processing
link
priming read
problem analysis
hierarchy chart
4. _________ The first procedure in a system test plan
Release Methodology
HIPO
unit testing
personal interviews
5. Flow Chart: comment
open ended rectangle
Configuration Management
cost benefit analysis
algorithm process
6. 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
faulty problem identification
Configuration Management
decision
7. Type of system implementation that is used in its entirety only in one locality or area
circle
pilot
programmers
link
8. ________________ - a document created by the systems project team that takes into account the organizational constraints and the personnel involved in using a new system.
data storage
statement of objectives
link
decision table
9. Flow Chart: Always has one flow line in and one flow line out - _________ symbol
process
analysts
What-If Analysis
Top-Down Approach
10. Flow Chart: Connector - continues a chart to another point on the same page
cost benefit analysis
circle
Capacity Planning
Program Documentation
11. __________________: written materials that accompany the system process
pentagon
parallel
GANTT
system documentation
12. Flow Chart: a loop must begin with a _________
decision
Operations Documentation
problem analysis
pilot
13. This happens after completing integration testing - it involves the testing of the entire information.
hierarchy chart
link
Integration Testing
System Testing
14. _________ makes the final decision whether or not a system will be implemented
day one
users
management
Configuration Management
15. The process for controlling changes in system requirements during software development.
Capacity Planning
procedures
circle
Configuration Management
16. Testing of two or more programs that depend on each other.
2-3 years
Integration Testing
procedures
GANTT
17. Integration testing is also called ____________ testing
direct
2-3 years
link
Allocated Baseline
18. Describes the inputs - outputs - and processing logic for all program modules.
number
unit
Program Documentation
data flow diagram
19. Flow Chart: Represents start or stop/end. Pill shape (sometimes circle - oval - cigar or rounded rectangle)
HIPO
Configuration Management
terminator
Allocated Baseline
20. A type of questionnaire which uses very explicit questions and require a short written response is called a(n) _________ _________ questionnaire
freeze point
Functional Baseline
direct response
Data Flow Diagram
21. Flow Chart: Decision/Conditional - a question or branch in the process
management
system documentation
diamond
Configuration Management
22. Data Flow Diagram: Circles will have numbers and ____________
names
Partitioning
circle
desk checking
23. The configuration of the system document features and performance during the systems development process.
implementation
Functional Baseline
parallelogram
communication
24. Flow Chart: Off-Page-Connector - continues a chart to another page
Modular Design
pentagon
data storage
circle
25. A technique for representing program logic that a systems analyst can use to describe program actions.
Product Baseline
Hierarchy Chart
Pseudocode
Partitioning
26. ____________ 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.
circle
unit testing
parallelogram
integration
27. The most significant output of the systems analysis phase of the entire analysis and design process is the _________ _________ _________
systems development
interviews
procedures
system requirements plan
28. A design approach where the system's analyst defines the overall objectives of the system - and then breaks them down into subsystems and modules.
rectangle
Top-Down Approach
disadvantages
Cohesion
29. __________ - analyst compares the expenses against the advantages of a system
Operations Documentation
data storage
programmers
cost benefit analysis
30. Describes the system's functions and how they are implemented
general journal
Allocated Baseline
Test Environment
System Documentation
31. ____________ 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
system
general journal
GANTT
desk checking
32. Contains all the information needed for processing and distributing online and printed output
pentagon
output
system
Operations Documentation
33. Point where no changes can be made without impacting the schedule _________ _________
freeze point
program
priming read
systems development
34. Flow Chart: Preparation: any process step that is a preparation such as a setup operation
integration
Allocated Baseline
hexagon
HIPO
35. In most cases - a request for computer services should originate from the _________ of the requested system
System Testing
decision table
users
personal interviews
36. testing attempts to make a system ____________
statement of objectives
fail
interviews
unit
37. Flow Chart: data - input - output
names
output
What-If Analysis
parallelogram
38. 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
Functional Baseline
unit testing
parallel
outflows
39. The overall time between a request for system activity and the delivery of the response
Partitioning
fail
Response Time
terminator
40. ____________ Testing: the testing of a collection of units that have a logical relationship or flow from the user's perspective.
management
systems development
pilot
string
41. Documents the system at the end of the design phase and identifies any changes since the functional baseline.
Allocated Baseline
hexagon
unit
output
42. Process of tracking system releases - or versions
general journal
unit
Version Control
Coupling
43. _________ Type of systems conversion where various capabilities are added to the system over a number of years
Operations Documentation
direct
phased implementation
Partitioning
44. _________ Chart advantages: designs programs in testable models - creation of hierarchy of detail as design progresses - clear indication of necessary inputs and outputs
Pseudocode
Functional Baseline
HIPO
output
45. A chronological listing of financial transactions is called a _________ _________
general journal
direct
interviews
Test Environment
46. Testing of an individual program module.
pentagon
statement of objectives
system requirements plan
Unit Testing
47. Graphical representations of workflows of stepwise activities and actions with support for choice - iteration and concurrency. Extension of flowchart.
Activity Diagram
users
Test Environment
decision
48. The most common reason for the failure of an information system is _________ _________ _________
Program Documentation
Coupling
faulty problem identification
Allocated Baseline
49. The process of examining a program design and reviewing the logic of a program with test data
Allocated Baseline
Product Baseline
desk checking
Integration Testing
50. The most important skill or requirement of the analyst is good_________ skills
Coupling
problem analysis
communication
decision table