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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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 all non-critical changes are held until they can be implemented at the same time.
Partitioning
Release Methodology
day one
Cohesion
2. _________ are the most reliable means of obtaining information about an existing system
data storage
interviews
acceptance notice
hierarchy chart
3. ____________ 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
hexagon
Capacity Planning
circle
4. Testing of an individual program module.
Operations Documentation
interviews
Unit Testing
rectangle
5. In most cases - a request for computer services should originate from the _________ of the requested system
implementation
users
Functional Baseline
system documentation
6. The most common reason for the failure of an information system is _________ _________ _________
phased implementation
GANTT
faulty problem identification
pentagon
7. Flow Chart: Processing steps - "process blocks" - an operation or action step
Integration Testing
personal interviews
Response Time
rectangle
8. Data Flow Diagram: Circles will have data inflows and data ________________
outflows
Operations Documentation
names
decision
9. Describes the inputs - outputs - and processing logic for all program modules.
HIPO
Program Documentation
diamond
Capacity Planning
10. Type of system implementation that is used in its entirety only in one locality or area
decision
hexagon
pilot
Release Methodology
11. The most significant output of the systems analysis phase of the entire analysis and design process is the _________ _________ _________
parallel
system requirements plan
Release Methodology
communication
12. Flow Chart: a loop must begin with a _________
decision
Activity Diagram
data storage
circle
13. Describes the degree of interdependence among modules. (loosely coupled modules are desirable as they are more independent)
circle
Version Control
GANTT
Coupling
14. Data flow diagram shape: process that transforms the data in some way
circle
Program Documentation
day one
direct response
15. 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
fail
hexagon
parallel
unit
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.
link
decision
diamond
Top-Down Approach
17. This happens after completing integration testing - it involves the testing of the entire information.
System Testing
day one
Release Methodology
Capacity Planning
18. 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.
pilot
Modular Design
problem analysis
parallelogram
19. _________ The first procedure in a system test plan
parallel
unit testing
System Documentation
string
20. The first step in solving a problem with a computer
phased implementation
GANTT
disadvantages
problem analysis
21. A _________ systems conversion takes place when the old system is switched off and the new one is started up.
2-3 years
direct
systems development
Program Documentation
22. Data flow diagram shape: open ended (right) rectangle
Capacity Planning
data storage
link
Product Baseline
23. Flow Chart: Connector - continues a chart to another point on the same page
pentagon
direct
implementation
circle
24. _________ accounts for the greatest expenditure involved in the cost of creating and maintaining a system.
Capacity Planning
implementation
open ended rectangle
number
25. _________ makes the final decision whether or not a system will be implemented
pentagon
Cohesion
management
string
26. 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
rectangle
users
Data Flow Diagram
decision table
27. Flow Chart: Always has one flow line in and one flow line out - _________ symbol
hexagon
process
Allocated Baseline
direct
28. Documents the system at the end of the design phase and identifies any changes since the functional baseline.
Allocated Baseline
Operations Documentation
Data Flow Diagram
process
29. __________ - analyst compares the expenses against the advantages of a system
HIPO
cost benefit analysis
Program Documentation
system requirements plan
30. Dtypically the riskiest method of systems conversion
collect data
direct
rectangle
System Documentation
31. HIPO Chart __________: extensive training/experience needed - uses top-down programming techniques - extra documentation requirements
disadvantages
direct
parallelogram
unit
32. Flow Chart: Decision/Conditional - a question or branch in the process
2-3 years
fail
diamond
Operations Documentation
33. ________________ is an output of the systems audit
Release Methodology
program
Response Time
acceptance notice
34. A type of questionnaire which uses very explicit questions and require a short written response is called a(n) _________ _________ questionnaire
number
direct response
interviews
direct
35. Used answer questions about specific scenarios that could potentially appear in a situation during capacity planning
What-If Analysis
number
Configuration Management
collect data
36. _________ Type of systems conversion where various capabilities are added to the system over a number of years
algorithm process
phased implementation
parallel
unit testing
37. The process for controlling changes in system requirements during software development.
algorithm process
programmers
data storage
Configuration Management
38. testing attempts to make a system ____________
fail
faulty problem identification
data flow diagram
data storage
39. The longest phase in the systems analysis and design process is the _______________ phase
hexagon
outflows
pentagon
systems development
40. Data Flow Diagram: each circle is identified by a ___________
data storage
number
Top-Down Approach
day one
41. Process that divides the overall objectives into subsystems and modules
Activity Diagram
Partitioning
terminator
Unit Testing
42. Describes the system at the beginning of system operation.
decision
integration
Product Baseline
Top-Down Approach
43. Flow Chart: data - input - output
day one
Partitioning
faulty problem identification
parallelogram
44. Integration testing is also called ____________ testing
pilot
Modular Design
link
data storage
45. Process of tracking system releases - or versions
data storage
GANTT
HIPO
Version Control
46. Which analysis and design tool used by the computer system analyst shows the levels and subdivisions of a computer system? _________ _________
hierarchy chart
direct response
parallel
data storage
47. 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
data flow diagram
parallel
system documentation
Hierarchy Chart
48. The environment that analysts and programmers use to develop and maintain programs
management
RFP
Turnaround Time
Test Environment
49. Flow Chart: Off-Page-Connector - continues a chart to another page
Coupling
management
GANTT
pentagon
50. ________________ - a document created by the systems project team that takes into account the organizational constraints and the personnel involved in using a new system.
problem analysis
freeze point
System Documentation
statement of objectives