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System Analysis And Design
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. _________ accounts for the greatest expenditure involved in the cost of creating and maintaining a system.
link
collect data
Cohesion
implementation
2. the process that monitors current activity and performance levels - anticipates future activity - and forecasts the resources needed to provide desired levels of service.
Hierarchy Chart
names
direct
Capacity Planning
3. _________ Chart advantages: designs programs in testable models - creation of hierarchy of detail as design progresses - clear indication of necessary inputs and outputs
Unit Testing
HIPO
freeze point
circle
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 _________ conversion
day one
system
link
parallel
5. A chronological listing of financial transactions is called a _________ _________
unit testing
string
disadvantages
general journal
6. Flow Chart: Off-Page-Connector - continues a chart to another page
pentagon
Unit Testing
hexagon
procedures
7. Describes the system at the beginning of system operation.
program
Partitioning
Product Baseline
hierarchy chart
8. 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
statement of objectives
Partitioning
Turnaround Time
hierarchy chart
9. The most common reason for the failure of an information system is _________ _________ _________
systems development
faulty problem identification
communication
rectangle
10. When all non-critical changes are held until they can be implemented at the same time.
phased implementation
Release Methodology
System Testing
collect data
11. _________ are the most reliable means of obtaining information about an existing system
cost benefit analysis
circle
process
interviews
12. Flow Chart: Decision/Conditional - a question or branch in the process
circle
diamond
Activity Diagram
Modular Design
13. The analyst may solicit hardware and software proposals from vendors. The analyst will prepare a(n) _________
RFP
hierarchy chart
phased implementation
process
14. A method used by the analyst to document the scheduling of the completion of the project is a(n) _________ Chart
Functional Baseline
RFP
GANTT
parallel
15. Flow Chart: Processing steps - "process blocks" - an operation or action step
parallel
HIPO
circle
rectangle
16. _________is the most commonly used tool by analysts to graphically illustrate the flow of data through a system
System Documentation
Pseudocode
programmers
data flow diagram
17. Which analysis and design tool used by the computer system analyst shows the levels and subdivisions of a computer system? _________ _________
implementation
2-3 years
personal interviews
hierarchy chart
18. __________ - analyst compares the expenses against the advantages of a system
phased implementation
users
System Testing
cost benefit analysis
19. Describes the system's functions and how they are implemented
System Documentation
link
output
Cohesion
20. Documents the system at the end of the design phase and identifies any changes since the functional baseline.
decision
Allocated Baseline
hexagon
integration
21. Measures a module's scope and processing characteristics
parallelogram
Unit Testing
Cohesion
Pseudocode
22. Describes the degree of interdependence among modules. (loosely coupled modules are desirable as they are more independent)
Coupling
systems development
names
interviews
23. The longest phase in the systems analysis and design process is the _______________ phase
systems development
hierarchy chart
Integration Testing
procedures
24. A technique for representing program logic that a systems analyst can use to describe program actions.
Pseudocode
Program Documentation
Product Baseline
Coupling
25. System testing is performed by ____________
terminator
Modular Design
parallelogram
users
26. Process that divides the overall objectives into subsystems and modules
Partitioning
output
cost benefit analysis
priming read
27. A flowchart represents an _____________ or process.
Release Methodology
names
communication
algorithm process
28. ________________ is an output of the systems audit
System Testing
Configuration Management
acceptance notice
system documentation
29. During the design of input - the analyst establishes how to _________ _________
data storage
collect data
Version Control
interviews
30. ____________ 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.
integration
decision table
cost benefit analysis
Test Environment
31. The environment that analysts and programmers use to develop and maintain programs
Test Environment
parallelogram
System Testing
unit
32. ____________ - 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
system requirements plan
link
parallel
process
33. The overall time between a request for system activity and the delivery of the response
Response Time
parallel
Cohesion
link
34. Type of Chart: uses flow lines and process blocks
Cohesion
Hierarchy Chart
terminator
system documentation
35. 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.
Coupling
direct
Modular Design
fail
36. The process of examining a program design and reviewing the logic of a program with test data
collect data
freeze point
desk checking
priming read
37. _________ The first procedure in a system test plan
number
unit testing
direct
outflows
38. The process for controlling changes in system requirements during software development.
Turnaround Time
Configuration Management
GANTT
2-3 years
39. Type of system implementation that is used in its entirety only in one locality or area
pilot
Hierarchy Chart
link
data storage
40. Testing of an individual program module.
statement of objectives
program
What-If Analysis
Unit Testing
41. Data Flow Diagram: each circle is identified by a ___________
terminator
2-3 years
number
rectangle
42. Data Flow Diagram: Circles will have data inflows and data ________________
Allocated Baseline
decision
outflows
faulty problem identification
43. testing attempts to make a system ____________
Partitioning
parallel
Response Time
fail
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
number
implementation
decision table
Pseudocode
45. This happens after completing integration testing - it involves the testing of the entire information.
System Testing
cost benefit analysis
Unit Testing
pilot
46. OLD: The total time required for an entire systems analysis and design process to be completed will most likely be _________ _________.
Program Documentation
System Documentation
unit
2-3 years
47. Data flow diagram shape: process that transforms the data in some way
parallelogram
circle
parallel
Functional Baseline
48. Data flow diagram shape: open ended (right) rectangle
Modular Design
Hierarchy Chart
disadvantages
data storage
49. ____________ Testing: the testing of a collection of units that have a logical relationship or flow from the user's perspective.
string
Unit Testing
Hierarchy Chart
RFP
50. A type of questionnaire which uses very explicit questions and require a short written response is called a(n) _________ _________ questionnaire
direct response
Version Control
process
System Testing