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System Analysis And Design

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. _________ Type of systems conversion where various capabilities are added to the system over a number of years






2. Flow Chart: comment






3. Contains all the information needed for processing and distributing online and printed output






4. The environment that analysts and programmers use to develop and maintain programs






5. Of input - output - processing - storage methods - and procedures - the one designed first by the analyst is _________






6. ____________ - 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






7. A technique for representing program logic that a systems analyst can use to describe program actions.






8. A design approach where the system's analyst defines the overall objectives of the system - and then breaks them down into subsystems and modules.






9. Which analysis and design tool used by the computer system analyst shows the levels and subdivisions of a computer system? _________ _________






10. Documents the system at the end of the design phase and identifies any changes since the functional baseline.






11. Integration testing is performed by ____________






12. Flow Chart: data - input - output






13. ____________ 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






14. In a program flowchart - a _________ ________ serves to fetch initial data item for processing






15. During the design of input - the analyst establishes how to _________ _________






16. Data Flow Diagram: in reviewing each circle - the analyst will find it yields a _______________






17. The process for controlling changes in system requirements during software development.






18. A chronological listing of financial transactions is called a _________ _________






19. Describes the system at the beginning of system operation.






20. Data Flow Diagram Shape: open ended (right) rectangle






21. ____________ Testing: Another name for integration testing






22. Flow Chart: Represents start or stop/end. Pill shape (sometimes circle - oval - cigar or rounded rectangle)






23. Data flow diagram shape: process that transforms the data in some way






24. Flow Chart: Decision/Conditional - a question or branch in the process






25. The overall time between a request for system activity and the delivery of the response






26. A _________ systems conversion takes place when the old system is switched off and the new one is started up.






27. The first step in solving a problem with a computer






28. Flow Chart: A _________ must have two flow line coming out of it






29. _________ Chart advantages: designs programs in testable models - creation of hierarchy of detail as design progresses - clear indication of necessary inputs and outputs






30. A method used by the analyst to document the scheduling of the completion of the project is a(n) _________ Chart






31. _________is the most commonly used tool by analysts to graphically illustrate the flow of data through a system






32. Testing of an individual program module.






33. A complete computer system will consist of people - _________ - hardware - software and data.






34. System testing is performed by ____________






35. ________________ - a document created by the systems project team that takes into account the organizational constraints and the personnel involved in using a new system.






36. When all non-critical changes are held until they can be implemented at the same time.






37. ________________ is an output of the systems audit






38. ____________ Testing: the testing of a collection of units that have a logical relationship or flow from the user's perspective.






39. Flow Chart: Connector - continues a chart to another point on the same page






40. Process that divides the overall objectives into subsystems and modules






41. Graphical representations of workflows of stepwise activities and actions with support for choice - iteration and concurrency. Extension of flowchart.






42. _________ are the most reliable means of obtaining information about an existing system






43. HIPO Chart __________: extensive training/experience needed - uses top-down programming techniques - extra documentation requirements






44. The most important skill or requirement of the analyst is good_________ skills






45. Integration testing is also called ____________ testing






46. 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






47. Dtypically the riskiest method of systems conversion






48. Point where no changes can be made without impacting the schedule _________ _________






49. ____________ 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.






50. The configuration of the system document features and performance during the systems development process.