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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. __________ - analyst compares the expenses against the advantages of a system
string
parallel
cost benefit analysis
terminator
2. _________ are the most reliable means of obtaining information about an existing system
acceptance notice
interviews
open ended rectangle
data storage
3. Program testing is carried out by computer _________
communication
Pseudocode
pilot
programmers
4. _________ Chart advantages: designs programs in testable models - creation of hierarchy of detail as design progresses - clear indication of necessary inputs and outputs
Hierarchy Chart
Cohesion
System Testing
HIPO
5. Integration testing is also called ____________ testing
program
desk checking
link
Program Documentation
6. OLD: The total time required for an entire systems analysis and design process to be completed will most likely be _________ _________.
decision
parallel
2-3 years
parallel
7. The environment that analysts and programmers use to develop and maintain programs
outflows
decision
Product Baseline
Test Environment
8. Used answer questions about specific scenarios that could potentially appear in a situation during capacity planning
What-If Analysis
users
direct response
direct
9. The configuration of the system document features and performance during the systems development process.
disadvantages
Functional Baseline
pentagon
data storage
10. When initially collecting data for a systems project - it should be collected via ________________
Product Baseline
programmers
personal interviews
Configuration Management
11. When it is too expensive to convert a system's old files and applications - a _______________ systems conversion is commonly used.
Functional Baseline
day one
Coupling
implementation
12. The first step in solving a problem with a computer
interviews
integration
RFP
problem analysis
13. Describes the inputs - outputs - and processing logic for all program modules.
Program Documentation
system
Data Flow Diagram
parallel
14. ____________ 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
rectangle
system
open ended rectangle
Pseudocode
15. Flow Chart: Decision/Conditional - a question or branch in the process
Functional Baseline
diamond
link
pentagon
16. ____________ 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
Top-Down Approach
Response Time
RFP
17. Measures a module's scope and processing characteristics
Functional Baseline
parallel
Cohesion
freeze point
18. _________is the most commonly used tool by analysts to graphically illustrate the flow of data through a system
day one
data flow diagram
Capacity Planning
parallel
19. A _________ systems conversion takes place when the old system is switched off and the new one is started up.
parallel
Capacity Planning
direct
Pseudocode
20. 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
general journal
communication
direct
decision table
21. testing attempts to make a system ____________
fail
link
interviews
program
22. A technique for representing program logic that a systems analyst can use to describe program actions.
Pseudocode
Data Flow Diagram
decision
Allocated Baseline
23. Describes the degree of interdependence among modules. (loosely coupled modules are desirable as they are more independent)
Coupling
disadvantages
parallel
systems development
24. The most important skill or requirement of the analyst is good_________ skills
communication
freeze point
pentagon
systems development
25. Flow Chart: Represents start or stop/end. Pill shape (sometimes circle - oval - cigar or rounded rectangle)
string
open ended rectangle
terminator
Functional Baseline
26. This happens after completing integration testing - it involves the testing of the entire information.
System Testing
hexagon
cost benefit analysis
Allocated Baseline
27. Flow Chart: A _________ must have two flow line coming out of it
rectangle
link
decision
pentagon
28. Flow Chart: a loop must begin with a _________
rectangle
Configuration Management
decision
systems development
29. Type of system implementation that is used in its entirety only in one locality or area
pilot
Release Methodology
Top-Down Approach
hierarchy chart
30. ________________ - a document created by the systems project team that takes into account the organizational constraints and the personnel involved in using a new system.
Partitioning
statement of objectives
unit
circle
31. Which analysis and design tool used by the computer system analyst shows the levels and subdivisions of a computer system? _________ _________
open ended rectangle
hierarchy chart
Activity Diagram
process
32. The overall time between a request for system activity and the delivery of the response
acceptance notice
Response Time
pentagon
open ended rectangle
33. Data Flow Diagram: Circles will have numbers and ____________
link
Data Flow Diagram
names
Modular Design
34. The most significant output of the systems analysis phase of the entire analysis and design process is the _________ _________ _________
hierarchy chart
implementation
day one
system requirements plan
35. Flow Chart: comment
process
open ended rectangle
decision table
Operations Documentation
36. The analyst may solicit hardware and software proposals from vendors. The analyst will prepare a(n) _________
outflows
parallel
Operations Documentation
RFP
37. Dtypically the riskiest method of systems conversion
direct
Release Methodology
algorithm process
parallel
38. Testing of two or more programs that depend on each other.
Version Control
direct response
Integration Testing
pilot
39. A complete computer system will consist of people - _________ - hardware - software and data.
acceptance notice
procedures
RFP
link
40. Data flow diagram shape: process that transforms the data in some way
algorithm process
data storage
circle
parallel
41. _________ Type of systems conversion where various capabilities are added to the system over a number of years
phased implementation
cost benefit analysis
Cohesion
direct
42. Flow Chart: Connector - continues a chart to another point on the same page
direct
string
desk checking
circle
43. A chronological listing of financial transactions is called a _________ _________
general journal
open ended rectangle
hexagon
direct response
44. _________ The first procedure in a system test plan
parallelogram
acceptance notice
Integration Testing
unit testing
45. Flow Chart shapes are similar to ________
output
program
Data Flow Diagram
algorithm process
46. Data Flow Diagram: each circle is identified by a ___________
algorithm process
freeze point
2-3 years
number
47. Flow Chart: Preparation: any process step that is a preparation such as a setup operation
rectangle
hexagon
Unit Testing
Partitioning
48. ____________ - 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
process
link
parallel
Unit Testing
49. 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
system documentation
Coupling
direct
50. The process for controlling changes in system requirements during software development.
parallel
Configuration Management
collect data
Turnaround Time