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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. The overall time between a request for system activity and the delivery of the response
Response Time
open ended rectangle
Test Environment
Version Control
2. When initially collecting data for a systems project - it should be collected via ________________
terminator
day one
Coupling
personal interviews
3. The process for controlling changes in system requirements during software development.
Configuration Management
outflows
direct
system requirements plan
4. _________ are the most reliable means of obtaining information about an existing system
circle
link
Cohesion
interviews
5. _________ Chart advantages: designs programs in testable models - creation of hierarchy of detail as design progresses - clear indication of necessary inputs and outputs
HIPO
priming read
Coupling
decision
6. In most cases - a request for computer services should originate from the _________ of the requested system
interviews
faulty problem identification
users
analysts
7. Describes the system's functions and how they are implemented
analysts
System Documentation
Configuration Management
hexagon
8. Integration testing is also called ____________ testing
system documentation
HIPO
link
pilot
9. Data Flow Diagram: in reviewing each circle - the analyst will find it yields a _______________
program
names
disadvantages
Turnaround Time
10. The analyst may solicit hardware and software proposals from vendors. The analyst will prepare a(n) _________
cost benefit analysis
fail
What-If Analysis
RFP
11. The most significant output of the systems analysis phase of the entire analysis and design process is the _________ _________ _________
users
implementation
Response Time
system requirements plan
12. Data Flow Diagram: Circles will have data inflows and data ________________
outflows
HIPO
parallel
general journal
13. Describes the system at the beginning of system operation.
parallel
collect data
Product Baseline
number
14. The environment that analysts and programmers use to develop and maintain programs
Test Environment
interviews
communication
faulty problem identification
15. Flow Chart: Decision/Conditional - a question or branch in the process
Operations Documentation
management
diamond
2-3 years
16. Type of system implementation that is used in its entirety only in one locality or area
HIPO
statement of objectives
unit
pilot
17. Flow Chart: Connector - continues a chart to another point on the same page
outflows
priming read
link
circle
18. System testing is performed by ____________
users
collect data
circle
link
19. ____________ Testing: the testing of a collection of units that have a logical relationship or flow from the user's perspective.
Partitioning
Allocated Baseline
outflows
string
20. ____________ Testing: Another name for integration testing
Top-Down Approach
circle
link
parallelogram
21. Of input - output - processing - storage methods - and procedures - the one designed first by the analyst is _________
output
data storage
link
data flow diagram
22. Program testing is carried out by computer _________
programmers
hierarchy chart
parallel
Hierarchy Chart
23. 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
systems development
pentagon
parallel
Partitioning
24. _________ accounts for the greatest expenditure involved in the cost of creating and maintaining a system.
implementation
procedures
collect data
direct response
25. Flow Chart: comment
programmers
data flow diagram
open ended rectangle
circle
26. A complete computer system will consist of people - _________ - hardware - software and data.
Release Methodology
procedures
algorithm process
Hierarchy Chart
27. The process of examining a program design and reviewing the logic of a program with test data
acceptance notice
hierarchy chart
GANTT
desk checking
28. Data Flow Diagram: Circles will have numbers and ____________
names
Coupling
unit
2-3 years
29. Contains all the information needed for processing and distributing online and printed output
phased implementation
pentagon
Operations Documentation
direct
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
algorithm process
phased implementation
parallel
31. ________________ is an output of the systems audit
Functional Baseline
acceptance notice
data flow diagram
parallelogram
32. HIPO Chart __________: extensive training/experience needed - uses top-down programming techniques - extra documentation requirements
decision
string
disadvantages
Cohesion
33. Type of Chart: uses flow lines and process blocks
personal interviews
names
fail
Hierarchy Chart
34. Flow Chart: Always has one flow line in and one flow line out - _________ symbol
process
interviews
direct
Modular Design
35. The most common reason for the failure of an information system is _________ _________ _________
outflows
faulty problem identification
system
direct
36. Flow Chart: a loop must begin with a _________
Top-Down Approach
decision
HIPO
system documentation
37. A design approach where the system's analyst defines the overall objectives of the system - and then breaks them down into subsystems and modules.
Top-Down Approach
priming read
Configuration Management
Allocated Baseline
38. Process that divides the overall objectives into subsystems and modules
systems development
implementation
System Testing
Partitioning
39. A technique for representing program logic that a systems analyst can use to describe program actions.
users
interviews
Pseudocode
disadvantages
40. When it is too expensive to convert a system's old files and applications - a _______________ systems conversion is commonly used.
day one
problem analysis
open ended rectangle
analysts
41. Data flow diagram shape: open ended (right) rectangle
data storage
day one
Modular Design
Coupling
42. _________is the most commonly used tool by analysts to graphically illustrate the flow of data through a system
data storage
fail
data flow diagram
Operations Documentation
43. During the design of input - the analyst establishes how to _________ _________
data flow diagram
Capacity Planning
collect data
Top-Down Approach
44. 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
system requirements plan
Turnaround Time
System Documentation
diamond
45. testing attempts to make a system ____________
fail
direct
string
Turnaround Time
46. Integration testing is performed by ____________
analysts
programmers
Configuration Management
users
47. Data Flow Diagram: each circle is identified by a ___________
direct response
programmers
system
number
48. Process of tracking system releases - or versions
Version Control
Integration Testing
program
names
49. 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.
Modular Design
System Documentation
Response Time
personal interviews
50. Measures a module's scope and processing characteristics
System Testing
faulty problem identification
Cohesion
Configuration Management