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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. Flow Chart: Preparation: any process step that is a preparation such as a setup operation
parallel
hexagon
acceptance notice
Activity Diagram
2. ________________ is an output of the systems audit
acceptance notice
System Testing
analysts
communication
3. System testing is performed by ____________
users
link
system documentation
RFP
4. During the design of input - the analyst establishes how to _________ _________
collect data
link
fail
Release Methodology
5. _________ are the most reliable means of obtaining information about an existing system
interviews
decision table
procedures
statement of objectives
6. 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
decision table
communication
procedures
parallel
7. Type of Chart: uses flow lines and process blocks
Operations Documentation
Modular Design
Partitioning
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
decision
Turnaround Time
Capacity Planning
data storage
9. Used answer questions about specific scenarios that could potentially appear in a situation during capacity planning
Turnaround Time
What-If Analysis
Functional Baseline
hierarchy chart
10. Documents the system at the end of the design phase and identifies any changes since the functional baseline.
Top-Down Approach
personal interviews
Allocated Baseline
terminator
11. _________ Chart advantages: designs programs in testable models - creation of hierarchy of detail as design progresses - clear indication of necessary inputs and outputs
rectangle
RFP
freeze point
HIPO
12. Dtypically the riskiest method of systems conversion
direct
string
decision
Functional Baseline
13. Flow Chart: Represents start or stop/end. Pill shape (sometimes circle - oval - cigar or rounded rectangle)
personal interviews
Version Control
direct
terminator
14. ____________ - 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
analysts
parallel
problem analysis
direct
15. Graphical representations of workflows of stepwise activities and actions with support for choice - iteration and concurrency. Extension of flowchart.
system documentation
Activity Diagram
hexagon
parallel
16. The environment that analysts and programmers use to develop and maintain programs
freeze point
names
Test Environment
data storage
17. Measures a module's scope and processing characteristics
Product Baseline
users
Cohesion
Turnaround Time
18. In a program flowchart - a _________ ________ serves to fetch initial data item for processing
priming read
problem analysis
Release Methodology
parallel
19. A type of questionnaire which uses very explicit questions and require a short written response is called a(n) _________ _________ questionnaire
Turnaround Time
phased implementation
data storage
direct response
20. The overall time between a request for system activity and the delivery of the response
Test Environment
Pseudocode
collect data
Response Time
21. The most significant output of the systems analysis phase of the entire analysis and design process is the _________ _________ _________
priming read
system requirements plan
Integration Testing
Configuration Management
22. Describes the system's functions and how they are implemented
parallel
desk checking
system requirements plan
System Documentation
23. Program testing is carried out by computer _________
programmers
terminator
link
unit
24. Type of system implementation that is used in its entirety only in one locality or area
pilot
data storage
decision
What-If Analysis
25. 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.
desk checking
decision table
implementation
Modular Design
26. Flow Chart: Off-Page-Connector - continues a chart to another page
collect data
pentagon
system requirements plan
unit
27. Which analysis and design tool used by the computer system analyst shows the levels and subdivisions of a computer system? _________ _________
rectangle
direct
hierarchy chart
Allocated Baseline
28. In most cases - a request for computer services should originate from the _________ of the requested system
HIPO
users
statement of objectives
fail
29. A _________ systems conversion takes place when the old system is switched off and the new one is started up.
desk checking
cost benefit analysis
direct
Test Environment
30. Integration testing is also called ____________ testing
users
link
Top-Down Approach
cost benefit analysis
31. Integration testing is performed by ____________
analysts
Product Baseline
RFP
Unit Testing
32. Point where no changes can be made without impacting the schedule _________ _________
Pseudocode
freeze point
data storage
program
33. A design approach where the system's analyst defines the overall objectives of the system - and then breaks them down into subsystems and modules.
decision
hierarchy chart
Top-Down Approach
data flow diagram
34. When initially collecting data for a systems project - it should be collected via ________________
process
personal interviews
System Documentation
Operations Documentation
35. ____________ Testing: the testing of a collection of units that have a logical relationship or flow from the user's perspective.
system requirements plan
implementation
string
hierarchy chart
36. __________ - analyst compares the expenses against the advantages of a system
parallel
circle
outflows
cost benefit analysis
37. This happens after completing integration testing - it involves the testing of the entire information.
algorithm process
Response Time
System Testing
systems development
38. Data Flow Diagram: Circles will have data inflows and data ________________
outflows
analysts
Turnaround Time
string
39. Flow Chart: Connector - continues a chart to another point on the same page
Pseudocode
Product Baseline
circle
general journal
40. The analyst may solicit hardware and software proposals from vendors. The analyst will prepare a(n) _________
fail
RFP
parallel
Test Environment
41. The process of examining a program design and reviewing the logic of a program with test data
collect data
desk checking
decision
Version Control
42. the process that monitors current activity and performance levels - anticipates future activity - and forecasts the resources needed to provide desired levels of service.
unit testing
acceptance notice
Capacity Planning
system
43. ____________ 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.
circle
integration
process
Allocated Baseline
44. Flow Chart: A _________ must have two flow line coming out of it
Hierarchy Chart
decision
circle
users
45. _________ Type of systems conversion where various capabilities are added to the system over a number of years
priming read
Version Control
phased implementation
Release Methodology
46. _________ accounts for the greatest expenditure involved in the cost of creating and maintaining a system.
Test Environment
phased implementation
implementation
link
47. The first step in solving a problem with a computer
Partitioning
hierarchy chart
Functional Baseline
problem analysis
48. Flow Chart: Processing steps - "process blocks" - an operation or action step
rectangle
hierarchy chart
names
Coupling
49. Data Flow Diagram: in reviewing each circle - the analyst will find it yields a _______________
Partitioning
day one
program
Turnaround Time
50. testing attempts to make a system ____________
fail
System Testing
unit
data flow diagram