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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. _________is the most commonly used tool by analysts to graphically illustrate the flow of data through a system
hexagon
priming read
outflows
data flow diagram
2. Testing of two or more programs that depend on each other.
Integration Testing
Configuration Management
circle
priming read
3. Type of system implementation that is used in its entirety only in one locality or area
programmers
Hierarchy Chart
pilot
direct
4. _________ accounts for the greatest expenditure involved in the cost of creating and maintaining a system.
faulty problem identification
program
implementation
disadvantages
5. During the design of input - the analyst establishes how to _________ _________
cost benefit analysis
direct response
collect data
users
6. This happens after completing integration testing - it involves the testing of the entire information.
System Testing
Cohesion
System Documentation
cost benefit analysis
7. Type of Chart: uses flow lines and process blocks
systems development
Hierarchy Chart
circle
parallel
8. The analyst may solicit hardware and software proposals from vendors. The analyst will prepare a(n) _________
RFP
integration
Hierarchy Chart
disadvantages
9. _________ Chart advantages: designs programs in testable models - creation of hierarchy of detail as design progresses - clear indication of necessary inputs and outputs
cost benefit analysis
data storage
collect data
HIPO
10. ____________ Testing: the testing of a collection of units that have a logical relationship or flow from the user's perspective.
decision
string
users
programmers
11. Describes the system at the beginning of system operation.
Response Time
users
number
Product Baseline
12. The process for controlling changes in system requirements during software development.
Configuration Management
problem analysis
hexagon
analysts
13. Flow Chart shapes are similar to ________
link
Data Flow Diagram
RFP
analysts
14. A type of questionnaire which uses very explicit questions and require a short written response is called a(n) _________ _________ questionnaire
disadvantages
direct response
Pseudocode
names
15. ________________ is an output of the systems audit
acceptance notice
data storage
Modular Design
programmers
16. ____________ 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
communication
direct
link
17. 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
desk checking
Integration Testing
18. Describes the degree of interdependence among modules. (loosely coupled modules are desirable as they are more independent)
direct
Coupling
data storage
outflows
19. A technique for representing program logic that a systems analyst can use to describe program actions.
Configuration Management
decision table
statement of objectives
Pseudocode
20. OLD: The total time required for an entire systems analysis and design process to be completed will most likely be _________ _________.
decision
hexagon
GANTT
2-3 years
21. ________________ - a document created by the systems project team that takes into account the organizational constraints and the personnel involved in using a new system.
pilot
statement of objectives
outflows
direct
22. 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
cost benefit analysis
Turnaround Time
Data Flow Diagram
System Documentation
23. Documents the system at the end of the design phase and identifies any changes since the functional baseline.
System Documentation
string
interviews
Allocated Baseline
24. Flow Chart: Decision/Conditional - a question or branch in the process
data storage
interviews
Integration Testing
diamond
25. _________ Type of systems conversion where various capabilities are added to the system over a number of years
Version Control
Product Baseline
users
phased implementation
26. Measures a module's scope and processing characteristics
Cohesion
circle
cost benefit analysis
string
27. Describes the system's functions and how they are implemented
day one
System Documentation
general journal
pentagon
28. __________________: written materials that accompany the system process
system documentation
procedures
collect data
Configuration Management
29. Describes the inputs - outputs - and processing logic for all program modules.
Configuration Management
direct response
Program Documentation
algorithm process
30. A flowchart represents an _____________ or process.
Release Methodology
algorithm process
Top-Down Approach
Turnaround Time
31. Testing of an individual program module.
Response Time
hierarchy chart
Unit Testing
algorithm process
32. Flow Chart: Connector - continues a chart to another point on the same page
System Testing
open ended rectangle
circle
unit testing
33. The overall time between a request for system activity and the delivery of the response
collect data
Response Time
parallel
data storage
34. Flow Chart: Off-Page-Connector - continues a chart to another page
link
integration
process
pentagon
35. Program testing is carried out by computer _________
link
faulty problem identification
programmers
management
36. ____________ - 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
link
Pseudocode
circle
parallel
37. Which analysis and design tool used by the computer system analyst shows the levels and subdivisions of a computer system? _________ _________
direct response
freeze point
pentagon
hierarchy chart
38. Flow Chart: Always has one flow line in and one flow line out - _________ symbol
data flow diagram
process
interviews
Configuration Management
39. The configuration of the system document features and performance during the systems development process.
Pseudocode
Functional Baseline
System Documentation
system
40. Of input - output - processing - storage methods - and procedures - the one designed first by the analyst is _________
parallelogram
Test Environment
HIPO
output
41. When it is too expensive to convert a system's old files and applications - a _______________ systems conversion is commonly used.
implementation
data storage
process
day one
42. 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.
direct
number
Modular Design
2-3 years
43. _________ are the most reliable means of obtaining information about an existing system
Activity Diagram
fail
interviews
Unit Testing
44. Integration testing is also called ____________ testing
link
hierarchy chart
direct
freeze point
45. The most common reason for the failure of an information system is _________ _________ _________
direct response
process
data flow diagram
faulty problem identification
46. The process of examining a program design and reviewing the logic of a program with test data
Product Baseline
parallelogram
desk checking
rectangle
47. Integration testing is performed by ____________
RFP
analysts
unit testing
System Testing
48. Flow Chart: comment
open ended rectangle
direct
hexagon
Release Methodology
49. Contains all the information needed for processing and distributing online and printed output
Operations Documentation
Partitioning
names
parallelogram
50. ____________ 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
general journal
parallel
personal interviews
unit