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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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1. ________________ is an output of the systems audit
program
disadvantages
acceptance notice
parallel
2. The most important skill or requirement of the analyst is good_________ skills
communication
system requirements plan
hierarchy chart
link
3. Data Flow Diagram: Circles will have numbers and ____________
names
Release Methodology
systems development
decision
4. Flow Chart: data - input - output
systems development
parallelogram
link
problem analysis
5. Flow Chart: A _________ must have two flow line coming out of it
Operations Documentation
System Testing
decision
implementation
6. When all non-critical changes are held until they can be implemented at the same time.
Turnaround Time
direct
Release Methodology
users
7. Flow Chart: Represents start or stop/end. Pill shape (sometimes circle - oval - cigar or rounded rectangle)
statement of objectives
management
Response Time
terminator
8. Data flow diagram shape: open ended (right) rectangle
circle
algorithm process
desk checking
data storage
9. Flow Chart: comment
What-If Analysis
personal interviews
System Documentation
open ended rectangle
10. In most cases - a request for computer services should originate from the _________ of the requested system
Operations Documentation
parallelogram
users
algorithm process
11. Flow Chart: Decision/Conditional - a question or branch in the process
acceptance notice
Program Documentation
Response Time
diamond
12. Flow Chart: a loop must begin with a _________
decision
string
Response Time
decision table
13. ____________ 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.
hierarchy chart
outflows
Turnaround Time
integration
14. ____________ Testing: the testing of a collection of units that have a logical relationship or flow from the user's perspective.
direct
string
acceptance notice
program
15. System testing is performed by ____________
unit testing
Capacity Planning
direct
users
16. This happens after completing integration testing - it involves the testing of the entire information.
System Testing
integration
Test Environment
users
17. Flow Chart: Off-Page-Connector - continues a chart to another page
pentagon
Capacity Planning
freeze point
Version Control
18. 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
Test Environment
parallel
Operations Documentation
19. Process that divides the overall objectives into subsystems and modules
Release Methodology
Partitioning
hierarchy chart
hexagon
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
analysts
decision table
Turnaround Time
users
21. Describes the inputs - outputs - and processing logic for all program modules.
data storage
circle
Program Documentation
analysts
22. Type of system implementation that is used in its entirety only in one locality or area
Partitioning
personal interviews
pilot
diamond
23. In a program flowchart - a _________ ________ serves to fetch initial data item for processing
implementation
priming read
management
rectangle
24. Dtypically the riskiest method of systems conversion
program
direct
Capacity Planning
Activity Diagram
25. The most significant output of the systems analysis phase of the entire analysis and design process is the _________ _________ _________
system requirements plan
direct response
Top-Down Approach
data flow diagram
26. Flow Chart: Connector - continues a chart to another point on the same page
rectangle
circle
desk checking
terminator
27. testing attempts to make a system ____________
Allocated Baseline
direct
fail
output
28. 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 _________ conversion
Top-Down Approach
problem analysis
parallel
interviews
29. _________ makes the final decision whether or not a system will be implemented
outflows
management
System Documentation
problem analysis
30. The process for controlling changes in system requirements during software development.
personal interviews
output
data flow diagram
Configuration Management
31. A flowchart represents an _____________ or process.
outflows
algorithm process
diamond
string
32. Data Flow Diagram Shape: open ended (right) rectangle
Activity Diagram
day one
data flow diagram
data storage
33. A _________ systems conversion takes place when the old system is switched off and the new one is started up.
open ended rectangle
communication
link
direct
34. The first step in solving a problem with a computer
Modular Design
Functional Baseline
problem analysis
parallel
35. Flow Chart: Preparation: any process step that is a preparation such as a setup operation
acceptance notice
hexagon
rectangle
day one
36. The overall time between a request for system activity and the delivery of the response
System Testing
Response Time
pentagon
users
37. _________ Type of systems conversion where various capabilities are added to the system over a number of years
acceptance notice
statement of objectives
Pseudocode
phased implementation
38. The longest phase in the systems analysis and design process is the _______________ phase
Capacity Planning
systems development
hierarchy chart
day one
39. __________ - analyst compares the expenses against the advantages of a system
link
Response Time
personal interviews
cost benefit analysis
40. When it is too expensive to convert a system's old files and applications - a _______________ systems conversion is commonly used.
direct response
Modular Design
Response Time
day one
41. Flow Chart shapes are similar to ________
problem analysis
direct
Data Flow Diagram
Modular Design
42. Integration testing is also called ____________ testing
link
2-3 years
users
procedures
43. Data Flow Diagram: in reviewing each circle - the analyst will find it yields a _______________
Test Environment
program
priming read
Turnaround Time
44. Testing of an individual program module.
diamond
unit
Capacity Planning
Unit Testing
45. Documents the system at the end of the design phase and identifies any changes since the functional baseline.
integration
output
interviews
Allocated Baseline
46. _________is the most commonly used tool by analysts to graphically illustrate the flow of data through a system
string
Configuration Management
pentagon
data flow diagram
47. During the design of input - the analyst establishes how to _________ _________
collect data
Modular Design
fail
Configuration Management
48. _________ Chart advantages: designs programs in testable models - creation of hierarchy of detail as design progresses - clear indication of necessary inputs and outputs
HIPO
Program Documentation
direct
circle
49. Process of tracking system releases - or versions
faulty problem identification
integration
general journal
Version Control
50. Measures a module's scope and processing characteristics
parallel
hierarchy chart
Cohesion
decision