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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. ____________ Testing: the testing of a collection of units that have a logical relationship or flow from the user's perspective.
Top-Down Approach
systems development
Hierarchy Chart
string
2. Process of tracking system releases - or versions
freeze point
Version Control
system requirements plan
names
3. Flow Chart: A _________ must have two flow line coming out of it
phased implementation
decision
Hierarchy Chart
parallel
4. Data Flow Diagram: each circle is identified by a ___________
unit
2-3 years
decision
number
5. ________________ is an output of the systems audit
GANTT
circle
Version Control
acceptance notice
6. Flow Chart: Connector - continues a chart to another point on the same page
circle
pentagon
link
outflows
7. Used answer questions about specific scenarios that could potentially appear in a situation during capacity planning
output
Capacity Planning
What-If Analysis
systems development
8. The most important skill or requirement of the analyst is good_________ skills
Configuration Management
2-3 years
communication
string
9. Flow Chart: Off-Page-Connector - continues a chart to another page
pentagon
hexagon
What-If Analysis
programmers
10. Flow Chart: comment
open ended rectangle
Integration Testing
string
parallel
11. Type of system implementation that is used in its entirety only in one locality or area
rectangle
Configuration Management
System Testing
pilot
12. Flow Chart shapes are similar to ________
phased implementation
analysts
Data Flow Diagram
management
13. _________ Chart advantages: designs programs in testable models - creation of hierarchy of detail as design progresses - clear indication of necessary inputs and outputs
HIPO
general journal
GANTT
parallel
14. A _________ systems conversion takes place when the old system is switched off and the new one is started up.
decision
pilot
direct
Test Environment
15. 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
parallel
Test Environment
interviews
direct response
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.
Program Documentation
decision
2-3 years
integration
17. _________ makes the final decision whether or not a system will be implemented
users
parallelogram
management
Top-Down Approach
18. Graphical representations of workflows of stepwise activities and actions with support for choice - iteration and concurrency. Extension of flowchart.
link
pentagon
Activity Diagram
Turnaround Time
19. Describes the inputs - outputs - and processing logic for all program modules.
Response Time
Program Documentation
Partitioning
system requirements plan
20. The first step in solving a problem with a computer
problem analysis
hexagon
Operations Documentation
data flow diagram
21. A technique for representing program logic that a systems analyst can use to describe program actions.
decision
cost benefit analysis
Pseudocode
users
22. Which analysis and design tool used by the computer system analyst shows the levels and subdivisions of a computer system? _________ _________
hierarchy chart
Test Environment
pilot
integration
23. A method used by the analyst to document the scheduling of the completion of the project is a(n) _________ Chart
RFP
faulty problem identification
pentagon
GANTT
24. ____________ - 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
Capacity Planning
statement of objectives
Activity Diagram
parallel
25. Flow Chart: Decision/Conditional - a question or branch in the process
string
Version Control
diamond
output
26. ____________ 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
collect data
data storage
Pseudocode
unit
27. In a program flowchart - a _________ ________ serves to fetch initial data item for processing
acceptance notice
circle
priming read
HIPO
28. Describes the system at the beginning of system operation.
parallel
unit
decision
Product Baseline
29. Flow Chart: a loop must begin with a _________
decision
What-If Analysis
desk checking
open ended rectangle
30. _________ Type of systems conversion where various capabilities are added to the system over a number of years
number
parallel
phased implementation
desk checking
31. the process that monitors current activity and performance levels - anticipates future activity - and forecasts the resources needed to provide desired levels of service.
system requirements plan
communication
decision
Capacity Planning
32. Data Flow Diagram Shape: open ended (right) rectangle
open ended rectangle
Data Flow Diagram
data storage
2-3 years
33. The most significant output of the systems analysis phase of the entire analysis and design process is the _________ _________ _________
system requirements plan
Response Time
Product Baseline
2-3 years
34. Data Flow Diagram: Circles will have data inflows and data ________________
Activity Diagram
hexagon
outflows
Data Flow Diagram
35. The most common reason for the failure of an information system is _________ _________ _________
open ended rectangle
Release Methodology
faulty problem identification
statement of objectives
36. Contains all the information needed for processing and distributing online and printed output
acceptance notice
RFP
hexagon
Operations Documentation
37. Flow Chart: Always has one flow line in and one flow line out - _________ symbol
interviews
data storage
direct response
process
38. Describes the degree of interdependence among modules. (loosely coupled modules are desirable as they are more independent)
Response Time
Top-Down Approach
system documentation
Coupling
39. Describes the system's functions and how they are implemented
data storage
system requirements plan
Unit Testing
System Documentation
40. __________________: written materials that accompany the system process
What-If Analysis
Partitioning
system documentation
users
41. Flow Chart: Preparation: any process step that is a preparation such as a setup operation
Pseudocode
hexagon
HIPO
GANTT
42. OLD: The total time required for an entire systems analysis and design process to be completed will most likely be _________ _________.
general journal
open ended rectangle
procedures
2-3 years
43. _________ are the most reliable means of obtaining information about an existing system
freeze point
interviews
data storage
cost benefit analysis
44. Program testing is carried out by computer _________
system
programmers
parallel
procedures
45. ________________ - a document created by the systems project team that takes into account the organizational constraints and the personnel involved in using a new system.
names
statement of objectives
Data Flow Diagram
decision
46. When all non-critical changes are held until they can be implemented at the same time.
Release Methodology
Functional Baseline
decision
circle
47. testing attempts to make a system ____________
fail
users
procedures
Version Control
48. _________ accounts for the greatest expenditure involved in the cost of creating and maintaining a system.
string
implementation
parallel
Product Baseline
49. System testing is performed by ____________
Product Baseline
string
open ended rectangle
users
50. __________ - analyst compares the expenses against the advantages of a system
programmers
users
cost benefit analysis
process