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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. Data Flow Diagram Shape: open ended (right) rectangle
data storage
users
phased implementation
parallel
2. The overall time between a request for system activity and the delivery of the response
Response Time
pentagon
problem analysis
disadvantages
3. 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
unit testing
decision table
Integration Testing
system requirements plan
4. Which analysis and design tool used by the computer system analyst shows the levels and subdivisions of a computer system? _________ _________
Unit Testing
names
day one
hierarchy chart
5. ____________ - 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
What-If Analysis
Product Baseline
parallel
Release Methodology
6. Describes the degree of interdependence among modules. (loosely coupled modules are desirable as they are more independent)
hierarchy chart
fail
data storage
Coupling
7. Flow Chart: Processing steps - "process blocks" - an operation or action step
systems development
rectangle
integration
pilot
8. Describes the system at the beginning of system operation.
algorithm process
Product Baseline
systems development
personal interviews
9. ____________ Testing: the testing of a collection of units that have a logical relationship or flow from the user's perspective.
Coupling
string
analysts
unit
10. The most common reason for the failure of an information system is _________ _________ _________
names
Version Control
data storage
faulty problem identification
11. The most important skill or requirement of the analyst is good_________ skills
circle
statement of objectives
What-If Analysis
communication
12. The first step in solving a problem with a computer
problem analysis
integration
direct
pentagon
13. Point where no changes can be made without impacting the schedule _________ _________
Pseudocode
cost benefit analysis
freeze point
Configuration Management
14. __________ - analyst compares the expenses against the advantages of a system
parallel
outflows
general journal
cost benefit analysis
15. A flowchart represents an _____________ or process.
unit
circle
system documentation
algorithm process
16. A complete computer system will consist of people - _________ - hardware - software and data.
system
procedures
Capacity Planning
analysts
17. Integration testing is also called ____________ testing
unit testing
link
analysts
direct
18. Documents the system at the end of the design phase and identifies any changes since the functional baseline.
link
Allocated Baseline
Program Documentation
integration
19. Dtypically the riskiest method of systems conversion
Version Control
Program Documentation
freeze point
direct
20. Type of Chart: uses flow lines and process blocks
systems development
Hierarchy Chart
System Documentation
data storage
21. Flow Chart: Represents start or stop/end. Pill shape (sometimes circle - oval - cigar or rounded rectangle)
systems development
terminator
system
System Testing
22. _________ Chart advantages: designs programs in testable models - creation of hierarchy of detail as design progresses - clear indication of necessary inputs and outputs
Functional Baseline
parallel
Operations Documentation
HIPO
23. When initially collecting data for a systems project - it should be collected via ________________
parallel
decision
Capacity Planning
personal interviews
24. Process that divides the overall objectives into subsystems and modules
GANTT
Partitioning
system requirements plan
open ended rectangle
25. _________ The first procedure in a system test plan
parallel
day one
faulty problem identification
unit testing
26. ____________ Testing - testing conducted on a complete - integrated system to evaluate the system's compliance with its specified requirements. System testing falls within the scope of black box testing - and as such - should require no knowledge of
statement of objectives
link
system
pentagon
27. _________ are the most reliable means of obtaining information about an existing system
Operations Documentation
implementation
faulty problem identification
interviews
28. The environment that analysts and programmers use to develop and maintain programs
implementation
Test Environment
names
hexagon
29. Data flow diagram shape: process that transforms the data in some way
acceptance notice
direct
circle
Release Methodology
30. Flow Chart: Preparation: any process step that is a preparation such as a setup operation
hexagon
system requirements plan
system
Activity Diagram
31. OLD: The total time required for an entire systems analysis and design process to be completed will most likely be _________ _________.
2-3 years
names
management
Capacity Planning
32. Data Flow Diagram: Circles will have numbers and ____________
users
Operations Documentation
Activity Diagram
names
33. ____________ 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
rectangle
unit
decision
2-3 years
34. When it is too expensive to convert a system's old files and applications - a _______________ systems conversion is commonly used.
parallel
link
day one
Test Environment
35. Flow Chart: Connector - continues a chart to another point on the same page
fail
parallel
interviews
circle
36. ________________ - a document created by the systems project team that takes into account the organizational constraints and the personnel involved in using a new system.
fail
open ended rectangle
statement of objectives
parallel
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.
faulty problem identification
problem analysis
Top-Down Approach
pilot
38. _________ accounts for the greatest expenditure involved in the cost of creating and maintaining a system.
program
implementation
decision
Integration Testing
39. The most significant output of the systems analysis phase of the entire analysis and design process is the _________ _________ _________
link
system requirements plan
problem analysis
statement of objectives
40. Describes the system's functions and how they are implemented
statement of objectives
circle
System Documentation
hierarchy chart
41. This happens after completing integration testing - it involves the testing of the entire information.
hierarchy chart
System Testing
communication
Pseudocode
42. ____________ 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
Program Documentation
Integration Testing
integration
43. The longest phase in the systems analysis and design process is the _______________ phase
cost benefit analysis
systems development
Turnaround Time
System Documentation
44. Data Flow Diagram: in reviewing each circle - the analyst will find it yields a _______________
HIPO
problem analysis
program
circle
45. 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
parallel
circle
direct
day one
46. Flow Chart: a loop must begin with a _________
parallel
Release Methodology
decision
system requirements plan
47. 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
Allocated Baseline
parallel
decision
pilot
48. Data Flow Diagram: Circles will have data inflows and data ________________
Product Baseline
procedures
pilot
outflows
49. Measures a module's scope and processing characteristics
Cohesion
system requirements plan
Version Control
Program Documentation
50. Of input - output - processing - storage methods - and procedures - the one designed first by the analyst is _________
output
programmers
names
Functional Baseline