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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. A flowchart represents an _____________ or process.
Allocated Baseline
pentagon
link
algorithm process
2. Flow Chart: Off-Page-Connector - continues a chart to another page
parallel
procedures
pentagon
direct
3. Flow Chart: comment
open ended rectangle
implementation
hexagon
names
4. 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.
Modular Design
link
users
collect data
5. _________ accounts for the greatest expenditure involved in the cost of creating and maintaining a system.
implementation
Operations Documentation
outflows
system documentation
6. A _________ systems conversion takes place when the old system is switched off and the new one is started up.
decision table
direct
statement of objectives
unit testing
7. 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
desk checking
data flow diagram
data storage
8. When all non-critical changes are held until they can be implemented at the same time.
Release Methodology
link
personal interviews
disadvantages
9. 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
Coupling
circle
integration
10. _________is the most commonly used tool by analysts to graphically illustrate the flow of data through a system
data flow diagram
HIPO
open ended rectangle
Functional Baseline
11. The environment that analysts and programmers use to develop and maintain programs
link
Modular Design
Test Environment
data flow diagram
12. Data Flow Diagram Shape: open ended (right) rectangle
users
link
data storage
desk checking
13. Type of system implementation that is used in its entirety only in one locality or area
Coupling
acceptance notice
direct
pilot
14. OLD: The total time required for an entire systems analysis and design process to be completed will most likely be _________ _________.
outflows
systems development
2-3 years
unit testing
15. Flow Chart: Always has one flow line in and one flow line out - _________ symbol
process
system
management
What-If Analysis
16. Describes the degree of interdependence among modules. (loosely coupled modules are desirable as they are more independent)
HIPO
circle
Coupling
interviews
17. Data Flow Diagram: Circles will have numbers and ____________
unit testing
users
communication
names
18. A chronological listing of financial transactions is called a _________ _________
hexagon
cost benefit analysis
general journal
Cohesion
19. Flow Chart: a loop must begin with a _________
decision
personal interviews
pentagon
open ended rectangle
20. ____________ Testing: Another name for integration testing
link
system documentation
phased implementation
system requirements plan
21. ____________ Testing: the testing of a collection of units that have a logical relationship or flow from the user's perspective.
string
statement of objectives
Unit Testing
personal interviews
22. Flow Chart: Preparation: any process step that is a preparation such as a setup operation
hexagon
What-If Analysis
Version Control
direct
23. ____________ 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
pentagon
decision table
link
24. ________________ - a document created by the systems project team that takes into account the organizational constraints and the personnel involved in using a new system.
process
systems development
statement of objectives
system documentation
25. Data Flow Diagram: Circles will have data inflows and data ________________
outflows
program
data storage
disadvantages
26. Flow Chart: Represents start or stop/end. Pill shape (sometimes circle - oval - cigar or rounded rectangle)
unit
terminator
string
direct response
27. __________________: written materials that accompany the system process
2-3 years
Test Environment
cost benefit analysis
system documentation
28. System testing is performed by ____________
decision table
names
phased implementation
users
29. Process that divides the overall objectives into subsystems and modules
Partitioning
Coupling
pilot
Allocated Baseline
30. The configuration of the system document features and performance during the systems development process.
collect data
GANTT
Program Documentation
Functional Baseline
31. A design approach where the system's analyst defines the overall objectives of the system - and then breaks them down into subsystems and modules.
pentagon
Top-Down Approach
link
HIPO
32. The most important skill or requirement of the analyst is good_________ skills
management
problem analysis
communication
Coupling
33. The first step in solving a problem with a computer
problem analysis
Configuration Management
desk checking
circle
34. ____________ 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
data storage
system
Partitioning
names
35. In a program flowchart - a _________ ________ serves to fetch initial data item for processing
parallel
parallel
priming read
pilot
36. The overall time between a request for system activity and the delivery of the response
Response Time
Turnaround Time
RFP
parallel
37. When it is too expensive to convert a system's old files and applications - a _______________ systems conversion is commonly used.
data storage
system
day one
system documentation
38. The most significant output of the systems analysis phase of the entire analysis and design process is the _________ _________ _________
open ended rectangle
pilot
system requirements plan
Coupling
39. Measures a module's scope and processing characteristics
terminator
program
Cohesion
System Documentation
40. Integration testing is also called ____________ testing
link
Version Control
priming read
Program Documentation
41. Integration testing is performed by ____________
System Documentation
collect data
cost benefit analysis
analysts
42. A complete computer system will consist of people - _________ - hardware - software and data.
names
users
procedures
data flow diagram
43. Describes the inputs - outputs - and processing logic for all program modules.
2-3 years
phased implementation
pilot
Program Documentation
44. ________________ is an output of the systems audit
rectangle
parallel
integration
acceptance notice
45. _________ Chart advantages: designs programs in testable models - creation of hierarchy of detail as design progresses - clear indication of necessary inputs and outputs
HIPO
implementation
unit testing
parallelogram
46. Type of Chart: uses flow lines and process blocks
circle
direct
decision
Hierarchy Chart
47. Data flow diagram shape: process that transforms the data in some way
string
users
circle
system documentation
48. Graphical representations of workflows of stepwise activities and actions with support for choice - iteration and concurrency. Extension of flowchart.
communication
decision
implementation
Activity Diagram
49. This happens after completing integration testing - it involves the testing of the entire information.
priming read
System Testing
system documentation
decision
50. Testing of an individual program module.
program
Unit Testing
unit
Coupling