Business Systems Analysis and Design Final Exam

An easy navigation system

"Clearly show where we are (e.g., page 1 of 3)" is related to ________ for the design of forms and reports.

Meaningful Information

"Information should be provided in a manner that usable without modification" is related to _______ for the design of forms and reports.

Meaningful Information

"Only needed information should be displayed" is related to _____ for the design of forms and reports.

Source

A ________ is the origin and/ or destination of the data, and these are sometimes referred to as external entities because they are outside the system.

Two

A relation is named, ______-dimensional table of data. Each relation (or table) consists of a set of named columns and an arbitrary number of unnamed rows.

Records

A report typically contains data from many unrelated _____ or transactions

Joystick

A small vertical lever mounted on a base that steers the cursor on a computer display and provides similar functionality to a mouse is known as a

Trackball

A sphere mounted on a fixed base that steers the cursor on a computer display is known as a

Three

A ternary relationship is a simultaneous relationship among instances of ________ entity type(s).

Does not promote ease of use of a database

All of the following are advantages to incorporating business rules in the repository except _______.

Desk Checking

All of the following are automated test types except

Native Language

All of the following are guidelines for the design of human-computer dialogues except

Unit Test

All of the following are manual test types except

Posting their password on sticky notes under their monitors

All of the following are ways employees can protect their organization's information systems except

Associative Entity

An _____ is an entity type that associates the instances of one or more entity types and contains attributes that are peculiar to the relationship between those entity instances.

Type; instances

An entity ________ is described just once in a data model, whereas many ________ of that may be represented by data stored in the database.

Kite

Both the white and _______ levels provide a summary of the use case goals.

Referential Integrity

Cindy tried to delete a customer but the customer still had open invoices so the system would not allow her to delete the customer. More than likely _______ was enforced.

User Training Modules

Computer-based training aids are related to which category of deliverable for documenting the system, training, and supporting users?

Ad-hoc Report

Daniel was surprised his store ran out of marshmallows so quickly. This typically does not happen during the spring, so he runs an _____ to gather unplanned information to support if he should stock up on marshmallows.

Closure

Dialogues should be logically grouped and have a beginning, middle, and end is related to which guideline for the design of human-computer dialogues?

Risk

Each organization has to decided its acceptable mix of projects of varying ______.

Relation

Each regular entity type in an ER Diagram is transformed into a ________.

Impertinence

If a systems analyst is questioning everything, they are showing the _______ characteristic.

Unit

In ______ testing, each module is tested alone in an attempt to discover any errors in its code.

Second

In ________ normal form, each nonprimary key attribute is identified by the whole key (what we call full functional dependency).

Overall Plan

In a Master Test Plan, test materials fall under which category?

Component-Specific Test Plans

In a master test plan, criteria for passing tests and software description fall under which category?

Overall Plan

In a master test plan, milestones, schedules, and locations fall under which category?

A testing harness

Is an automated testing environment used to review code for errors, standards violations, and other design flaws.

Denormalization

Is the process of splitting or combining normalized relations into physical tables based on affinity of use of rows and fields.

JAD Meeting

Joshua is bringing together the key users, managers, and systems analysts involved in the analysis of the current system. He believes it should be a great __________.

Voice entry systems

Natural language interaction can be applied to

Logical

Normalized relations are, of course, the result of _______ database design.

User Support Plan

Online help related to which category of deliverable for documenting the system, training, and supporting users?

Length

Submenus should be used to break up exceedingly long menus falls under which category for menu design guidelines?

Helps provide the budget

The Baseline Project Plan has all of the primary objectives except ________.

Work Procedure

The _____ is a document written to describe how a particular job is performed.

Scribe

The _____ takes notes during the JAD sessions.

Four

The act of going from a single system to ______ component processes is called (functional) decomposition.

Partitioning

The capability to split a table into separate sections, often called __________, is possible with most relational database products.

Nonredundant

The key should be ________; that is, no attribute in the key can be deleted without destroying is unique identification.

Length

The number of menu choices should not exceed the length of the screen falls under which category for menu design guidelines?

Form Interaction

The premise of ______ is to allow users to fill in the blanks when working with a system.

Six

There are ____ major activities involved in system implementation.

Two

There is/are ______ principal type(s) of packaged data model(s).

Narrative Overview

Under which design specification category for interfaces and dialogues does interface/ dialogue name appear?

Black

Use cases written at the fish and ________ levels (sometimes called the clam level) are much more detailed and focus on the sub-function goals.

Documentation

User documentation is related to which category of deliverable for documenting the system, training and supporting users?

Managers experience a lot of interruptions

What did Mintzberg observe about a manager's day?

Potential Problems

What is an example of a project assumption?

User

When designing forms and reports, which characteristic focuses on issues related to experience, skills, motivation, education, and personality that should be considered?

Modality

Which common property of windows and forms in a GUI environment requires users to resolve the request for information before proceeding?

List the three most frequently used menu options

Which of the following is NOT a closed-ended question?

Time Value of Money

Which of the following is NOT an example of an economic cost-benefit analysis technique?

Strikes the eye

Which of the following is a benefit of using color?

Keep it simple

Which of the following is a guideline for presentation design in making an effective presentation?

Driver's License Number

Which of the following is an example of a primary key?

Associative entity with additional key

Which relation is created with a composite primary key using the primary keys of the related entities and additional primary key attributes associated with the relationship or associative entity, plus any non-key attributes of the relationship or associative entity?

Associative Entity

Which relation is created with a composite primary key using the primary keys of the related entities, plus any non-key attributes associative entity of the relationship or associative entity?

Class

Which test is done to ensure that data are of proper type, e.g. all numeric, all alphabetic, all alphanumeric?

Clarity

Which usability factor specifies that outputs should be self-explanatory and not require users to remember information from prior outputs in order to complete a task?

The development team should develop a user support plan

Who should deliver a user support plan that addresses issues such as how users will be able to find help once the information system is integrated?

Project Planning

_____ is the process of defining clear activities necessary to complete activities in a single project.

Satisfaction and aesthetics

______ is a usability dimension concerned with how enjoyable a system's visual appeal is and how enjoyable the system is to use.

Hidden Links

_______ is a common error when design the interface and dialogues of websites.

Gap Analysis

_______ is the process of discovering discrepancies between two or more sets of DFDs or discrepancies within a single DFD.

Normalization

is a process for converting complex data structures into simple, stable data structures.

Efficiency

is a usability dimension concerned with how quickly users can perform tasks once they know how to perform them.

Conceptual

A ______ data model is a detailed model that captures the overall structure of organizational data that is independent of an database management system or other implementation considerations.

Binary

A ______ relationship is a relationship between instances of two entity types and is the most common type of relationship encountered in data modeling.

Physical

A ______ table is a named set of rows and columns that specifies the fields in each row of the table.

Pointer

A _______ is a field of data that can be used to locate a related field or row of data.

Context Diagram

A _______ shows the scope of the system, indicating which elements are inside and which are outside of the system.

Efficient use of storage space

A database designer chooses a file organization for a specific file that will provide which of the following?