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Systems Analysis and Design Exam
Questions and Answers |100% Pass
Systems Analysis - Answer✔✔-the process of understanding and specifying in detail what the
information system should do
Systems Design - Answer✔✔-the process of specifying in detail how the many components of the
information system should be physically implemented
Systems analyst - Answer✔✔-a business professional who uses analysis and design techniques to solve
business problems using information technology
System - Answer✔✔-a collection interrelated components that function together to achieve some
outcome
Information system - Answer✔✔-a collection of interrelated components that collect, process, store, and
provide as output the information needed to complete business tasks
Subsystem - Answer✔✔-a system that is part of a larger system
Supersystem - Answer✔✔-a larger system that contains other systems
Functional decomposition - Answer✔✔-dividing systems into components based on subsystems that in
turn are further divided into subsystems
Parts of a system - Answer✔✔-inputs, hardware, people, software, data, procedures, outputs
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System boundary - Answer✔✔-the separation between a system and its environment that inputs and
outputs must cross
Automation boundary - Answer✔✔-the separation between the automated part of a system and the
manual of a system
Transaction processing systems - Answer✔✔-information systems that capture and record information
about the transactions that affect the organization
Management information systems - Answer✔✔-information systems that take information captured by
transaction processing systems and produce reports that management needs for planning and control
Executive information systems - Answer✔✔-information systems for executives to use for monitoring the
competitive environment and for strategic planning
Decision support systems - Answer✔✔-support systems that allow a user to explore the impact of
available options or decisions
Communication support systems - Answer✔✔-support systems that allow employees to communicate
with each other and with customers and suppliers
Office Support Systems - Answer✔✔-support systems that help create and share documents, including
reports, proposals, and memos
Tools - Answer✔✔-software products used to help develop anaysis and design specifications and
completed systems components
Techniques - Answer✔✔-strategies for completing specific system development activities
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Analysts need to know - Answer✔✔-what the organization does
what makes it successful
what its strategies and plans are
what its traditions and values are?
People knowledge - Answer✔✔-how people: think, learn, react to change, communicate, work (in a
variety of jobs and levels)
Business process re-engineering - Answer✔✔-a technique that seeks to alter the nature of the work
done in a business function with the objective of radically improving performance
Strategic planning - Answer✔✔-a process during which executives try to answer questions about the
company such as where the business is now, where they want to be, and what the have to do to get
there
Information systems strategic plan - Answer✔✔-the plan defining the technology and applications that
the information systems function needs to support the organization's strategic plan
Application architecture plan - Answer✔✔-a description of the integrated information systems that the
organization needs to carry out its business functions
Technology architecture plan - Answer✔✔-a description of the hardware, software, and communication
networks required to implement information systems
Enterprise resource planning - Answer✔✔-a process in which an organization commits to using an
integrated set of software packages for key information systems
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Systems Analysis and Design Exam
Questions and Answers |100% Pass
Systems Analysis - Answer✔✔-the process of understanding and specifying in detail what the
information system should do
Systems Design - Answer✔✔-the process of specifying in detail how the many components of the
information system should be physically implemented
Systems analyst - Answer✔✔-a business professional who uses analysis and design techniques to solve
business problems using information technology
System - Answer✔✔-a collection interrelated components that function together to achieve some
outcome
Information system - Answer✔✔-a collection of interrelated components that collect, process, store, and
provide as output the information needed to complete business tasks
Subsystem - Answer✔✔-a system that is part of a larger system
Supersystem - Answer✔✔-a larger system that contains other systems
Functional decomposition - Answer✔✔-dividing systems into components based on subsystems that in
turn are further divided into subsystems
Parts of a system - Answer✔✔-inputs, hardware, people, software, data, procedures, outputs
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System boundary - Answer✔✔-the separation between a system and its environment that inputs and
outputs must cross
Automation boundary - Answer✔✔-the separation between the automated part of a system and the
manual of a system
Transaction processing systems - Answer✔✔-information systems that capture and record information
about the transactions that affect the organization
Management information systems - Answer✔✔-information systems that take information captured by
transaction processing systems and produce reports that management needs for planning and control
Executive information systems - Answer✔✔-information systems for executives to use for monitoring the
competitive environment and for strategic planning
Decision support systems - Answer✔✔-support systems that allow a user to explore the impact of
available options or decisions
Communication support systems - Answer✔✔-support systems that allow employees to communicate
with each other and with customers and suppliers
Office Support Systems - Answer✔✔-support systems that help create and share documents, including
reports, proposals, and memos
Tools - Answer✔✔-software products used to help develop anaysis and design specifications and
completed systems components
Techniques - Answer✔✔-strategies for completing specific system development activities
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Analysts need to know - Answer✔✔-what the organization does
what makes it successful
what its strategies and plans are
what its traditions and values are?
People knowledge - Answer✔✔-how people: think, learn, react to change, communicate, work (in a
variety of jobs and levels)
Business process re-engineering - Answer✔✔-a technique that seeks to alter the nature of the work
done in a business function with the objective of radically improving performance
Strategic planning - Answer✔✔-a process during which executives try to answer questions about the
company such as where the business is now, where they want to be, and what the have to do to get
there
Information systems strategic plan - Answer✔✔-the plan defining the technology and applications that
the information systems function needs to support the organization's strategic plan
Application architecture plan - Answer✔✔-a description of the integrated information systems that the
organization needs to carry out its business functions
Technology architecture plan - Answer✔✔-a description of the hardware, software, and communication
networks required to implement information systems
Enterprise resource planning - Answer✔✔-a process in which an organization commits to using an
integrated set of software packages for key information systems
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