BUSINESS ANALYSIS EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Information system analysis and design - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the process of developing and
maintaining an information system
Systems - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a group of interrelated procedures used for a business function, with
an identifiable boundary, working together for some purpose.
decomposition - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the process of breaking the description of a system down into
small components; aka functional decomposition
modularity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅dividing a system up into chuncks or modules of a relatively uniform
size
coupling - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the extent to which subsystems depend on each other
cohesion - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the extent to which a system or subsystem performs a single function
development methodologies - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅develop and support their information systems
phase 1 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅systems planning and selection
phase 2 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅systems analysis
phase 3 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅systems design
phase 4 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅implementation and operation
system analyst - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The organizational role most responsible for the analysis and
design of information systems.
, prototyping - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Building a scaled-down version of the desired information system.
computer aided software engineering (CASE) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Software tools that provide
automated support for some portion of the systems development process.
repository - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A centralized database that contains all diagrams, forms and report
definitions, process flows and logic, and definitions of other organizational and system components; it
provides a set of mechanisms and structures to achieve seamless data-to-tool and data-to-data
integration.
joint application design (JAD) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A structured process in which users, managers,
and analysts work together for several days in a series of intensive meetings to specify or review system
requirements.
rapid application development (RAD) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Systems development methodology
created to radically decrease the time needed to design and implement information systems.
participatory design - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A systems development approach that originated in
northern Europe, in which users and the improvement of their work lives are the central focus.
agile methodologies - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A family of development methodologies characterized by
short iterative cycles and extensive testing; active involvement of users for establishing, prioritizing, and
verifying requirements; and a focus on small teams of talented, experienced programmers.
component - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅An irreducible part of an aggregation of parts that makes up a
system; also called a subsystem.
interrelated - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Dependence of one part of the system on one or more other
system parts.
boundary - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The line that marks the inside and outside of a system and that sets
off the system from its environment.
Information system analysis and design - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the process of developing and
maintaining an information system
Systems - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a group of interrelated procedures used for a business function, with
an identifiable boundary, working together for some purpose.
decomposition - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the process of breaking the description of a system down into
small components; aka functional decomposition
modularity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅dividing a system up into chuncks or modules of a relatively uniform
size
coupling - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the extent to which subsystems depend on each other
cohesion - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the extent to which a system or subsystem performs a single function
development methodologies - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅develop and support their information systems
phase 1 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅systems planning and selection
phase 2 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅systems analysis
phase 3 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅systems design
phase 4 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅implementation and operation
system analyst - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The organizational role most responsible for the analysis and
design of information systems.
, prototyping - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Building a scaled-down version of the desired information system.
computer aided software engineering (CASE) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Software tools that provide
automated support for some portion of the systems development process.
repository - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A centralized database that contains all diagrams, forms and report
definitions, process flows and logic, and definitions of other organizational and system components; it
provides a set of mechanisms and structures to achieve seamless data-to-tool and data-to-data
integration.
joint application design (JAD) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A structured process in which users, managers,
and analysts work together for several days in a series of intensive meetings to specify or review system
requirements.
rapid application development (RAD) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Systems development methodology
created to radically decrease the time needed to design and implement information systems.
participatory design - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A systems development approach that originated in
northern Europe, in which users and the improvement of their work lives are the central focus.
agile methodologies - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A family of development methodologies characterized by
short iterative cycles and extensive testing; active involvement of users for establishing, prioritizing, and
verifying requirements; and a focus on small teams of talented, experienced programmers.
component - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅An irreducible part of an aggregation of parts that makes up a
system; also called a subsystem.
interrelated - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Dependence of one part of the system on one or more other
system parts.
boundary - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The line that marks the inside and outside of a system and that sets
off the system from its environment.
