Organizational Needs and Systems Design 3

Question 1

Database administration and Data Preparation fall under which catagories

Answer 1

Database administration = systems development

data preparation = data processing.

Question 2

Systems development and data processing

Answer 2

should be separate functions reporting to a single manager.

Question 3

Functions under system development include

Answer 3

1) systems analysis
2) systems programming
3) applications programming
4) and database administration.

Question 4

Functions under data processing include

Answer 4

1) data preparation
2) operations
3) data library
4) and data control.

Question 5

Three main types of system documentation are used by auditors and analysts.

Answer 5

1) Data Flow Diagrams
2) System Flowcharts
3) Entity Relationship Diagrams

Question 6

Data Flow Diagrams (DFDs)

Answer 6

illustrate the system components and functions

data flows among the components

and sources, destinations and storage of the data;

Question 7

System Flowcharts that illustrate

Answer 7

informational processes (such as logic flows, inputs, outputs, data storage)

and operational processes (such as physical flows), and

Question 8

Entity Relationship Diagrams

Answer 8

illustrate the systems key entities and the relationships among those entities

Question 9

The Control Group

Answer 9

acts as the liaison between end-users and the processing center

Question 10

Functions of the control group

Answer 10

1) records input data in a control log
2) follows the progress of processing
3) distributes output
4) and ensures compliance with control totals.