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You are the business analyst for your organization. You are working with several IT professionals to determine all of the connected systems in your organization. You are creating a mapping of the…

The correct answer is C. Data flow diagram. A data flow diagram (DFD) maps how information is input, processed, stored, and output across connected systems and components in an organization.

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Question

You are the business analyst for your organization. You are working with several IT professionals to determine all of the connected systems in your organization. You are creating a mapping of the servers, workstations, printers, and other connected devices and their purposes for an analysis of how information is input, processed, stored, and output from each system. What business analysis process are you completing?

Options

  • ANetworking topology mapping
  • BData dictionary and glossary creation
  • CData flow diagram
  • DPrototype

How the community answered

(38 responses)
  • A
    16% (6)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • C
    74% (28)
  • D
    8% (3)

Why each option

A data flow diagram (DFD) maps how information is input, processed, stored, and output across connected systems and components in an organization.

ANetworking topology mapping

Network topology mapping documents the physical or logical layout and connections of network hardware, not how information is input, processed, stored, and output through systems.

BData dictionary and glossary creation

A data dictionary and glossary define the meaning and structure of data elements and terms, not the flow of information across connected systems and devices.

CData flow diagramCorrect

A data flow diagram graphically represents how data moves through a system, showing inputs, processes, data stores, and outputs, as well as the connections between systems. The activity described - mapping servers, workstations, printers, and devices and analyzing how information flows through each - is precisely what a DFD documents.

DPrototype

A prototype is a working model or mockup of a proposed solution used for feedback and validation, not a mapping of existing system data flows.

Concept tested: Data flow diagram for system information mapping

Source: https://www.iiba.org/standards-and-resources/babok/

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