Data Flow Diagram and Flowchart Comparison

question 52

Essay

Data flow diagram and flowchart comparison
Indicate whether each of the statements applies to: (a) data flow diagrams only, (b) flowcharts only, (c) both data flow diagrams and flowcharts or (d) neither data flow diagrams nor flowcharts.
______ 1. "Marketing department" and "customer" denoted by rectangles.
______ 2. Column headings read "marketing department" and "customer".
______ 3. Contains four different symbol types.
______ 4. Document is read from left to right.
______ 5. Incorporates more than four symbol types.
______ 6. Line is labeled "send data to accounting".
______ 7. Processing tools, such as computers, are clearly indicated.
______ 8. Rectangle is labeled "1.0: assemble raw materials".
______ 9. Spans more than one page.
______ 10. Vendor database is represented by two parallel lines.

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Definitions:

Standard Form

A way of structuring arguments or expressions according to fixed rules, often to clarify logical relations.

Categorical Conclusion

A statement resulting from a syllogistic argument, characteristic of being definitive and relating to categories or classes.

Argument

An explanation or collection of explanations offered to justify the correctness or incorrectness of a particular action or notion to persuade others.

Hypothetical

Based on or involving a hypothesis; not real but imagined for the purpose of discussion or further investigation.