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1. Describe the rules for creating a context diagram.

• Place a single process symbol in center,name ir process 0. It will present your entire information
system.
• Place external around page and connect them with data flow to proecess 0.
• Place and label all external entities around central process
• Between external entities and central system create input and output dataflows

2. Make a basic list of dos and don’ts when developing DFDs.

• Dont cross other lines when drawing DFD

• Diagram must be on single page
• Each process has unique reference number, and each set of number have unique name
Use DFD shapes as described in rules

3. Explain the importance of leveling and balancing.

Leveling and balancing techniques are vary important for developing lower-level diagrams. Leveling is
the process of drawing a series of increasingly detailed diagrams, until the desired degree of detail is
reached. Balancing maintains consistency among the entire series of diagrams, including input and
output data flows, data definition, and process descriptions. Leveling displays the information system as
a single process and then shows more detail until all processes are functional primitives. A balanced set
of DFDs preserves the input and output data flows of the parent on the child DFD.

4. Ask Sara and Mike to review the order system context diagram on page 208, and compare
it with the order system diagram 0 DFD on page 212. Then ask them to answer the
following questions: (a) How many external entities are shown in each diagram? (b) In each
diagram, how many data flows connect to the external entities? (c) How many subprocesses
are identified in the diagram 0 DFD? (d) Could the data store have been shown in the
context diagram? Why or why not?

a) 5 entities in each diagram

b) 9 data flows connect
c) 3 subprocesses
d) It couldn’t been shown, beacause data store can’t connect to external entitie.