DTD 3023 Systems Analysis and Design
Tutorial 3 Data Flow Diagram [DFD]
1. Describe data and process modeling and name the main data and process modeling
techniques.
2. Describe the Gane and Sarson symbols used for processes, data flows, data stores, and
entities. Give four examples of typical names for processes, data flows, data stores, and
entities.
3. What are the relationship between a context diagram and diagram 0, and which symbol is
not used in a context diagram?
4. What is meant by an exploded DFD?
5. Describe a data dictionary and give examples of how and when it is used.
6. Explain the DFD leveling technique.
7. What is a balanced DFD?
8. What is structured English?
9. You are the IT director at Humra University. As part of a training program, you decide to
draw a DFD that includes some obvious mistakes to see whether your newly hired junior
analysts can find them. You came up with the diagram 0 DFD shown in Figure 1. Based
on the rules explained in this chapter, how many problems should the analysts find?
INSTRUCTION:
Draw the context diagram and DFD based in the scenario given.
SCENARIO 1
Draw the context diagram and DFD for a distance education university. The enrolment process works
as follows: Students send in an application form containing their personal details, and their desired
course. The university checks that the course is available and that the student has necessary academic
qualifications. If the course is available the student is enrolled in the course, and the university
confirms the enrolment by sending a confirmation letter to the student. If the course is unavailable the
student is sent a rejection letter.
SCENARIO 2
UPSI is one of the universities in Malaysia that used computer based system for the class
registration. Firstly, the students can view list of the course offered by entering their desired
semester. The list of courses is extracted from Course database that already update in advance
by the faculty’s department. The students also can view the class schedule for each course.
This schedule will be extracted from Class Roster database. If the student finds their suitable
course, they can proceed with the course registration by entering their personal information
such as matric number, name, semester, and so on. The registration details will be kept in
Registered Student database which can be viewed by the faculty’s department later. The
students also can print their class schedule for future reference.
