Choice "B" is correct. In an IT environment, a systems analyst is generally responsible for designing systems, preparing specifications for programmers, and serving as an intermediary between users and programmers. For internally developed systems, the analyst designs the overall application system but when the system is purchased, the analyst becomes a system integrator that adapts system design to processes.Choice "c" is incorrect.  Development of long-range plans and direction of application development and computer operations is undertaken by the Information Systems Steering Committee, not the systems analyst.Choice "d" is incorrect. End users are typically responsible for maintaining control over the completeness, accuracy, and distribution of input and output, not the systems analyst.Choice "a" is incorrect. System programmers would be involved in the selection of system software and would be responsible for maintaining system software, including operating systems, network software, and the data management system, not the systems analyst.