Test bank for accounting information systems the crossroads of accounting and IT 1st edition

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Test Bank for Accounting Information Systems The Crossroads of Accounting and IT 1st Edition

Which of the following professionals is the most important group an IT auditor must be able to communicate?

1. A) Accounting and Human Resource professionals

2 B) IT and Sales professionals

3 C) Accounting and IT professionals

4 D) Sales and Human Resource professionals

When data is "hard keyed" into the program, which of the following is true?

1. A) Changing the data is cost efficient and may be accomplished in a matter of minutes

2 B) Changing the data is costly and may take days or weeks

3 C) Changing the data requires purchasing additional computer storage and may take days or weeks

4 D) Changing the data requires recreating (recoding) the entire program

What is an alternative to "hard keyed" data?

1. A) Using variables in the program, such as cell addresses in a spreadsheet

2 B) Creating the program in a way that does not require data

3 C) If user requirements are correctly defined, the data will not change and may be

`hard keyed.`

4 D) Alternatives to `hard keyed` data is not possible All data must be `hard keyed.`

The three basic functions of an enterprise system are

1. A) Processing, Output, and Reports

2 B) Input, Data, and Reports

3 C) Input, Processing, and Output

4 D) Business Intelligence, Processing, and Output

What is the main benefit of a company giving vendors access to the enterprise

system?

1. A) To suggest new products to sell

2 B) To help test the system security

3 C) To provide suggestions on improving the enterprise system

4 D) To coordinate inventory deliveries

What is the purpose of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software?

1. A) Identify new trends in consumer purchasing

2 B) Help managers control organizational resources

3 C) Help identify the end of a product`s life cycle

4 D) Analyze an organization`s sales projections

An accounting system spans which of the following Value Chain components?

1. A) Support

2 B) Purchase

3 C) Customers

4 D) All the above except C

Which of the following data is shared between a Supply Chain Management system and

an accounting system?

1. A) The sale price of the finished product

2 B) The current inventory levels of the raw materials

3 C) The product delivery costs

4 D) The number of hours employees worked to create the product

Which of the following data is shared between a operations/production system and an accounting system?

1. A) The cost of the raw materials

2 B) The monthly sales levels

3 C) The current inventory levels of the finished product

4 D) Customer information

Which of the following data is shared between a Customer relationship management system and an accounting system?

1. A) Employee information

2 B) The advertising costs

3 C) The cost of goods sold

4 D) Vendor information

The purchasing cycle consists of transactions between which entities?

1. A) A company and vendors

2 B) A company and employees

3 C) A company and customers

4 D) A company and a bank

Which of the following is the best way to protect information assets?

1. A) Limit the number of users that can access the data at the same time to 5 people

2 B) Implement policies and procedures for data deletion (destruction)

3 C) Limit the amount of time a user may access the data

4 D) Require an ID and password to access data in the databases

When looking at an accounting system using the aerial view, you see

1. A) Accounting information available to internal users, primarily management

2 B) Detailed information recorded in the accounting system

3 C) An enterprise-wide view of an organization showing the entire accounting system

4 D) Information available on the tax reports for the Internal Revenue Service and other tax agencies

When looking at an accounting system using the zoom view, you see

1. A) Accounting information available to internal users, primarily management

2 B) Detailed information recorded in the accounting system

3 C) An enterprise-wide view of an organization showing the entire accounting system

4 D) Information available on the tax reports for the Internal Revenue Service and other tax agencies

The module in the Baseline Accounting System consists of transactions such

as the purchasing of goods or services from a vendor

1. A) Customers

2 B) Banking

3 C) Employees

4 D) Vendors

Which transactions are usually performed in the Customers module of the Baseline Accounting System?

1. A) Pay Bills

2 B) Create Purchase Order

3 C) Create Invoice

4 D) Receive Inventory

The module consists of transactions for payroll

1. A) Customers

2 B) Banking

3 C) Employees

4 D) Vendors

Which event is part of the Purchasing Cycle?

1. A) Enter Bill

2 B) Pay Bill

3 C) Make Deposit

4 D) Create Invoice

Which event is part of the Sales Cycle?

1. A) Receive Item

2 B) Enter Time

3 C) Make Deposit

4 D) Create Purchase Order

When making adjusting entries, you are using the module in the base line accounting system

1. A) Reporting

2 B) Financial

3 C) Banking

4 D) Company

The reports module produces for the following people except

1. A) Investors

2 B) Managers

3 C) Accountants

4 D) Customers

What modules comprise a baseline accounting system?

1. A) Vendors, Employees, Sales, Banking, Financial, and Reports

2 B) Inventory, Employees, Sales, Banking, Financial, and Reports

3 C) Inventory, Employees, Sales, Banking, Accounting, and Reports

4 D) Vendors, Employees, Customers, Banking, Financial, and Reports

To record a payment for inventory delivered, the information would be entered in a screen that looks similar to which paper form?

1. A) Check

2 B) Sales Receipt

3 C) Purchase Order

4 D) Invoice

To record an inventory order, the information would be entered in a screen that looks similar to which paper form?

1. A) Check

2 B) Sales Receipt

3 C) Purchase Order

4 D) Invoice

What is the purpose of an onscreen entry form?

1. A) Onscreen entry forms help ensure information is entered only once in the database

2 B) Onscreen entry forms provide a familiar interface for entering information into a database

3 C) Onscreen entry forms allow you perform data analysis that is cumbersome in a relational database

4 D) Onscreen entry forms provide predictive modeling to gain insights from data to improve business decisions

Which accounting software is designed for a large-scale company?

1. A) SAP Business All-in-One

2 B) SAP Business One

3 C) Oracle`s JD Edwards EnterpriseOne

4 D) Oracle`s PeopleSoft Enterprise

Which of the following professionals is the most important group an IT auditor must be able to communicate?

1. A) Accounting and Human Resource professionals

2 B) IT and Sales professionals

3 C) Accounting and IT professionals

4 D) Sales and Human Resource professionals

When data is "hard keyed" into the program, which of the following is true?

1. A) Changing the data is cost efficient and may be accomplished in a matter of minutes

2 B) Changing the data is costly and may take days or weeks

3 C) Changing the data requires purchasing additional computer storage and may take days or weeks

4 D) Changing the data requires recreating (recoding) the entire program.

What is an alternative to "hard keyed" data?

1. A) Using variables in the program, such as cell addresses in a spreadsheet

2 B) Creating the program in a way that does not require data

3 C) If user requirements are correctly defined, the data will not change and may be

`hard keyed.`

4 D) Alternatives to `hard keyed` data is not possible All data must be `hard keyed.`

The three basic functions of an enterprise system are

1. A) Processing, Output, and Reports

2 B) Input, Data, and Reports

3 C) Input, Processing, and Output

4 D) Business Intelligence, Processing, and Output

What is the main benefit of a company giving vendors access to the enterprise system?

1. A) To suggest new products to sell

2 B) To help test the system security

3 C) To provide suggestions on improving the enterprise system

4 D) To coordinate inventory deliveries

What is the purpose of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software?

1. A) Identify new trends in consumer purchasing

2 B) Help managers control organizational resources

3 C) Help identify the end of a product`s life cycle

4 D) Analyze an organization`s sales projections

An accounting system spans which of the following Value Chain components?

1. A) Support

2 B) Purchase

3 C) Customers

4 D) All the above except C

Which of the following data is shared between a Supply Chain Management system and

an accounting system?

1. A) The sale price of the finished product

2 B) The current inventory levels of the raw materials

3 C) The product delivery costs

4 D) The number of hours employees worked to create the product

Which of the following data is shared between a operations/production system and an accounting system?

1. A) The cost of the raw materials

2 B) The monthly sales levels

3 C) The current inventory levels of the finished product

4 D) Customer information

Which of the following data is shared between a Customer relationship management system and an accounting system?

1. A) Employee information

2 B) The advertising costs

3 C) The cost of goods sold

4 D) Vendor information

The purchasing cycle consists of transactions between which entities?

1. A) A company and vendors

2 B) A company and employees

3 C) A company and customers

4 D) A company and a bank

Which of the following is the best way to protect information assets?

1. A) Limit the number of users that can access the data at the same time to 5 people

2 B) Implement policies and procedures for data deletion (destruction)

3 C) Limit the amount of time a user may access the data

4 D) Require an ID and password to access data in the databases

When looking at an accounting system using the aerial view, you see

1. A) Accounting information available to internal users, primarily management

2 B) Detailed information recorded in the accounting system

3 C) An enterprise-wide view of an organization showing the entire accounting system

4 D) Information available on the tax reports for the Internal Revenue Service and other tax agencies

When looking at an accounting system using the zoom view, you see

1. A) Accounting information available to internal users, primarily management

2 B) Detailed information recorded in the accounting system

3 C) An enterprise-wide view of an organization showing the entire accounting system

4 D) Information available on the tax reports for the Internal Revenue Service and other tax agencies

The module in the Baseline Accounting System consists of transactions such

as the purchasing of goods or services from a vendor

1. A) Customers

2 B) Banking

3 C) Employees

4 D) Vendors

Which transactions are usually performed in the Customers module of the Baseline Accounting System?

1. A) Pay Bills

2 B) Create Purchase Order

3 C) Create Invoice

4 D) Receive Inventory

The module consists of transactions for payroll

1. A) Customers

2 B) Banking

3 C) Employees

4 D) Vendors

Which event is part of the Purchasing Cycle?

1. A) Enter Bill

2 B) Pay Bill

3 C) Make Deposit

4 D) Create Invoice

Which event is part of the Sales Cycle?

1. A) Receive Item

2 B) Enter Time

3 C) Make Deposit

4 D) Create Purchase Order

When making adjusting entries, you are using the module in the base line accounting system

1. A) Reporting

2 B) Financial

3 C) Banking

4 D) Company

The reports module produces for the following people except

1. A) Investors

2 B) Managers

3 C) Accountants

4 D) Customers

What modules comprise a baseline accounting system?

1. A) Vendors, Employees, Sales, Banking, Financial, and Reports

2 B) Inventory, Employees, Sales, Banking, Financial, and Reports

3 C) Inventory, Employees, Sales, Banking, Accounting, and Reports

4 D) Vendors, Employees, Customers, Banking, Financial, and Reports

To record a payment for inventory delivered, the information would be entered in a screen that looks similar to which paper form?

1. A) Check

2 B) Sales Receipt

3 C) Purchase Order

4 D) Invoice

To record an inventory order, the information would be entered in a screen that looks similar to which paper form?

1. A) Check

2 B) Sales Receipt

3 C) Purchase Order

4 D) Invoice

What is the purpose of an onscreen entry form?

1. A) Onscreen entry forms help ensure information is entered only once in the database

2 B) Onscreen entry forms provide a familiar interface for entering information into a database

3 C) Onscreen entry forms allow you perform data analysis that is cumbersome in a relational database

4 D) Onscreen entry forms provide predictive modeling to gain insights from data to improve business decisions

Which accounting software is designed for a large-scale company?

1. A) SAP Business All-in-One

2 B) SAP Business One

3 C) Oracle`s JD Edwards EnterpriseOne

4 D) Oracle`s PeopleSoft Enterprise

When designing a database, which field would not belong in a table storing customer information?

1. A) Zip Code

2 B) Street Address

3 C) Last Name

4 D) Order Number

When designing a database, which field would not belong in a table storing inventory information?

1. A) Part Number

2 B) Purchase Order

3 C) Sale Price

4 D) Cost

When designing an accounting database, where should you begin?

1. A) With the outcome in mind

2 B) The accounting software

3 C) The paper forms

4 D) The development phase of the software development life cycle

In an accounting system database, which field belongs in a table containing customer information?

1. A) Item Number

2 B) Street Address

3 C) Invoice Number

4 D) Cost

A is a collection of related database tables

1. A) Field

2 B) Relational Database

3 C) Operational Database

4 D) Primary Key

In an accounting system database, which field belongs in a table containing inventory information?

1. A) Invoice Number

2 B) Purchase Order

3 C) Vendor ID

4 D) City

The following field names are part of a table for a company's inventory Which field name could be the primary key for this table?

1. A) Vendor ID

2 B) Item ID

3 C) Cost

4 D) Sales Price

In a relational database, how are tables connected?

1. A) By fields that are common in two or more tables

2 B) By the table names

3 C) By a query statement

4 D) By network addresses

The following fields are common to tables storing customer, vendor, and employee information except?

1. A) Area Code

2 B) City

3 C) State

4 D) Cost

Which field below would not be stored in an order table?

1. A) Order ID

2 B) Item ID

3 C) Vendor ID

4 D) Customer ID

What is the purpose of a database query?

1. A) To provide a format for viewing data

2 B) To search the database to answer a specific question

3 C) To connect related tables

4 D) To uniquely identify a record in a database table

How much time do accountants spend using spreadsheets?

1. A) 30%

2 B) 50%

3 C) 80%

4 D) 90%

Spreadsheets containing data extracted from a relational database are called what?

1. A) Ghost Data

2 B) Intelligent Data