Test bank for accounting information systems 10edition james a hall

Test Bank For Accounting Information Systems 10e JamesA. Hal
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Chapterm1
1. Informationmismambusinessmresource.

*a.mTrue
b.mFalse


2. ITmoutsourcingmismlocation-independentmcomputing.

a. True
*b.mFalse


3. Transactionmprocessingmsystemsmconvertmnon-
financialmtransactionsmintomfinancialmtransactions.

a. True
*b.mFalse


4. Informationmlackingmreliabilitymmaymstillmhavemvalue.

a. True
*b.mFalse


5. AmbalancemsheetmpreparedminmconformitymwithmGAAPmismanmexamplemofmdiscr
etionarymreporting.

a. True
*b.mFalse


6. Themmanagementmreportingmsystemmprovidesmtheminternalmfinancialminf
ormationmneededmtommanagemambusiness.

*a.mTrue
b.mFalse


7. Mostmofmtheminputsmtomthemgeneralmledgermsystemmcomemfrommthemfinan
cialmreportingmsystem.

a. True
*b.mFalse


8. Whenmpreparingmdiscretionarymreports,morganizationsmcanmchoosemwhatminf
ormationmtomreportmandmhowmtompresentmit.

*a.mTrue
b.mFalse

,9. Retrievalmismthemtaskmofmpermanentlymremovingmobsoletemormredundantmreco
rdsmfrommthemdatabase.

a. True
*b.mFalse


10. Systemsmdevelopmentmrepresentsm80mtom90mpercentmofmthemtotalmcostmofmamc
omputermsystem.

a. True
*b.mFalse


11. Themdatabasemadministratormismresponsiblemformthemsecuritymandminte
gritymofmthemdatabase.

*a.mTrue
b.mFalse


12. Custommsoftwaremismdevelopedmandmmaintainedmbymenterprisemresourcemplan
ners.

a. True
*b.mFalse


13. Theminternalmauditormrepresentsmtheminterestsmofmthird-
partymoutsiders.

a. True
*b.mFalse


14. Informationmtechnologym(IT)mauditsmcanmbemperformedmbymbothminte
rnalmandmexternalmauditors.

*a.mTrue
b.mFalse


15. Custommsoftwaremismthemmostmaffordablemsystemsmdevelopmentmoption.

a. True
*b.mFalse


16. Amdatabasemismamcollectionmofminterconnectedmcomputersmandmcommunica
tionsmdevicesmthatmallowsmusersmtomcommunicate,maccessmdatamandmapplicati
ons,mandmshareminformationmandmresources.

a. True
*b.mFalse

,17. Systemsmmaintenancemconsumesmthemmajoritymofmamsystem’smtotalmcost
s.

*a.mTrue
b.mFalse


18. CloudmcomputingmismampracticeminmwhichmthemorganizationmsellsmitsmITmre
sourcesmtomamthird-
partymoutsourcingmvendormthenmleasesmbackmITmservicesmfrommthemvendormforma
mcontractmperiod.



a. True
*b.mFalse


19. Ampotentialmbenefitmofmcloudmcomputingmismthatmthemclientmfirmmdoesmnotmne
edmtomknowmwheremitsmdatamarembeingmprocessed.

a. True
*b.mFalse


20. Onemofmthemgreatestmdisadvantagesmofmdatabasemsystemsmismthatmallmdatam
ismalwaysmavailablemtomallmusers.

a. True
*b.mFalse


21. UndermSOXmlegislationmpublicmaccountingmfirmsmaremnomlongermallowedmtompr
ovidemconsultingmservicesmtomauditmclients.

*a.mTrue
b.mFalse


22. Onemmembermofmamcompany’smauditmcommitteemmustmbemanmindependentmCPA.

a. True
*b.mFalse


23. Whichmofmthemfollowingmismnotmambusinessmresource?

a. rawmmaterial
b. labor
c. information
*d.mallmarembusinessmresources

, 24. Whichmlevelmofmmanagementmismresponsiblemformshort-
termmplanningmandmcoordinationmofmactivitiesmnecessarymtomaccomplishmorga
nizationalmobjectives?

a. operationsmmanagement
*b.mmiddlemmanagement
c.mtopmmanagement
d.mlinemmanagement


25. Whichmlevelmofmmanagementmismresponsiblemformcontrollingmday-to-
daymoperations?

a. topmmanagement
b. middlemmanagement
*c.moperationsmmanagement
d.mexecutivemmanagement


26. Location-
independentmcomputingminmwhichmsharedmdatamcentersmdelivermhostedmITmservicesmov
ermthemInternetmismcalled

a. ITmoutsourcing
b. networkmadministration
*c.mcloudmcomputing
d.mcustommsoftware


27. Themvaluemofminformationmformusersmismdeterminedmbymallmofmthemfollowingmexcept

a. reliability
b. relevance
*c.mconvenience
d.mcompleteness


28. Anmexamplemofmamnonfinancialmtransactionmis

a. salemofmproducts
b. cashmdisbursement
*c.mlogmofmcustomermcalls
d.mpurchasemofminventory


29. Anmexamplemofmamfinancialmtransactionmis

*a.mthempurchasemofmcomputer
b. amsupplier’smpricemlist
c. amdeliverymschedule
d. anmemployeembenefitmbrochure


30. Whichmsubsystemmismnotmpartmofmthemaccountingminformationmsystem?