Test Bank For Accounting Information Systems - 11th - 2018 All Chapters - 9781337552127.pdf

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Chapterj1
1. Informationjisjajbusinessjresource.

*a.jTrue
b.jFalse


2. ITjoutsourcingjisjlocation-independentjcomputing.

a. True
*b.jFalse


3. Transactionjprocessingjsystemsjconvertjnon-
financialjtransactionsjintojfinancialjtransactions.

a. True
*b.jFalse


4. Informationjlackingjreliabilityjmayjstilljhavejvalue.

a. True
*b.jFalse


5. AjbalancejsheetjpreparedjinjconformityjwithjGAAPjisjanjexamplejofjdiscr
etionaryjreporting.

a. True
*b.jFalse


6. Thejmanagementjreportingjsystemjprovidesjthejinternaljfinancialjinf
ormationjneededjtojmanagejajbusiness.

*a.jTrue
b.jFalse


7. Mostjofjthejinputsjtojthejgeneraljledgerjsystemjcomejfromjthejfinan
cialjreportingjsystem.

a. True
*b.jFalse


8. Whenjpreparingjdiscretionaryjreports,jorganizationsjcanjchoosejwhatjinf
ormationjtojreportjandjhowjtojpresentjit.

*a.jTrue
b.jFalse

,9. Retrievaljisjthejtaskjofjpermanentlyjremovingjobsoletejorjredundantjreco
rdsjfromjthejdatabase.

a. True
*b.jFalse


10. Systemsjdevelopmentjrepresentsj80jtoj90jpercentjofjthejtotaljcostjofjaj
computerjsystem.

a. True
*b.jFalse


11. Thejdatabasejadministratorjisjresponsiblejforjthejsecurityjandjint
egrityjofjthejdatabase.

*a.jTrue
b.jFalse


12. Customjsoftwarejisjdevelopedjandjmaintainedjbyjenterprisejresourcejpla
nners.

a. True
*b.jFalse


13. Thejinternaljauditorjrepresentsjthejinterestsjofjthird-
partyjoutsiders.

a. True
*b.jFalse


14. Informationjtechnologyj(IT)jauditsjcanjbejperformedjbyjbothjint
ernaljandjexternaljauditors.

*a.jTrue
b.jFalse


15. Customjsoftwarejisjthejmostjaffordablejsystemsjdevelopmentjoption.

a. True
*b.jFalse


16. Ajdatabasejisjajcollectionjofjinterconnectedjcomputersjandjcommunica
tionsjdevicesjthatjallowsjusersjtojcommunicate,jaccessjdatajandjapplicati
ons,jandjsharejinformationjandjresources.

a. True
*b.jFalse

,17. Systemsjmaintenancejconsumesjthejmajorityjofjajsystem’sjtotaljcos
ts.

*a.jTrue
b.jFalse


18. CloudjcomputingjisjajpracticejinjwhichjthejorganizationjsellsjitsjITjre
sourcesjtojajthird-
partyjoutsourcingjvendorjthenjleasesjbackjITjservicesjfromjthejvendorjforj
ajcontractjperiod.

a. True
*b.jFalse


19. Ajpotentialjbenefitjofjcloudjcomputingjisjthatjthejclientjfirmjdoesjnotjn
eedjtojknowjwherejitsjdatajarejbeingjprocessed.

a. True
*b.jFalse


20. Onejofjthejgreatestjdisadvantagesjofjdatabasejsystemsjisjthatjalljdataj
isjalwaysjavailablejtojalljusers.

a. True
*b.jFalse


21. UnderjSOXjlegislationjpublicjaccountingjfirmsjarejnojlongerjallowedjtojp
rovidejconsultingjservicesjtojauditjclients.

*a.jTrue
b.jFalse


22. Onejmemberjofjajcompany’sjauditjcommitteejmustjbejanjindependentjCPA.

a. True
*b.jFalse


23. Whichjofjthejfollowingjisjnotjajbusinessjresource?

a. rawjmaterial
b. labor
c. information
*d.jalljarejbusinessjresources

, 24. Whichjleveljofjmanagementjisjresponsiblejforjshort-
termjplanningjandjcoordinationjofjactivitiesjnecessaryjtojaccomplishjorganizatio
naljobjectives?

a. operationsjmanagement
*b.jmiddlejmanagement
c. topjmanagement
d. linejmanagement


25. Whichjleveljofjmanagementjisjresponsiblejforjcontrollingjday-to-
dayjoperations?

a. topjmanagement
b. middlejmanagement
*c.joperationsjmanagement
d.jexecutivejmanagement



26. Location-
independentjcomputingjinjwhichjsharedjdatajcentersjdeliverjhostedjITjservicesjoverjthejI
nternetjisjcalled

a. ITjoutsourcing
b. networkjadministration
*c.jcloudjcomputing
d.jcustomjsoftware


27. Thejvaluejofjinformationjforjusersjisjdeterminedjbyjalljofjthejfollowingjexcept

a. reliability
b. relevance
*c.jconvenience
d.jcompleteness


28. Anjexamplejofjajnonfinancialjtransactionjis

a. salejofjproducts
b. cashjdisbursement
*c.jlogjofjcustomerjcalls
d.jpurchasejofjinventory


29. Anjexamplejofjajfinancialjtransactionjis

*a.jthejpurchasejofjcomputer
b. ajsupplier’sjpricejlist
c. ajdeliveryjschedule
d. anjemployeejbenefitjbrochure


30. Whichjsubsystemjisjnotjpartjofjthejaccountingjinformationjsystem?