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1. What does Business System Reporting describe?
o Answer ✔✔: Business System Reporting ("reporting" for short) describes
informational output from an information system to facilitate decision-making.
2. What is the most common nature of reports?
o Answer ✔✔: Most reports are periodic in nature, meaning they are produced at
given intervals, sometimes daily, weekly, or monthly. Reports can also be
"demand reports," meaning that they can be produced whenever needed.
3. What are demand reports sometimes called?
o Answer ✔✔: Demand reports are sometimes called AD HOC reports.
4. What do strategic decisions refer to?
o Answer ✔✔: Strategic decisions refer to long-term planning designed to achieve
a specific goal, whereas tactical decisions are specific actions that serve a larger
purpose.
5. What does Reporting Summarization Levels refer to?
o Answer ✔✔: Reporting Summarization Levels refer to the level of detail or level
of summarization in a report. For instance, a hardware store produces a sales
report from its computerized cash registers on a daily basis.
6. What is a transaction processing system (TPS)?
QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS| FREQUENTLY TESTED|
VERIFIED BY EXPERT| NEWLY
UPDATED 2025.
1. What does Business System Reporting describe?
o Answer ✔✔: Business System Reporting ("reporting" for short) describes
informational output from an information system to facilitate decision-making.
2. What is the most common nature of reports?
o Answer ✔✔: Most reports are periodic in nature, meaning they are produced at
given intervals, sometimes daily, weekly, or monthly. Reports can also be
"demand reports," meaning that they can be produced whenever needed.
3. What are demand reports sometimes called?
o Answer ✔✔: Demand reports are sometimes called AD HOC reports.
4. What do strategic decisions refer to?
o Answer ✔✔: Strategic decisions refer to long-term planning designed to achieve
a specific goal, whereas tactical decisions are specific actions that serve a larger
purpose.
5. What does Reporting Summarization Levels refer to?
o Answer ✔✔: Reporting Summarization Levels refer to the level of detail or level
of summarization in a report. For instance, a hardware store produces a sales
report from its computerized cash registers on a daily basis.
6. What is a transaction processing system (TPS)?
