COMPLETE REVIEW WITH ACCURATE
ANSWERS
◉ The keying operation that transfers payroll change requests
directly to floppy disk is called an off line job entry system.
Answer: true
◉ A system flowchart represents a flow or job stream of accounting
data through the various processing phases of the accounting
system.
Answer: true
◉ Process maps are a special kind of flowchart.
Answer: true
◉ Process maps use circles and arrows as their primary symbols.
Answer: false
◉ When drawing a process map, a good idea is to meet with
employees to solicit ideas, suggestions, and comments.
Answer: true
,◉ Program flowcharts and decision tables are used primarily by
systems analysts and programmers.
Answer: true
◉ The highest level program flowchart is called a "macro program
flowchart."
Answer: true
◉ Decision tables are useful when a data processing task includes a
large number of conditions and subsequent courses of action.
Answer: true
◉ Decision tables use most of the same symbols as process maps.
Answer: false
◉ The maximum number of rules for a decision table is 2n, where n
is the number of conditions.
Answer: true
◉ A major disadvantage of decision tables is that they are unable to
summarize data processing tasks associated with a large number of
data conditions into any kind of compact or easily understood
format.
, Answer: false
◉ A useful guideline for drawing decision trees is to begin on the
right and draw branches to the left.
Answer: false
◉ When drawing a decision tree, a node can represent an entire
subset of conditions, which can be drawn later in a separate tree.
Answer: true
◉ You can draw documentation charts of various types using
Microsoft Word or Excel.
Answer: true
◉ Programs such as allClear and Visio are examples of CASE tools.
Answer: treu
◉ Documentation is not important when end users create their own
computer programs or applications.
Answer: false