Accounting Information System Posted on August 30, 2015 by Disclaimer | 0 Comments Welcome to your Accounting Information System Quiz!Please answer the questions and submit it at the end of the quiz. This quiz has the following properties Mode: Multiple ChoicesNumber of questions to take (from many in the database): 20 itemsOrder: Ramdon questionsScoring: 1 point each, zero-based rating!Retake: YesFollow Philippine Accounting Updates on Facebook!Goodluck and have fun! Your Name E-mail Mobile/Phone No. Agree with Privacy Policy1. An accounting information system in part consists ofPeople, hardware and programsInformation, programs and computersPeople, procedures, data, software and information technology infrastructureInternal controls and accounting records2. The benefit produced by the information minus the cost of producing it.Goal congruenceInformation overloadInformationValue of information3. Which of the following is not true about program flowcharts?Program flowcharts increase computer programmer productivityA program flowchart will exist for every computer process symbol on a system flowchart.Program flowcharts are a high level overview of all business processes.Program flowcharts document the processing logic of computer programs4. Data must be collected about three facets of each business activity. What are they?the business activity, the resources it affects, the people who participatethe business activity, the transactions it creates, the impact on the financial statementsthe inputs, outputs and processes usedwho is involved, what was sold, how much was paid5. The person responsible for the database is theData coordinatorDatabase managerDatabase administratorDatabase master6. To be effective, password must satisfy a number of requirements such asLength – password should be strong and recommended to have at least 6 charactersRandomness – password should consists of words found in the dictionary or name and birthdayMultiple character – a mixture of uppercase and lowercase alphabetic, numeric and special charactersChanged frequently – at least every 180 daysAll of the above7. Which of the following is an example of a detective control?Physical access controlsLog analysisEncryptionEmergency response teams8. Verifying the identity of the person or device attempting to access the system isAuthenticationIdentificationAuthorizationThreat monitoring9. All transaction cycles feed information directly into thefinancial statementsgeneral ledger and reporting systemmanagement reportsaccounting information system10. The maximum allowable account balance for a given customer is called thecredit checkpoint.reorder point.credit limit.backorder point.11. A student manually prepares a homework assignment and then turns it in to her teacher. Which one of the following diagrams represents this activity?Figure AFigure BFigure CFigure D12. This determines if all required data items have been entered.Completeness checkLimit checkField checkRange check13. During the sales order entry process, a ________ is performed to compare the quantity ordered with the standard amounts normally ordered.completeness testfield checkredundant data checkreasonableness test14. One of the preventive controls in a computerized environment is authentication controls. Users can be authenticated by verifying the following except:something the know, such as passwords or personal identification numbers (PINs)something they have, such as smart cards or ID badgessome personal information such as name, e-mail address, etc.some physical characteristics such as fingerprints or voice15. Separating the logical and physical views in a database allows the programmers to concentrate on coding the application logicby identifying physical location and layouts of various data items.since they do not have to focus on the physical location and layouts of various data items.by consolidating all data in one database.by providing pointers to data items regardless of physical location16. Transaction cycles can be summarized on a high level as "give-get" transactions. An example of "give-get" in the expenditure cycle would begive cash, get cash.give goods, get labor.give cash, get goods.give goods, get cash.17. When goods are being ordered from a vendor, which electronic files are either read or updated?inventory, vendors, and accounts payablevendors and accounts payableopen purchase orders and accounts payableinventory, vendors, and open purchase orders18. Which of the following would not be found in a data dictionary entry for a data item?records containing a data itemthe source of the data itemthe physical location of the datathe field (data) type19. Which area provides information to the system about hiring, terminations, and pay rate changes?payrollpurchasingtimekeepinghuman resources20. One step in the systems development life cycle (SDLC) identifies the requirements users would like to see in the new system. This step is calledconceptual design.physical design.implementation and conversion.systems analysis.Be sure to click Submit Quiz to see your results! 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