B4 - Systems Design and Other Elements

Question 1

which of the following areas of responsibility would normally be assigned to a systems programmer in a computer system environment?

a. data communications hardware and software
b. computer operations
c. operating systems and compilers
d. systems analysis and applications programming

Answer 1

C - this is exactly what systems programmers do; they work w/ operating systems and compilers etc.

Question 2

All of the following are different types of reporting risk that an accountatn must recognize as threats to accuracy of reports, except:
Strategic risk, financial risk, information risk, data integrity risk

Answer 2

Data Integrity Risk does NOT have it’s own category

Strategic risk: choosing inappropriate technology
Financial risk: having financial resources lost/wasted/stolen
Information risk: loss of data integrity, incomplete transactions, or hackers