Chapter 12 IT Roles, Systems, And Processing

Question 1

The purchasing department buys cleaning compound from four different companies. The computerized purchasing system uses a decision table to select a vendor based on continually changing costs, delivery dates, and past experience. This is and example of a(n)

Answer 1

Expert System

Question 2

Which of the following statements regarding decision support systems is generally true?

Answer 2

Decision support systems (DSS) facilitate solving relatively unstructured problems

Question 3

Which of the following outcomes is a likely benefit of information technology used for internal control?

Answer 3

Enhanced timeliness information

Question 4

Devices that are used only to perform sequential file processing will not permit

Answer 4

Data to be edited on a real-time basis.

Question 5

Compared to batch processing, real-time processing has which of the following advantages?

Answer 5

Timeliness of information.

Question 6

A Decision Support System (DSS)

Answer 6

Allows for certain aspects of a problem to pe preprogrammed.

Question 7

An accounting information system (AIS) must include certain source documents in order to control purchasing and accounts payable. For a manufacturing organization, the best set of documents should include

Answer 7

Purchase requisitions, purchase orders, receiving reports,and vendor invoices.