chapter 13 - business systems reporting

Question 1

informational output from an information system to facilitate decision making

Answer 1

business system reporting

Question 2

Reports can also be ____ meaning that they can be produced whenever they are needed

Answer 2

demand reports

Question 3

Demand reports are sometimes called

Answer 3

ad hoc reports

Question 4

help businesses analyze information and can be predictive in nature to make strategic and tactical decisions.

Answer 4

reports

Question 5

refer to long-term planning designed to achieve a specific goal

Answer 5

strategic

Question 6

specific actions that serve a larger purpose

Answer 6

tactical

Question 7

refers to the level of detail or level of summarization in a report

Answer 7

reporting summarization levels

Question 8

refer to reports that analyze information and are predictive in nature to make strategic and/or tactical decisions

Answer 8

analysis and predictive reporting

Question 9

use the TCP as a foundation and also can be summarized, but go a step further.

Answer 9

analysis reports

Question 10

Reports can begin to reveal trends or tendencies in a business

Answer 10

trend reporting

Question 11

collects and stores data (typically in a database) about the hardware store’s daily sales.

Answer 11

transaction processing system (tps)

Question 12

Analysis and predictive reports include combinations of

Answer 12

budget, forecast, variance

Question 13

Businesses need to know what has happened in their past, what’s happening now, and try to intelligently forecast what is going to happen in the future.
____ does this by combining all three aspects that can lead to both tactical and strategic decisions.

Answer 13

Time-specific budget reporting