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Chapter 5 MCQ Flashcards

1
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Documentation includes:

a) All flowcharts, narratives, and other written communications associated withthe information system
b) All written communications associated with an accounting information system except flowcharts and data flow diagrams
c) All flowcharts, narratives, and other written communications associated with an accounting information system, except for program flowcharts or decision tables
d) Flowcharts and data flow diagrams only

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A

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The textbook identified seven reasons why documentation of an AIS is important. For which of the following reasons would the user guides, procedure manuals and operating instructions be most important?

a) Depicting how the system works
b) Training users
c) Designing new systems
d) Standardizing communications with others

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B

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Which of these requires auditors to understand a client’s system of internal controls before conducting an audit—an understanding aided by documentation?

a) SAS 1
b) SAS 55
c) The Securities and Exchange Act of 1939
d) SOX Act of 2002

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B

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AIS documentation is useful for accomplishing all of the following except:

a) Standardizing communications with others
b) Auditing AISs
c) Helping businesses comply with the Sarbanes Oxley Act
d) Saving businesses money
e) Documentation helps in all of the above

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E

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5
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The AIS documentation discussed in the textbook enables businesses to document all of the following except:

a) Accounts receivable processes
b) Inventory management processes
c) Management decision processes
d) Payroll deduction logic
e) Documentation tools can represent the logic for all of these processes

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E

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Data flow diagrams:

a) Accomplish the same purpose as system flowcharts
b) Are different from system flowcharts since they focus on a logical view of the information system
c) Are useless for planning a new system
d) Are never used in analyzing an existing system

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B

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The basic symbols used in data flow diagrams are:

a) A circle, square, diamond, and rectangle
b) A triangle, circle, square, and open-ended rectangle
c) An open-ended rectangle, line and arrow, diamond, and square
d) An open-ended rectangle, line and arrow, circle, and square

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D

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In a data flow diagram, an open-ended rectangle is used to represent:

a) A process
b) A data stream
c) A data source or destination
d) A data store

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C

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9
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All of these are levels of a data flow diagram except:

a) Physical data flow diagram
b) Process diagram
c) Context diagram
d) Logical data flow diagram

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B

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10
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All of these are terms normally associated with data flow diagrams except:

a) Context diagram
b) Physical DFD
c) Logical DFD
d) Pseudo DFD

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D

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The task of providing greater detail in successive levels of data flow diagrams is called:

a) Contexting
b) Detailing
c) Decomposition
d) Pyramiding

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C

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All of these are guidelines for creating good data flow diagrams except:

a) Show the most detail in the highest-level DFD
b) Each logical DFD should contain between 5 and 7 processing bubbles
c) Even if a file is temporary, include it in your DFD
d) Classify most of the final recipients of processed data as external entities

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A

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Which type of data flow diagram depicts what the participants are doing in a system (i.e., what the system is doing)?

a) Context diagram
b) Physical DFD
c) Logical DFD
d) Systems flowchart

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B

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Which type of data flow diagram illustrates the internal and external entities who are participating in a given system?

a) Context diagram
b) Physical DFD
c) Logical DFD
d) Systems flowchart

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B

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Which of the following data flow diagram symbols is correctly identified?

a) External entity
b) Internal entity
c) Communication link (e.g., a satellite connection)
d) Data store (file)

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D

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Which type of data flow diagram presents a high-level view of a system process?

a) Context diagram
b) Physical DFD
c) Logical DFD
d) Systems flowchart

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A

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17
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Document flowcharts organize documents and activities by:

a) People
b) Departments
c) Monetary value
d) Complexity

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B

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18
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Which of the following are most likely to be used by accountants as documentation?

a) Program flowcharts
b) Document flowcharts
c) Decision tables
d) System flowcharts

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B

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19
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Which of the following professionals would use a document flowchart?

a) Accountants
b) Auditors
c) System designers
d) all of the above

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D

20
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A reader of a document flowchart is able to distinguish between the preparation of a document in one department and its receipt in another department by:

a) Logic
b) Arrows
c) Column
d) Narratives

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B

21
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When an individual prepares a document flowchart, the names of the various organizational departments involved in the accounting information system should be listed:

a) Along the right-hand margin of the flowchart
b) Along the left-hand margin of the flowchart
c) In the title of the flowchart
d) In the column headings of the flowchart

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D

22
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The document flowchart symbol for a manual file (such as a file cabinet of accounts receivable invoices) is:

A

Inverted Triangle

23
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This is the document flowcharting symbol for a source document such as a purchase order:

A

Wavy Semi rectangle

24
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This is the document flowcharting symbol used to represent an online file:

A

Semi oval

25
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A system flowchart is a block diagram that:

a) Is used only by auditors
b) Is used primarily when document flowcharts cannot be used
c) Depicts the flow of computer systems in an organization
d) Depicts the flow of data through a computerized accounting information system

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D

26
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Most system flowcharting symbols:

a) Have not been standardized
b) Have been standardized by the Society of System Analysts
c) Have been standardized by the National Bureau of Standards
d) Are unique to the organization that uses them

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C

27
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Which of the following symbols represents the standard systems flowcharting symbol for an input/output process?

A

Rhombus

28
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Which of the following symbols represents the standard system flowcharting symbol for a screen display?

A

Trompo

29
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Which of the following symbols represents the standard system flowcharting symbol for a processing operation?

A

Rectangle

30
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Which of the following symbols represents the standard system flowcharting symbol for a computer-generated document?

A

Wavy semi rectangle

31
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Which of the following symbols represents the standard system flowcharting symbol for manual input (such as on a computer terminal)?

A

Trapezoid

32
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A system that enables users to input data directly into a computer, typically from a remotesite, is conventionally called a(n):

a) Remote input system
b) On-line job entry system
c) Remote site input system
d) none of these

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B

33
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When creating system flowcharts, the requirement that a processing symbol should always be placed between an input symbol and an output symbol is known as the:

a) Processing rule
b) Input/output rule
c) Sandwich rule
d) Cycle rule

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C

34
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In most process maps, an arrow represents:

a) The direction for reading the chart
b) The tasks to perform in an accounting task
c) The flow of data
d) The flow of money through a cash register

A

C

35
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Which of the following is not one of the four parts of a decision table?

a) The condition stub
b) Condition entries
c) Decision symbols
d) Action entries

A

C

36
Q

Which of the following is not an advantage of decision tables?

a) They document the logic of the computer program
b) They show the order in which data conditions are tested and/or processing actionsare taken
c) They increase computer programmer productivity
d) They summarize the data processing tasks to be performed for a large number of data conditions in a compact format

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B

37
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Well written documentation plays a key role in:

a) Reducing system failures
b) Increasing time spent correcting errors
c) Increasing time spent modifying programs
d) Increasing time spent by auditors following data flows

A

A

38
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Document flowcharts use the following symbol to show movement of goods:

a) Pickup truck
b) Wheelbarrow
c) Hand truck
d) any of the above

A

C

39
Q

A decision tree comes closest to which of the following alternate documentation aides?

a) Document flowchart
b) System flowchart
c) Context diagram
d) Decision table

A

D

40
Q

Decision trees normally flow from:

a) Top to bottom
b) Left to right
c) Right to left
d) Inside outwards

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B

41
Q

Which of these is not an important guideline to follow when drawing decision trees?

a) Capture all possible conditions
b) Show all details in one decision tree
c) Identify all nodes without branches as errors
d) Start on the left and draw branches to the right

A

B

42
Q

Most CASE tools:

a) Generate modifications with difficulty
b) Can detect inconsistencies in system designs
c) Rarely generate computer code
d) Need word processors to finish the documentation

A

B

43
Q

An example of end-user documentation would most likely be:

a) Pseudocode
b) Decision tables
c) A document drawn with a CASE tool
d) Instructions for using a spreadsheet

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D

44
Q

All of the following are controls for end-user computing except:

a) Formally evaluate large projects
b) Formalize documentation standards
c) Limit the number of employees authorized to create end-user applications
d) all of the above are important controls

A

D

45
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Which of the following flowcharting symbols is correctly identified?
a) Process
b) Document
c) Decision
d) Display

A

C

46
Q

End-user computing is common in firms because:

a) It is free
b) It is well-documented
c) It allows employees to rapidly develop applications
d) It prevents employees from altering systems

A

C

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