Reference no: EM132853632
Accounting Information System Questions -
Q1. What are the four levels of activity in the pyramid representing the business organization? Distinguish between horizontal and vertical flows of .information.
Q2. Distinguish between natural and artificial systems.
Q3. What are the elements of a system?
Q4. What is system decomposition and subsystem interdependency? How are they related?
Q5. What is the relationship among data, information, and an information system?
Q6. Distinguish between AIS and MIS.
Q7. What are the three cycles of transaction processing systems?
Q8. What is discretionary reporting?
Q9. What are the characteristics of good or useful information?
Q10. What rules govern data collection?
Q11. What are the levels of data hierarchy?
Q12. What are the three fundamental tasks of database management?
Q13. What is feedback and how is it useful in an information system?
Q14. What are the fundamental objectives of all information systems?
Q15. What does stewardship mean and what is its role in an information system?
Q16. Distinguish between responsibility, authority, and accountability. Which flow upward and which flow downward?
Q17. Distinguish between turnkey, backbone, and vendor-supported systems.
Q18. List each of the functional areas and their sub-functions.