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VERSION 1

Question 1

The ________ audit is concerned with the economical and efficient use of resources and the accomplishment of established goals and objectives.

financial
informational
information systems
operational

Question 2

The ________ stage of the auditing process involves (among other things) the auditors observing the operating activities and having discussions with employees.

audit planning
collection of audit evidence
communication of audit results
evaluation of audit evidence

Question 3

The ________ procedure for auditing computer process controls uses a hypothetical series of valid and invalid transactions.

concurrent audit techniques
test data processing
integrated test facility
dual process

Question 4

What is the primary purpose of computer audit software?

eliminate auditor judgment errors
assist the auditor in retrieving and reviewing information
detect unauthorized modifications to system program code
recheck all mathematical calculations, cross-foot, reprocess financial statements and compare to originals

Question 5

Assessing the quality of internal controls, the reliability of information, and operating performance are all part of which stage of the auditing process?

audit planning
collection of audit evidence
evaluation of audit evidence
communication of audit results

Question 6

Which of the following poses an internal control problem?

Physical inspection of inventory quantity and condition is outsourced to a firm that specializes in this service.
Products are released from inventory after a warehouse employee and a shipping clerk both sign the pick list.
Sales representatives have authority to increase customers' credit limits in $1,000 increments.
When customer payments are received in the mail, checks are sent to the cashier's office and remittance advices are sent to the accounts receivable department.

Question 7

The manager of Callow Youth Clothing was entering an order online from Sad Clown Pajamas. He ordered 100 one-size fits all pajama bottoms, but when he ordered 1000 one-size fits all pajama tops, the following error message popped up: "Did you mean to enter a quantity of 1000 for your order?" This message is the result of a

reasonableness test.
validity check.
limit check.
closed-loop verification

Question 8

How is credit approval generally handled for established customers with a documented payment history?

Specific authorization by the credit manager
General authorization by a sales clerk
A new credit application is requested
A formal credit check should be made for each sale

Question 9

The document a customer returns with their payment and that identifies the source and the amount of the payment is called a

remittance advice.
remittance list.
credit memorandum.
debit memorandum.

Question 10

In Petaluma, California, electric power is provided to consumers by the Power To The People Electrical Company, a local co-op. Each month PTTP mails bills to 70,000 households and then processes payments as they are received. The customers are provided with a remittance advice, which is a

warning that failure to pay by the due date will result in a late charge.
confirmation of the firm's privacy policy.
turnaround document.
bill.

Question 11

Bob Chum is the sales manager at Folding Squid Technologies. At lunch with the company CEO, he complained that a recent shipment from a vendor had been unsatisfactory and so had to be returned. That required the purchasing manager to send a ________ to the supplier.

purchase order
blanket purchase order
receiving report
debit memo

Question 12

The disbursement voucher and supporting documents are sent to the ________ for payment prior to the due date.

cashier
treasurer
controller
accounts payable department

Question 13

One of the threats associated with the process and activity of receiving and storing goods is

errors in counting.
kickbacks.
requests for unnecessary items.
errors in vendor invoices

Question 14

A(n) ________ system posts an approved invoice to the vendor account and stores it in an open invoice file until payment is made by check.

nonvoucher
voucher
cycle
evaluated receipt settlement

Question 15

Evaluated receipt settlement (ERS) approves payment of vendor invoices after reconciling the purchase order and the

vendor invoice.
sales invoice.
receiving report.
disbursement voucher

Question 16

When using electronic documents, ________ increase the accuracy of data entry.

access controls
separation of duties
general controls
application controls

Question 17

Which activity below is not performed by the HRM?

compensation
training
discharge
recruitment and hiring

Question 18

This organization provides payroll processing as well as other HRM services, such as employee benefit design and administration.

Cashier
Payroll service bureau
Professional employer organization
Paycheck distribution companies

Question 19

Which of the following documents would be likely to yield the greatest cost saving by converting from paper to electronic?

Payroll register
Earnings statement
Deduction register
Time card

Question 20

The document that lists each employee's gross pay, payroll deductions, and net pay in a multicolumn format is called

an employee earnings statement.
the payroll register.
a deduction register.
an employee time sheet summary

Question 21

Adjusting entries that are made to counteract the effects of errors found in the general ledger are called

accruals.
corrections.
deferrals.
estimates.

Question 22

Financial statements are prepared in a certain sequence. Which statement is prepared last in the sequence?

the adjusted trial balance
the income statement
the balance sheet
the statement of cash flows

Question 23

Performance reports for cost centers should compare actual versus budget ________ costs.

controllable
uncontrollable
fixed
variable

Question 24

Information about financing and investing activities for use in making general ledger entries is typically provided by the

budget department.
controller.
treasurer.
chief executive officer

Question 25

Budgets and performance reports should be developed on the basis of

responsibility accounting.
generally accepted accounting principles.
financial accounting standards.
managerial accounting standards

Question 26

The "get" event represents an activity which

includes a promise to engage in future economic exchanges.
increases the organization's stock of an economic resource.
reduces the organization's stock of a resource that has economic value.
reduces the organization's stock of a resource that has no economic value

Question 27

An entity-relationship (E-R) diagram

can represent the contents of any database.
are only used in conjunction with REA models.
can show a limited number of entities and relationships.
are used only to design new databases

Question 28

Which of the following graphical symbols represents a minimum cardinality of zero and a maximum cardinality of many?

Question 29

Which of the following graphical symbols represents a minimum cardinality of zero and a maximum cardinality of one?

Question 30

An entity-relationship (E-R) diagram represents entities as ________ and the relationships between them as lines and ________.

circles; squares
squares; diamonds
rectangles; diamonds
rectangles; circles

Question 31

On March 18, 2008, a newly installed robotic painting system broke down. A technician was called to repair the system. She found that a shoe had been shoved into the system's innards. This is an example of dealing with change by

deterrence.
projection.
avoidance.
aggression

Question 32

A good rule to follow to prevent behavioral problems associated with implementing a new system is "Avoid complex systems that cause radical changes." What expression is used to describe this system design rule?

allay fears and stress new opportunities
keep the system simple and humanize it
control users' expectations
test the system

Question 33

A federal law demands that certain information about foreign customers should be maintained in the information system. In which part of a feasibility study should this requirement be considered?

economic feasibility
legal feasibility
operational feasibility
technical feasibility

Question 34

Who is responsible for preparing the specifications that are used to create the programs?

management
programmers
systems analysts
the information systems steering committee

Question 35

The ________ method of gathering information helps to determine how a system should work.

interview
observation
questionnaire
system documentation

Question 36

Which of the following is a method for comparing alternative vendor proposals for development of an accounting information system when the vendors differ with regard to their ability to meet the project criteria?

Point scoring
Resource clearing
Requirements costing
Multi-objective optimization

Question 37

The approaches to evaluating vendor proposals that do not incorporate dollar estimates of costs or benefits are known as

benchmark problem and point scoring.
point scoring and requirement costing.
requirement costing and benchmark problem.
All methods mentioned above include dollar estimates

Question 38

A costly and labor-intensive approach to systems acquisition is creating

canned software.
custom software.
modified software.
turnkey software.

Question 39

The basic premise of ________ is that it is easier for people to express what they like or dislike about an existing system than to imagine what they would like in a system.

modified software
outsourcing agreements
prototyping
turnkey systems

Question 40

Benathir Donathat, director of the project committee, has received approval from management for implementation of a new accounting information system. After putting out an RFP, the committee settled on a vendor that will provide an industry standard software package and post-sale technical support. The committee decided to go with

canned software.
a turnkey system.
an outsourced system.
an end-user developed system

Question 41

Phil in Marketing got a call from Chuck in ITS. "Phil, the system just generated a stock-out report. I wanted to give you a heads up. I'm sending it right over." This is an example of a

scheduled report.
special-purpose analysis report.
triggered exception report.
demand report.

Question 42

Acceptance tests involve

managers observing the operation of the system by "walking through" the IT department.
processing hypothetical data that are designed to identify errors in the system.
processing copies of real transactions in order to determine whether or not the system meets requirements.
a thorough review of the procedures and program logic of the system

Question 43

What is used as the basis for management to make a "go/no go" decision regarding whether to proceed from the physical design phase to the implementation and conversion phase of the systems development life cycle?

conceptual system design report
physical systems design report
systems design report
implementation planning design report

Question 44

Who is responsible for evaluating the design alternatives and selecting the one that best meets the organization's needs?

design team
implementation committee
steering committee
systems analysts

Question 45

One process used to uncover and eliminate program errors is known as

black box testing.
debugging.
desk checking.
white box testing

VERSION 2

Question 1

What is the primary purpose of computer audit software?

eliminate auditor judgment errors
assist the auditor in retrieving and reviewing information
detect unauthorized modifications to system program code
recheck all mathematical calculations, cross-foot, reprocess financial statements and compare to originals

Question 2

The possibility that a material error will occur even though auditors are following audit procedures and using good judgment is referred to as

control risk.
detection risk.
inherent risk.
investigating risk

Question 3

Control risk is defined as the

susceptibility to material risk in the absence of controls.
risk that a material misstatement will get through the internal control structure and into the financial statements.
risk that auditors and their audit procedures will not detect a material error or misstatement.
risk auditors will not be given the appropriate documents and records by management who wants to control audit activities and procedures

Question 4

In the ________ stage of an operational audit, the auditor measures the actual system against an ideal standard.

evidence collection
evidence evaluation
testing
internal control

Question 5

The ________ stage of the auditing process involves (among other things) the auditors observing the operating activities and having discussions with employees.

audit planning
collection of audit evidence
communication of audit results
evaluation of audit evidence

Question 6

A ________ system prepares and mails monthly statements to customers throughout the entire month, instead of just at the end of the month.

continuous
open-invoice
cycle billing
balance forward

Question 7

The accounts receivable management method typically used by credit card companies is

balance forward.
postbilling.
monthly statement.
open-invoice.

Question 8

What is a typical procedure for processing sales orders from new customers or customers making a purchase that causes their credit limit to be exceeded?

General authorization to approve the order is given to sales clerks.
Specific authorization must be granted by the credit manager.
The sale should be rejected.
The sales clerk should order a report from a credit bureau before approving the order.

Question 9

The manager of Callow Youth Clothing was entering an order online from Sad Clown Pajamas. He ordered 100 one-size fits all pajama bottoms, but when he ordered 1000 one-size fits all pajama tops, the following error message popped up: "Did you mean to enter a quantity of 1000 for your order?" This message is the result of a

reasonableness test.
validity check.
limit check.
closed-loop verification

Question 10

When an ERP is used, it is assumed that there will be increases in efficiency and the effectiveness of the activities related to the revenue cycle. However, what must be in place and functioning well to fully realize these benefits?

an effective marketing staff
all the components of the expenditure cycle
adequate controls
adequate system flowchart documentation

Question 11

One of the threats associated with the process and activity of receiving and storing goods is

errors in counting.
kickbacks.
requests for unnecessary items.
errors in vendor invoices

Question 12

Double-checking the accuracy of an invoice is a control that can help to neutralize a threat in the expenditure cycle. What activity would specifically be associated with this control?

ordering goods
receiving and storing goods
paying for goods and services
requesting goods be ordered

Question 13

Evaluated receipt settlement increases efficiency by

eliminating the need for receiving reports.
eliminating the need for vendor invoices.
eliminating the need for purchase orders.
eliminating the need to prepare and mail checks

Question 14

The Squishy Things Toy Company was established in 1948. It recently signed a large contract with a chain of retail toy stores. As a condition of the contract, the Squishy will be required to track and forecast product sales by linking in to the chain's sales database. Squishy will then be responsible for shipping products to the chain's regional warehouses as needed. The relationship between Squishy and the chain is an example of

vendor-managed inventory.
sales force automation.
electronic data interchange.
optical character recognition

Question 15

Bob Chum is the sales manager at Folding Squid Technologies. At lunch with the company CEO, he proudly announced that he had negotiated a(n) ________ with a client that defined a long-term commitment to buy components from Folding Squid.

purchase order
blanket purchase order
evaluated receipt settlement
voucher

Question 16

Which type of payroll report lists the voluntary deductions for each employee?

payroll register
deduction register
earnings statement
federal W-4 form

Question 17

Which of the following will limit a firm's potential loss exposure from paycheck forgery?

Segregation of check distribution from payroll duties
Prompt redeposit of unclaimed paychecks
A separate payroll bank account
Direct deposit of checks

Question 18

Experts estimate that on average the costs associated with replacing an employee are about ________ that of the employee's annual salary.

one-quarter
one-half
one and one-half
twice

Question 19

A "zero balance check" refers to which of the following control procedures?

a type of batch total
cross-footing the payroll register
the payroll clearing account shows a zero balance once all entries are posted
trial balance showing that debits equal credits

Question 20

Companies that specialize in processing payroll are known as

paycheck distribution companies.
payroll service bureaus.
professional employer organizations.
semi-governmental organizations

Question 21

Communications technology and the Internet can be used to reduce the time and costs involved in disseminating financial statement information. Users of such financial information still struggle in that many recipients have different information delivery requirements and may have to manually reenter the information into their own decision analysis tools. The ideal solution to solve these problems and efficiently transmit financial information via the Internet is to use

HTML code.
XML.
pdf file.
XBRL.

Question 22

Adjusting entries that are made to reflect differences between the actual and recorded value of an asset or a change in accounting principle are called

reconciliations.
revaluations.
estimates.
accruals.

Question 23

Financial statements are prepared in a certain sequence. Which statement is prepared last in the sequence?

the adjusted trial balance
the income statement
the balance sheet
the statement of cash flows

Question 24

Cheryl Liao is an accountant at Folding Squid Technologies. While making an adjusting entry to the general ledger, she received the following error message, "Your journal entry must be a numeric value. Please reenter." This message was the result of a

validity check.
field check.
zero-balance check.
completeness test

Question 25

The managerial report that shows planned cash inflows and outflows for major investments or acquisitions is the

journal voucher list.
statement of cash flows.
operating budget.
capital expenditures budget

Question 26

An entity-relationship (E-R) diagram

can represent the contents of any database.
are only used in conjunction with REA models.
can show a limited number of entities and relationships.
are used only to design new databases

Question 27

How many types of relationships are possible between entities?

one
two
three
an infinite number

Question 28

Which of the following graphical symbols represents a minimum cardinality of zero and a maximum cardinality of many?

Question 29

Which of the following transactions is represented by the diagram below?

An automobile salvage business holds weekly auctions at which it sells its entire inventory.
A grocery store sells products to consumers.
A hobbyist restores antique cars. When a car is finished, she sells it on eBay.
A firm sells movies to consumers through an online downloading service

Question 30

Developing an REA diagram for a specific transaction cycle begins by identifying

relevant events.
agents involved.
resources affected.
relationship cardinalities

Question 31

When using the payback method to determine economic feasibility of projects, the company usually accepts the project with the

longest payback period.
mid-range payback period.
payback period that is equal to the project's economic life.
shortest payback period

Question 32

In which step of the SDLC do all of the elements of the system come together?

conceptual design
implementation and conversion
physical design
systems analysis

Question 33

A planning horizon of at least ________ years is reasonable for any master plan; however, the plan should be updated at least ________ each year.

3; twice
5; twice
7; once
5; once

Question 34

Refer to the table below, which shows the results of payback, net present value, and internal rate of return analysis of four projects. Which is preferred by the payback criterion?

	A	B	C	D
Payback	3	5	8	5
N PV	$67.95	$200.96	$256.78	$669.85
I R R	12.59%	11.81%	10.93%	11.81%

Project A
Project B
Project C
Project D

Question 35

A federal law demands that certain information about foreign customers should be maintained in the information system. In which part of a feasibility study should this requirement be considered?

economic feasibility
legal feasibility
operational feasibility
technical feasibility

Question 36

What would be one duty of second-line help desk personnel?

handling complicated queries requiring research
provide callers with scripted s
using expert systems to quickly find s
None of the duties listed above pertain to second-line help desk personnel

Question 37

When canned software is used for systems acquisition, the physical design phase of the SDLC

does not involve designing and coding, although modifications may be made.
is combined with the conceptual design phase.
is eliminated.
is the same as for developing custom software

Question 38

Where is the responsibility for the development of end-user computing applications typically placed?

End users
Help desk
Information Technology Services Department
Programmers

Question 39

Firms should consider preparing a software prototype if the application

will be used for a critical function like inventory management.
automates a structured task.
can be produced using outside developers.
inputs and outputs are not clearly defined

Question 40

What term is used to refer to users becoming involved in the hands-on development, control, and employment of information systems?

amateur user computing (AUC)
competitive intra-organization systems development approach (CIOSDA)
end-user computing (EUC)
novice information systems development (NISD)

Question 41

Processing test data involves

managers observing the operation of the system by "walking through" the IT department.
processing hypothetical data that are designed to identify errors in the system.
processing copies of real transactions in order to determine whether or not the system meets requirements.
a thorough review of the procedures and program logic of the system.

Question 42

Phil in Marketing got a call from Fred at regional headquarters. "Phil, I just got the quarterly sales report for your district. You beat your quota again, you son of a gun!" This is an example of a

scheduled report.
special-purpose analysis report.
triggered exception report.
demand report

Question 43

________ is the process of installing hardware and software and getting the AIS up and running.

Conceptual design
Physical design
Systems analysis
Systems implementation

Question 44

What type of system test determines whether a program is operating as designed?

acceptance test
debugging
process test data
walk-through

Question 45

One of the purposes of the ________ is to guide physical systems design activities.

conceptual systems design report
physical systems design report
program design
systems analysis report

Version 3

Question 1

Auditing involves the

collection, review, and documentation of audit evidence.
planning and verification of economic events.
collection of audit evidence and approval of economic events.
testing, documentation, and certification of audit evidence.

Question 2

The ________ audit reviews the general and application controls of an AIS to assess its compliance with internal control policies and procedures and its effectiveness in safeguarding assets.

financial
information systems
management
internal control

Question 3

Assessing the quality of internal controls, the reliability of information, and operating performance are all part of which stage of the auditing process?

audit planning
collection of audit evidence
evaluation of audit evidence
communication of audit results

Question 4

According to the risk-based auditing approach, when a control deficiency is identified, the auditor should inquire about

tests of controls.
the feasibility of a systems review.
materiality and inherent risk factors.
compensating controls.

Question 5

Which of the following is the first step in the risk-based audit approach?

Identify the control procedures that should be in place.
Evaluate the control procedures.
Determine the threats facing the AIS.
Evaluate weaknesses to determine their effect on the audit procedures.

Question 6

When an ERP is used, it is assumed that there will be increases in efficiency and the effectiveness of the activities related to the revenue cycle. However, what must be in place and functioning well to fully realize these benefits?

an effective marketing staff
all the components of the expenditure cycle
adequate controls
adequate system flowchart documentation

Question 7

The accounts receivable management method typically used by credit card companies is

balance forward.
postbilling.
monthly statement.
open-invoice.

Question 8

A ________ system prepares and mails monthly statements to customers throughout the entire month, instead of just at the end of the month.

continuous
open-invoice
cycle billing
balance forward

Question 9

When a customer places an order (on account) for a certain product, what should be done before the order is checked for inventory availability?

The customer's available credit should be checked.
The sales order should be created and written to a file.
Shipping should be notified of an order in process.
A picking list should be generated for the warehouse.

Question 10

During the sales order entry process, a ________ is performed to verify that each transaction record contains all appropriate data items.

completeness test
redundant data check
field check
reasonableness test

Question 11

Evaluated receipt settlement (ERS) approves payment of vendor invoices after reconciling the purchase order and the

vendor invoice.
sales invoice.
receiving report.
disbursement voucher.

Question 12

A surprise count of an imprest petty cash fund should find the total of ________ equal to the amount authorized for the fund.

cash and credit memos
cash and vouchers
cash
cash and checks

Question 13

What is a key feature of materials requirements planning (MRP)?

minimize or entirely eliminate carrying and stockout costs
reduce required inventory levels by scheduling production rather than estimating needs
determine the optimal reorder point
determine the optimal order size

Question 14

The Squishy Things Toy Company was established in 1948. It recently signed a large contract with a chain of retail toy stores. As a condition of the contract, the Squishy will be required to track and forecast product sales by linking in to the chain's sales database. Squishy will then be responsible for shipping products to the chain's regional warehouses as needed. The relationship between Squishy and the chain is an example of

vendor-managed inventory.
sales force automation.
electronic data interchange.
optical character recognition.

Question 15

In the expenditure cycle, Financial Electronic Data Interchange (FEDI) increases efficiency by

eliminating the need for receiving reports.
eliminating the need for vendor invoices.
eliminating the need for purchase orders.
eliminating the need to prepare and mail checks.

Question 16

Which type of payroll report contains information such as the employees' gross pay, payroll deductions, and net pay in a multicolumn format?

payroll register
deduction register
employee earnings statement
federal W-4 form

Question 17

When using electronic documents, ________ increase the accuracy of data entry.

access controls
separation of duties
general controls
application controls

Question 18

Experts estimate that on average the costs associated with replacing an employee are about ________ that of the employee's annual salary.

one-quarter
one-half
one and one-half
twice

Question 19

What is a potential threat to the specific activity of payroll processing?

hiring unqualified employees
poor system performance
violations of employment laws
unauthorized changes to the payroll master file

Question 20

Payroll deductions fall into the broad categories of ________ and ________.

payroll tax withholdings; voluntary deductions
unemployment; social security taxes
unemployment taxes; income taxes
voluntary deductions; income taxes

Question 21

A listing of journal vouchers by numerical sequence, account number, or date is an example of

a general ledger control report.
a budget report.
a batch to be processed.
responsibility accounting.

Question 22

Financial statements are prepared in a certain sequence. Which statement is prepared last in the sequence?

the adjusted trial balance
the income statement
the balance sheet
the statement of cash flows

Question 23

Cheryl Liao is an accountant at Folding Squid Technologies. While making an adjusting entry to the general ledger, she received the following error message when she tried to save her entry, "The amounts debited and credited are not equal. Please correct and try again." This message was the result of a

validity check.
field check.
zero-balance check.
completeness test.

Question 24

Entries to update the general ledger are often documented by which of the following?

general journal
subsidiary journal
subsidiary ledgers
journal vouchers

Question 25

Adjusting entries that are made to reflect differences between the actual and recorded value of an asset or a change in accounting principle are called

reconciliations.
revaluations.
estimates.
accruals.

Question 26

Developing an REA diagram for a specific transaction cycle begins by identifying

relevant events.
agents involved.
resources affected.
relationship cardinalities

Question 27

On an entity-relationship (E-R) diagram, anything about which an organization wants to collect and store information is called

a data model.
an entity.
a schema.
a tuple.

Question 28

The REA data model

is used in many areas of business and science.
was developed solely for use in designing accounting information systems.
classifies data into relationships, entities and accounts.
is used to define real entry accounts

Question 29

A relationship in which cardinalities have zero minimums and N maximums would most likely be an

agent-event relationship.
resource-event relationship.
event-event relationship.
event-agent relationship.

Question 30

The "get" event represents an activity which

includes a promise to engage in future economic exchanges.
increases the organization's stock of an economic resource.
reduces the organization's stock of a resource that has economic value.
reduces the organization's stock of a resource that has no economic value.

Question 31

Refer to the table below, which shows the results of payback, net present value, and internal rate of return analysis of four projects. Which is preferred by the internal rate of return criterion?

	A	B	C	D
Payback	3	5	8	5
N PV	$67.95	$200.96	$256.78	$669.85
I R R	12.59%	11.81%	10.93%	11.81%

Project A
Project B
Project C
Project D

Question 32

Which data gathering method is most helpful to deal with the question: "Why?"

interviews
observation by the analyst
questionnaires
system documentation

Question 33

The type of user resistance in which data are erroneously entered into a system is called

acceptance.
aggression.
avoidance.
projection.

Question 34

When the information is brief and well defined, which is the best data-gathering approach to use?

a questionnaire
an interview
observation by the analyst
system documentation

Question 35

The ________ method of gathering information helps to determine how a system should work.

interview
observation
questionnaire
system documentation

Question 36

As part of the development process for a new job bidding software system for Halide Construction, LLC, Jon Chelide prepared and distributed functional programs that simulate the system's input and output interface. These programs are an example of

CASE.
an operational prototype.
a RFP.
a nonoperational prototype.

Question 37

What is the emphasis of the first step involved in developing a prototype?

develop a good prototype into a fully functional system
speed and low cost rather than efficiency of operation
users identify changes to be made in an iterative process
what output should be produced rather than how it should be produced

Question 38

Software development companies write commercial software that can be used by a variety of organizations. Sometimes these companies combine both software and hardware together to sell as one package. Such a package is commonly referred to as

a turnkey system.
a value-added system.
an application service package.
canned software.

Question 39

When canned software is used for systems acquisition, the maintenance aspect of the operations and maintenance phase of the SDLC

is more costly.
is not necessary and is eliminated.
is usually the responsibility of the vendor.
requires trained personnel.

Question 40

Which of the following is a method for comparing alternative vendor proposals for development of an accounting information system when the vendors differ with regard to their ability to meet the project criteria?

Point scoring
Resource clearing
Requirements costing
Multi-objective optimization

Question 41

In which phase of the systems development life cycle would changing tax rates in a software program be accomplished?

maintenance
operations
program design
implementation

Question 42

Which of the following is a consideration during file and database design?

form size
format
medium
organization

Question 43

________ is the process of installing hardware and software and getting the AIS up and running.

Conceptual design
Physical design
Systems analysis
Systems implementation

Question 44

Acceptance tests involve

managers observing the operation of the system by "walking through" the IT department.
processing hypothetical data that are designed to identify errors in the system.
processing copies of real transactions in order to determine whether or not the system meets requirements.
a thorough review of the procedures and program logic of the system.

Question 45

What is used as the basis for management to make a "go/no go" decision regarding whether to proceed from the physical design phase to the implementation and conversion phase of the systems development life cycle?

conceptual system design report
physical systems design report
systems design report
implementation planning design report.