47 Free Test Bank for Accounting Information Systems
9th Edition
by Gelinas
Multiple Choice Questions
Which of the following is an unstructured decision?
1.

how much inventory to reorder

2.

how fast an assembly line should operate

3.

when scheduled maintenance should be performed

4.

which research and development projects should be undertaken

Which of the following is NOT one of the three steps in decision
making as described in the text
1.

action

2.

intelligence



2.

can include ERP systems


3.

have become fairly easy to implement

4.

facilitate business processes between organizations

The ____ suggests that technology improves information
available for decision making
1.

AICPA

2.

Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

3.

Occupational Outlook Handbook

4.



3.

objectives

4.

goals

____ requires information that focuses on the day to day
management of the business.
1.

strategic management

2.

tactical management

3.

operations management


4.

operations and business event processing

All of the following are components of reliability except:
1.


the AIS is the primary system and the IS the subsystem

Generally, which of the following is NOT one of the three roles an
accountant typically fills in relation to the AIS?
1.

designer

2.

programmer

3.

user

4.

auditor

____ is (are) data presented in a form that is useful to decision
makers.
1.

activities

2.

information

1.

understandability

2.

predictive value and feedback value

3.

neutrality

4.

comparability

Efficiency and effectiveness of operations are goals of:
1.

enterprise systems

2.

risk assessment

3.

e-business

4.


management information system

3.

enterprise database

4.

strategic planning

The sequence of components in the functional model of an
information system is
1.

Output, Input, Processing, Users

2.

Input, Processing, Output, Users

3.

Processing, Input, Users, Output

4.

Users, Processing, Input, Output

E-business does not include

4.

planning

The degree to which information includes data about every
relevant object or event necessary to make a decision is
1.

accuracy

2.

completeness


3.

neutrality

4.

comparability

If information arrives too late to impact a decision then there is a
problem with
1.

timeliness

2.

requirements, which of the following represents the vertical
information flows from lowest to highest?
1.

strategic management, tactical management, operations management,
operations and business event processing

2.

operations and business event processing, strategic management, tactical
management, operations management

3.

tactical management, operations management, strategic management,
operations and business event processing

4.

operations and business event processing, operations management,
tactical management, strategic management

____ requires information to assess the environment and to
project future events and conditions.


1.

strategic management


A man-made system that generally consists of an integrated set
of computer-based components and manual components
established to collect, store, and manage data and to provide
output information to users.
1.

information system

2.

output system

3.

business event system

4.

database system

Internal control is a process designed to provide absolute
assurance regarding achieving objectives in which of the
following?
1.

efficiency and effectiveness of operations

2.

reliability of reporting

1.

risk assessment

2.

information systems reliability

3.

electronic commerce

4.

consulting

Decision-making is an activity of the
1.

management process

2.

operations process

3.

information process

4.

accuracy

2.

completeness

3.

neutrality

4.

comparability

A system that consists of an integrated set of computer-based
and manual components established to collect, store, and
manage data and to provide output information to users is a(n)
1.

output

2.

ERP

3.

database

4.


risk assessment

3.

e-business


4.

internal control

Which of the following statements is true?
1.

The information process facilitates operations by maintaining data such as
inventory and customer data.

2.

The information process provides the means by which management
monitors the operations process.

3.

Management designs the operations and information processes.

4.

All of the statements are true.

3.

information process

4.

planning process

A man-made system consisting of people, equipment,
organization, policies and procedures with the objective of
accomplishing the work of the organization.
1.

operations process

2.

management process


3.

information process

4.

planning process

Which of the following is an element of the operations process?
1.

Tactical management uses the most detailed and accurate information.

A system can be further divided into
1.

input data

2.

subsystems

3.

databases

4.

enterprise systems

At which level of the organization are decisions most
unstructured?
1.

operations and business event processing level

2.

strategic management level

3.

organization

2.

may consist of both computer-based and manual components

3.

is different from a data processing system because it uses computers

4.

is not generally used for transaction processing

All of the following are components of relevance except:
1.

feedback value

2.

predictive value

3.

verifiability

4.

timeliness