50 Free Test Bank for Accounting Information Systems
The Crossroads of Accounting and IT 1st
Edition by Kay
Multiple Choice Questions
To record an inventory order, the information would be entered in
a screen that looks similar to which paper form?
1.
2.
3.
4.

A) Check
B) Sales Receipt
C) Purchase Order
D) Invoice

The ________ module consists of transactions for payroll.
1.
2.
3.
4.

A) Customers
B) Banking
C) Employees
D) Vendors

When making adjusting entries, you are using the ________
module in the base line accounting system.
1.
2.



Which transactions are usually performed in the Customers
module of the Baseline Accounting System?
1.
2.
3.
4.

A) Pay Bills
B) Create Purchase Order
C) Create Invoice
D) Receive Inventory

What is an alternative to "hard keyed" data?
1.
2.
3.

A) Using variables in the program, such as cell addresses in a spreadsheet
B) Creating the program in a way that does not require data
C) If user requirements are correctly defined, the data will not change and
may be "hard keyed."
4. D) Alternatives to "hard keyed" data is not possible. All data must be "hard
keyed."

Which event is part of the Sales Cycle?
1.
2.
3.

The ________ module in the Baseline Accounting System
consists of transactions such as the purchasing of goods or
services from a vendor.
1.
2.
3.
4.

A) Customers
B) Banking
C) Employees
D) Vendors

Which accounting software is designed for a large-scale
company?


1.
2.
3.
4.

A) SAP Business All-in-One
B) SAP Business One
C) Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
D) Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise

When looking at an accounting system using the aerial view, you
see
1.


When looking at an accounting system using the zoom view, you
see
1.
2.
3.

A) Accounting information available to internal users, primarily management
B) Detailed information recorded in the accounting system
C) An enterprise-wide view of an organization showing the entire
accounting system
4. D) Information available on the tax reports for the Internal Revenue Service
and other tax agencies

What modules comprise a baseline accounting system?
1.
2.
3.
4.

A) Vendors, Employees, Sales, Banking, Financial, and Reports
B) Inventory, Employees, Sales, Banking, Financial, and Reports
C) Inventory, Employees, Sales, Banking, Accounting, and Reports
D) Vendors, Employees, Customers, Banking, Financial, and Reports

An accounting system spans which of the following Value Chain
components?


1.

C) A company and customers
D) A company and a bank

To record a payment for inventory delivered, the information
would be entered in a screen that looks similar to which paper
form?
1.
2.
3.
4.

A) Check
B) Sales Receipt
C) Purchase Order
D) Invoice

The three basic functions of an enterprise system are
1.
2.
3.
4.

A) Processing, Output, and Reports
B) Input, Data, and Reports
C) Input, Processing, and Output
D) Business Intelligence, Processing, and Output

Which of the following professionals is the most important group
an IT auditor must be able to communicate?
1.

4.

A) The cost of the raw materials
B) The monthly sales levels
C) The current inventory levels of the finished product
D) Customer information

Which of the following data is shared between a Supply Chain
Management system and an accounting system?
1.
2.
3.
4.

A) The sale price of the finished product
B) The current inventory levels of the raw materials
C) The product delivery costs
D) The number of hours employees worked to create the product

50 Free Test Bank for Accounting Information Systems
The Crossroads of Accounting and IT 1st Edition by
Kay Multiple Choice Questions - Page 2
In an accounting system database, which field belongs in a table
containing customer information?
1.
2.
3.
4.

A) Item Number



2.
3.
4.

B) Manipulate data in a spreadsheet
C) View the same data from different perspectives
D) Add data to the database

In a relational database, how are tables connected?
1.
2.
3.
4.

A) By fields that are common in two or more tables
B) By the table names
C) By a query statement
D) By network addresses

In an accounting system database, which field belongs in a table
containing inventory information?
1.
2.
3.
4.

A) Invoice Number
B) Purchase Order

3.
4.

A) People, Processes, and Technology
B) People, Budget, and Time
C) Processes, Budget, and Time
D) Time, Processes, and Technology

Which act requires publicly traded companies to assess the
effectiveness of their internal controls and have an independent
CPA firm audit this assessment?
1.
2.
3.
4.

A) Wheat Commission
B) Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
C) Security Exchange Commission Act of 1934
D) The GAAP Act of 1932


Spreadsheets containing data extracted from a relational
database are called what?
1.
2.
3.
4.

A) Ghost Data

assets?
1.

A) Security and controls are to prevent fraud, unauthorized access,
modification, destruction, or disclosure of information assets.
2. B) Security and controls are to prevent data analysis.
3. C) Security and controls are to frustrate employees with legitimate need to
access information assets.
4. D) Security and controls are to ensure all the information assets are
available to all employees.

Which of the following processes are performed in the Designing
Phase of the SDLC?
1.
2.
3.
4.

A) Identify the requirements for the new system
B) Test the new system
C) Identify the new business processes
D) Install the new system

IT ________ is the design or blueprint for an enterprise's
information technology.
1.
2.
3.

A) Infrastructure

D) The development phase of the software development life cycle

Which of the following agents is internal to a company?
1.
2.
3.
4.

A) Investor
B) Customer
C) Employee
D) Vendor

Which of the following is not a phase in the SDLC?
1.
2.
3.
4.

A) Buy
B) Design
C) Plan
D) Sell

Which field below would not be stored in an order table?
1.
2.
3.
4.



The staffing process occurs in which phase of the SDLC?
1.
2.
3.
4.

A) Plan Phase
B) Analyze Phase
C) Build/Buy Phase
D) Deploy Phase

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