Business Information Systems
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Course Introduction
Business Information Systems explores the role of information technology in supporting and transforming business operations, decision-making, and competitive strategies. The course covers core concepts such as databases, enterprise resource planning, data analytics, e-commerce, and cybersecurity within organizational contexts. Students will examine how information systems are designed, implemented, and managed to meet business objectives, improve efficiency, and drive innovation. Through case studies and practical applications, the course highlights the alignment of IT solutions with business needs, ethical considerations, and emerging trends shaping the digital business landscape.
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Accounting Information Systems 9th Edition by Ulric
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J. Gelinas
Chapter 1: Introduction to Accounting Information Systems
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Q1) Which of the following statements is true?
A)The information process facilitates operations by maintaining inventory and customer data.
B)The information process provides the means by which management monitors the operations process.
C)Operations-related processes and accounting-related processes are integrated.
D)All of the statements are true.
Answer: D
Q2) Which of the following is an element of the operations process?
A)production
B)planning
C)controlling
D)decision making
Answer: A
Q3) Accounting is an activity of the
A)management process
B)operations process
C)information process
D)organization process
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Enterprise Systems
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Q1) The ______________________________ process includes the events surrounding the sale of goods to a customer, the recognition of revenue, and the collection of the customer payment.
Answer: order-to-cash
Q2) A ____________________ is a collection of related characters that comprise an attribute, such as a customer number or name.
Answer: field
Q3) The ____________________module plays a central role in the SAP system.
A)human resources
B)controlling and profitability analysis
C)financial accounting
D)customer relationship management
Answer: C
Q4) Microsoft Dynamics Snap line of tools is an example of an Application Programming Interface.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Electronic Business E-Business Systems
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Q1) Electronic document management (EDM) includes all of the following except:
A)capturing document images
B)controlling document images
C)storing document images
D)all of the above are included in EDM
Answer: B
Q2) A disadvantage of the periodic mode is:
A)completeness
B)accuracy
C)validity
D)timeliness
Answer: D
Q3) LANs are communication networks that link up distributed users and local networks into an integrated communication network.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) ____________________ include relatively permanent portions of master data, such as a customer's address.
Answer: Standing data
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Chapter 4: Documenting Information Systems
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Q1) Flowcharts are commonly used in financial audits, business process reengineering and security review engagements.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In which of the following data flow diagrams does the bubble symbol represent a process and not the entire system?
A)context diagram
B)physical data flow diagram
C)logical data flow diagram
D)systems flowchart
Q3) Why do auditors and systems analysts use systems documentation?
A)to understand, explain, and improve complex systems
B)only to provide justification to management for systems investments
C)to reduce the number and amount of external entities
D)to eliminate evidence to be collected
Q4) A(n) _________________________ is a person, place, or thing within the system that transforms data.
Q5) ______________________________ activities include retrieving data from storage, transforming data, or filing data.
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Chapter 5: Database Management Systems
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Q1) The principal difference between an executive information system (EIS) and a decision support system (DSS) is that an EIS:
A)suggests to the user the best choice from among alternative courses of action whereas the DSS merely provides information that could assist in making the decision B)is primarily about collected and presenting information without doing additional processing or calculations
C)uses both external and internal data whereas a DSS does not
D)employs decision models whereas a DSS does not
Q2) In a(n) ____ database model, records are organized in a pyramid structure.
A)hierarchical
B)relational
C)network
D)object-oriented
Q3) Which of the following is not an essential element of a DBMS?
A)tables
B)forms
C)reports
D)all of the above are essential elements
Q4) ____________________ is the most popular data modeling approach.
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Chapter 6: Relational Databases and Sql
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Q1) The ____________________ command is used when we want to change one or more attribute values for one or more tuples in a table.
Q2) Which is not a step in creating a relation using SQL?
A)assign the relation a name
B)assign each attribute a name
C)specify the constraints on the attributes
D)specify the attributes of the constraints
Q3) A(n) ____________________ is an item of data that characterizes an entity or relationship.
Q4) The cardinality constraint is used less frequently than the participation constraint. A)True
B)False
Q5) Which of the following is the key attribute?
A)client
B)client number
C)client name
D)client street address
Q6) The ____________________ command demonstrates one of the weaknesses in most forms of SQL.
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Chapter 7: Controlling Information Systems: Introduction to
Enterprise Risk Management and Internal Control
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Q1) Establishing a viable internal control system is the responsibility of ____________________.
Q2) Risk assessment is the entity's identification and analysis of relevant risks to achievement of its objectives, forming a basis for determining how the risks should be managed.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The ___________________________________ is the foundation for all other components of internal control, providing discipline and structure.
Q4) The section of Sarbanes Oxley that provides for fines and imprisonment of up to 20 years to individuals who corruptly alter, destroy, mutilate, or conceal documents with the intent to impair the document's integrity or availability for use in an official proceeding, or to otherwise obstruct, influence or impede any official proceeding is:
A)Title V - Analysts Conflicts of Interests
B)Title VIII - Corporate and Criminal Fraud Accountability
C)Title IX - White-Collar Crime Penalty Enhancements
D)Title XI - Corporate Fraud and Accountability
Q5) ____________________ is the possibility that an event will occur.
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Chapter 8: Controlling Information Systems: Introduction to Pervasive Controls
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Q1) Within the data center, the data control group is responsible for routing all work into and out of the data center, correcting errors, and monitoring error correction.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The ___________________________________ actively blocks unauthorized traffic using rules specified by an organization.
Q3) Embezzlement is a fraud committed by two or more individuals or departments.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The ____________________ documentation provides an overall description of the application, including the system's purpose; an overview of system procedures; and sample source documents, outputs, and reports.
Q5) IT governance leads to better organizational performance such as profitability. A)True
B)False
Q6) ______________________________ is a policy of requiring an employee to take leave from the job and substituting another employee in his or her place.
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Chapter 9: Controlling Information Systems: Business
Process and Application Controls
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Q1) _________________________ represent a summarization of any numeric data field within the input document or record.
Q2) Confirm input acceptance is a control that helps ensure input completeness by informing the user that the input has been accepted and recorded.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A(n) ______________________________ employs data encryption--specifically public-key cryptography--to authenticate a system user's identity and to verify the integrity of a message transmitted by that user.
Q4) Which of the following is a batch control total that represents the minimum level of control for input completeness?
A)dollar totals
B)document/record counts
C)hash totals
D)item counts
Q5) A summation of the dollar value of items in a batch is called a hash total.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: The Order Entrysales Oes Process
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Q1) For companies using enterprise systems, CRM systems often share the same underlying database.
A)True
B)False
Q2) CRM software is designed to manage all the data related to customers, such as marketing, field service, and contact management data.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A(n) ______________________________ is affixed to the inventory package sent to the customer and identifies the customer and the contents of the package.
Q4) ___________________________________ is a control plan that establishes, for shipping personnel, that someone other than warehouse personnel authorized a shipment.
Q5) An example of a "rejection procedure" is a(n):
A)back order process
B)inventory subroutine
C)customer acknowledgment process
D)sales order processing process
Q6) In the ER diagram for OE/S, STOCK_PICK triggers ____________________.
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Chapter 11: The Billingaccounts Receivable Cash Receipts
Barcr Process
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Q1) The billing system in which the invoice is prepared after goods have been shipped and the sales order notification has been matched to shipping's billing notification is called a:
A)post-billing system
B)open-item system
C)pre-billing system
D)balance-forward system
Q2) Recording B/AR/CR event data is generally the responsibility of the treasury department, which typically reports to the controller function.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Forced vacations is the only control procedure that can be used to help prevent or detect lapping.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The sales department should be responsible for credit approval so sales personnel can immediately increase sales volume.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: The Purchasing Process
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Q1) After the ____________________ has been selected, the ____________________ prepares a purchase order.
Q2) With continuous replenishment (CRP) a vendor obtains a buyer's current sales, demand, and inventory data in real time and replenishes the buyer's inventory.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which type of supply chain collaboration includes collaborative processes across the supply chain using a set of processes and technology models?
A)Continuous Replenishment (CRP) or Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI)
B)Co-Managed Inventory
C)Collaborative Forecasting and Replenishment (CFAR)
D)Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR)
Q4) ________________________________________ is a technique of analyzing all incremental costs associated with acquiring and carrying particular items of inventory.
Q5) In many organizations professional buyers do the actual buying.
A)True B)False
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Chapter 13: Accounts Payablecash Disbursements Apcd Process
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Q1) In an AP/CD process, a frequent exception routine is caused by
Q2) A true voucher system requires that all expenditures for whatever purpose and in excess of a certain dollar amount be formally approved for payment before they can be paid.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following statements regarding evaluated receipt settlement (ERS) is false?
A)ERS is a system by which an organization pays for a purchase on the basis of the goods goods receipt.
B)ERS can reduce the costs associated with entering invoices, matching the invoice with the PO and receiving report, and resolving discrepancies between the invoice and the PO and goods receipt.
C)ERS arrangements are only made with vendors who have proven e-payment records.
D)Upon receipt of the goods, the AP/CD system compares the received quantity to the open purchase quantity and, if appropriate, makes a payment based on the price and terms on the PO.
Q4) The ______________________________ triggers the "establish payable" process.
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Chapter 14: The Human Resources Process HR
Management and Payroll Processes
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Q1) What is the process that compares total hours of each worker as shown by the attendance record with the hours reflected on the job time records for each employee?
A)accrue employer taxes
B)distribute labor costs
C)reconcile hours worked
D)pay employees
Q2) Payroll tax reports are initially remitted to:
A)government agencies
B)the bank
C)the general ledger process
D)the cashier
Q3) Tax deposits are made to _________________________.
Q4) Which of the following is false regarding the payroll process?
A)it supports the repetitive work routines of the payroll process
B)because payroll is a key competency, it typically does not make sense to outsource this process
C)it maintains data for payroll taxes and fringe benefits
D)moving from bi-weekly to monthly payroll can reduce costs by 30 to 50 percent
Q5) The GL supervisor usually reports to _________________________
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Chapter 15: Integrated Production Processes IPP
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Q1) The process of exploding the BOM involves extending a BOM to determine the total of each component required to manufacture a given quantity of an upper-level assembly or subassembly
A)True
B)False
Q2) Trends in cost management/cost accounting include all of the following except:
A)reductions in the administrative costs of gathering data
B)a trend toward job order cost systems and away from process cost systems
C)adding a fourth cost category called direct technology
D)reduction in the direct labor cost component
Q3) _________________________ are the sum of costs to design, produce, market, deliver, and support a product from conception to ultimate discontinuance.
Q4) Which of the following is an ERP add on system that organizes data by product, including designs, manufacturing specifications, quality and warranty performance?
A)product life cycle management
B)throughput
C)push manufacturing
D)pull manufacturing
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Chapter 16: General Ledger and Business Reporting Glbr Process
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Q1) Which of the following items is not one of the four components of the balanced scoreboard methodology?
A)customers
B)financial
C)competitive environment
D)internal business processes
Q2) The source code field of each GL entry provides a beginning point of reference for developing a proper chart of accounts.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The general ledger process is concerned with preparing external financial statements, ensuring they conform to GAAP, generating Web-based forms of key financial statement and related business reporting via the Internet, and supporting the generation of both ad hoc and predetermined business reports.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The ______________________________ officer possesses expertise in preparing internal management reports.
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Q5) Sarbanes-Oxley Section 401 covers ____________________ in financial reports.
Chapter 17: Acquiring and Implementing Accounting Information Systems
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Q1) The ___________________________________ is an examination of a working system, conducted soon after the system's implementation.
Q2) Corrective maintenance is conducted to improve the performance of an application.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A problem has an economically feasible solution if it can be solved with existing software and hardware technology.
A)True
B)False
Q4) An organization might request bids for computer resources from only one vendor for all of the following reasons except:
A)to reduce training cost by staying with its present vendor
B)to avoid time and expense of preparing RFP's and evaluating responses
C)to improve its bargaining position by maintaining a competitive selection posture
D)to minimize conversion cost by staying with its present vendor
Q5) The removal of program errors is called ____________________.
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Q6) _________________________ are incurred only once to get the system operational.