Business Information Systems
Final Exam
Course Introduction
Business Information Systems explores the role and impact of information technology in modern business environments. The course covers the fundamentals of how organizations use computer-based systems to support operations, decision-making, and strategic objectives. Topics include system design and development, database management, enterprise resource planning, e-commerce, and the ethical and security considerations of digital information. Through real-world case studies and hands-on projects, students gain an understanding of how information systems streamline business processes, enhance organizational performance, and drive competitive advantage.
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Accounting Information Systems 11th Edition by George H. Bodnar
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Chapter 1: Accounting Information Systems: An Overview
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Q1) A just-in-time manufacturing system is one form of lean manufacturing.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) An information center is a support facility for end users in an organization.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
Q3) ERP II adds an Enterprise Application Suite (EAS)to aid in the communication between functional areas.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) A system is a collection of related resources designed to help a company achieve specified objectives.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q5) The IT benefits for AISs are ________,________,and ________.
Answer: automation,information organization,and communication
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Chapter 2: Systems Techniques and Documentation
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Q1) A DFD may consist of either DFD or ANSI flowchart symbols.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) In a HIPO chart of a payroll system,which of the following activities would appear higher in the chart than the other activities?
A) Calculate gross pay
B) Accumulate hours worked
C) Find correct pay rate
D) Look up authorized deductions
Answer: A
Q3) The decision symbol represents a named procedure consisting of one or more operations or program steps that are not specified within the set of flowcharts.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) The most basic symbols of BPMN are ________,________,________,and ________ symbols.
Answer: task,sequence flow,gateway,event
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Chapter 3: Ebusiness and Ecommerce
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Q1) ________ servers and ________ servers make applications and data in databases available to remote clients.
A) Application; database
B) Application; mail
C) File; database
D) Web; mail
Answer: A
Q2) A three-tiered application architecture involves applications that contain ________ tiers.
A) conceptual, logical, and physical
B) conceptual, knowledge, and functional
C) presentation, logic, and data
D) planning, design, and implementation
Answer: C
Q3) Primary value chain activities include all the following activities except
A) inbound logistics.
B) accounting.
C) marketing.
D) manufacturing.
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Transaction Processing and the Internal Control Process
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Q1) Monitoring,the fifth component of internal control,involves
A) assessing the quality of internal controls over time and taking corrective actions if necessary.
B) studying the methods used and records established to identify, assemble, analyze, classify, record, and report the organization's transactions.
C) maintaining accountability for the financial structure (i.e., assets and liabilities) of the organization.
D) assessing and managing the risks that affect the organization's objectives.
Q2) The ________ cycle involves events related to the acquisition and management of capital funds,including ________.
Q3) A negative answer given to a question on an internal control questionnaire almost always indicates a weakness in an internal control process area.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The concept of internal control is based on ________ major premises: ________ and reasonable ________.
Q5) Briefly describe five types of common business exposures and their related causes.
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Chapter 5: Fraud Examination and Fraud Management
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Q1) Computer forensics is the application of computer science to computer-related matters that might come before a court.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following best describe the fraud scheme that involves removing cash from the cash register and replacing it with bogus checks?
A) Sales skimming
B) Robbing the cash register
C) Swapping checks for cash
D) Shortchanging the customer
Q3) An example of fraud indicators is
A) mismatch in an inventory count.
B) a cash register that doesn't balance.
C) a suspicious invoice.
D) All of the above are correct.
Q4) Type 1 error occurs when a fraud indicator fails to signal fraud.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Roughly half of all financial statement frauds involve overstating ________.
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Chapter 6: Information Systems Security
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Q1) ________ involves running multiple operating systems or multiple copies of the same operating system on the same machine.
Q2) The possibility of losing employees to a disaster should be addressed in A) a salvage plan.
B) an alternative processing arrangement.
C) the personnel replacement plan.
D) the personnel relocation plan.
Q3) An information security system has the basic elements of any information system: hardware,software,databases,procedures,and reports.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In an information security system,security measures focus on A) correcting the effects of threats.
B) preventing and detecting threats.
C) management philosophy and operating style.
D) the internal audit function.
Q5) In general,________ arise from improperly installed or configured software and from unforeseen defects or deficiencies in the software.
Q6) Discuss how U.S.law has addressed the issue of information systems fraud.
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Chapter 7: Electronic Data Processing Systems
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Q1) Describe how a son-father-grandfather master file retention system works.Describe how a master file destroyed in an update can be restored using this retention system.
Q2) An electronic processing system can be used
A) only in a batch environment.
B) with real-time, on-line processing.
C) in either a batch or real-time, on-line processing environment.
D) in situations where documentation is not a priority.
Q3) Describe how random-access file updating differs from sequential file updating.
Q4) Batch processing is economical when large numbers of transactions must be processed.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Key verification is often used
A) to verify only selected essential fields.
B) to verify essential and nonessential numeric fields.
C) to verify all input fields, both alpha and numeric.
D) when two or more people key input data in unison.
Q6) Many manual,batch-oriented systems use ________ file processing.
Q7) Discuss the components necessary to operate a real-time sales system.
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Chapter 8: Revenue Cycle Processes
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Q1) The SEC Interpretive Guidance "Management's Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting" approved in 2007,focuses management on internal controls that best protect against risk of material misstatements in financial statements.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In the SAP ERP system,all of the different master records are created when the A) payee customer record is created.
B) ship-to-customer record is created.
C) sold-to-customer record is created.
D) bill-to-customer record is created.
Q3) Hierarchy assignment includes a customer's A) distribution channel.
B) geographical location.
C) credit approval.
D) All of these answers are correct.
Q4) The acknowledgement of customer payments using a receipt or monthly statement is optional.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Procurement and Human Resources Business
Processes
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Q1) SAP ERP contains the ________ and the ________ HR modules.
Q2) The primary objective of a voucher system is to
A) sign checks.
B) review cash payments.
C) record liabilities.
D) reconcile the vendor subsidiary ledger to the control account.
Q3) Management and auditors must be concerned with evaluating the existence and functioning of controls as they are necessary to protect against the risk of A) material misstatements.
B) fraud.
C) management misrepresentations.
D) human errors.
Q4) A voucher payable system encompasses all expenditures,including trade accounts,payroll,and capital expenditures.
A)True
B)False
Q5) When goods arrive at a company's location,what are the ways a receiving report (goods receipt document)can be prepared in SAP ERP's procurement business process?
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Chapter 10: The Production Business Process
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Q1) Systems ________ is "mission critical" in quick response manufacturing systems.
Q2) CIM affects manufacturing overhead primarily by
A) increasing direct materials costs and decreasing direct labor hours.
B) decreasing manufacturing overhead overall.
C) increasing manufacturing overhead overall.
D) increasing machine costs and decreasing direct labor hours.
Q3) GS1 is a global organization dedicated to the design and implementation of global standards and which is the creator of EAN-13.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Inventories serve as a buffer between different operations in a
A) just-in-time production system.
B) materials as needed system.
C) perpetual inventory system.
D) Answers A and B are correct.
Q5) The significance of activity-based costing as a management tools depends largely on the accuracy of the cost drivers selected as allocation bases.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Systems Planning, analysis, and Design
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Q1) In iterative or agile approaches to systems development
A) each phase of the life cycle is completed prior to moving to the next phase.
B) phases can be started in any order the project manager deems appropriate.
C) all phases of the life cycle are carried on simultaneously.
D) the systems development life cycle is not appropriate to implement.
Q2) File analysis sheets show the relationships between the various kinds of files.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Systems design problems are much like other problems in life because there is no single solution which perfectly solves the problem.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In structured systems analysis,the data dictionary describes A) data structure.
B) physical layout.
C) data structure and physical layout.
D) data structure and data elements.
Q5) Ruby and Python are pure,native object-oriented languages.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Systems Project Management, implementation, operation,
control
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Q1) The testing approach in which the old system is abandoned and the processing is switched to the new system is called
A) parallel operation.
B) modular conversion.
C) the direct approach.
D) the file conversion approach.
Q2) One goal of factoring a project into detailed activities is to
A) decrease the total project cost.
B) decrease the total amount of time devoted to the project.
C) assist in organizing the project's documentation.
D) assist in assigning individual employees to tasks.
Q3) The Software Versioning System keeps both current and historical versions of the A) deployment services already coded.
B) objects already designed.
C) software source code.
D) UML diagrams.
Q4) What is a project accounting system,and how does it function?
Q5) A project accounting system operates much like a conventional ________ accounting system.
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Chapter 13: Data Management Concepts
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Q1) In the record format STORE (STORE_NO,CITY,VEND#1,VEND#2)
Which field is repeated?
A) STORE
B) CITY
C) VEND
D) STORE_NO
Q2) The logical structure of a database is called a schema.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The cost of processing per transaction in a high-activity environment is the lowest in which of the following file organization techniques?
A) Indexed
B) Sequential
C) Direct
D) Indexed-sequential
Q4) Sequential-access files are often referred to as ISAM files.
A)True
B)False
Q5) ________ in ACID means a transaction is not undone if the system fails after it is completed.
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Chapter 14: Auditing Information Technology
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Q1) CISA,CISM,and CGEIT are professional certifications in system security.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The goal of RBA to auditing is to apply audit efforts to areas in proportion to their likelihood to
A) reduce exposures in areas of high risk.
B) reduce the exposure and occurrences of fraud.
C) significantly impact the auditor's overall audit conclusions.
D) All of the above are goals of RBA.
Q3) COBIT is an IT governance framework that is critical in ensuring proper control and governance over information and the system that creates,stores,manipulates,and retrieves that information.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A clear and obvious benefit is obtained from the ________ analysis capability provided by information technology.
Q5) Using an integrated-test-facility approach,________ testing is appropriate to ________,real-time processing technology.
Q6) In RBA,the subject of the audit is how well the management manages ________.
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