Information Systems for Managers
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Course Introduction
Information Systems for Managers explores the critical role that information technologies play in contemporary organizational environments. This course examines fundamental concepts in information systems, including hardware, software, data management, and networking, with emphasis on how these elements support business operations, decision-making, and strategic objectives. Students will analyze real-world case studies to understand how managers leverage information systems for competitive advantage, address ethical and security challenges, and lead digital transformation initiatives within their organizations. The course is designed to equip future managers with the knowledge and skills to effectively plan, implement, and evaluate information systems in alignment with organizational goals.
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Accounting Information Systems The Crossroads of Accounting and IT 1st Edition by
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Chapter 1: Accounting Systems Insights
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Q1) Which field below would not be stored in an order table?
A)Order ID
B)Item ID
C)Vendor ID
D)Customer ID Answer: C
Q2) Purchasing Cycle
Answer: Answers: C
Q3) Spreadsheet software can be used to perform analysis on data the cannot be done within a relational database.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) Which of the following is the best way to protect information assets?
A)Limit the number of users that can access the data at the same time to 5 people.
B)Implement policies and procedures for data deletion (destruction).
C)Limit the amount of time a user may access the data.
D)Require an ID and password to access data in the databases.
Answer: D
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Chapter 9: XBRL: Intelligent Business Reporting
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Q1) How is XBRL being used in Asia?
Answer: XBRL has been used for financial reporting in China since 2004 when it was the first capital market in the world to adopt XBRL. XBRL is now mandated by stock exchanges in China, Japan, Singapore, and South Korea. In Japan, companies such as Fujitsu and Wacoal have started to use XBRL for internal management applications. Since 2006 the Bank of Japan has implemented a voluntary XBRL program. China is using XBRL for data mining in addition to risk profiling and communication of financial information.
Q2) What information does the following XBRL tag provide?
<ifrs-gp:AssetsHeldSale
contextRef="Current_AsOf" unitRef="U-Euros"decimals="2">20000</ifrs-gp:AssetsHeldSale>
Answer: 1. The IFRS taxonomy is used.
2. The context in which asset held for sale appears is current as of a specified date.
3. The unit of measure used is Euros.
4. Two decimal places are used.
5. The amount of asset held for sale is 200.00.
Q3) XBRL is a programming language that includes ________, data about data.
Answer: metadata
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Chapter 8: Accounting and Sustainability Intelligence
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Q1) ________ are a related set of activities that add value.
Answer: Business processes
Q2) E-cycling is
A)A transaction cycle of a purchase over the Internet
B)The recycling of electronics, such as computers and cellular phones
C)The improper disposal of electronic waste
D)Something that has little impact on IT hardware purchases
Answer: B
Q3) Hardware selection decisions could impact the unique challenges of proper disposal or recycling of electronic waste.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) What are the three keys to sustainability?
Answer: People, Technology, and Processes
Q5) Sustainability, a new approach to decision making, shifts the decision focus from minimizing risk to creating value.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 7: Accounting and Business Intelligence
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Q1) Data is transformed into information (meaningful data)when the data is processed and organized in a systematic manner.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Strategic decisions are typically short term, impacting one year or less.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) The ODBC as a ________ between the database and the spreadsheet. Answer: Pipeline
Q4) What is a dimensional database? When/where is this type of database usually used?
Answer: A dimensional database has one fact table and two or more dimension (Dim)tables. The dimension tables in a star database are dimensions of the database, such as time dimension, product information, sales territory, currency, and so on. The dimension tables provide multidimensional views of data. Dimensional databases are usually used in data warehouses.
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Chapter 6: Integrated Enterprise Systems
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Q1) Each time the same data is entered into a computer system
A)The risk of errors increases
B)The data becomes more reliable
C)The more likely the data is correct
D)Efficiency improves because the desired data can be located more quickly
Q2) What are the benefits of an integrated enterprise system?
Q3) Which tier below is not considered part of the integrated enterprise system architecture?
A)Firewall tier
B)User tier
C)Database tier
D)Application tier
Q4) Provide an example of how the integrated enterprise system technology permits data to flow through functional areas as it passes through the value chain.
Q5) Describe the IT architecture of an integrated enterprise system.
Q6) Typically, firewalls are not constructed between each tier of the three-tier architecture.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Business Processes: Purchasing, Sales, and Payroll Cycles
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Q1) A system that automates workflow by automatically forwarding the electronic document to the next step in the business process is called a ________.
Q2) Who are the agents in the Acme Process Payroll Liabilities narrative?
A)Employee and Accountant
B)Schedule, Accountant, and Government Entities
C)Schedule and Employee
D)Government Entities and Bank
Q3) Create an EAD table for the Spice House Receive Items narrative.
Q4) Payroll consists of printing payroll checks and paying payroll liabilities.
A)True
B)False
Q5) A ________ identifies the differences between the baseline modules and the customization required to meet enterprise-specific needs.
Q6) Who are the agents in the Adjusting Entries DFD?
A)General Ledger and Employee
B)Adjustments and General Ledger
C)Accountant and Employee
D)Trial Balance and Adjusted Trial Balance
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Q7) Annotate the Spice House Cash Deposit narrative.
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Chapter 4: Accounting Systems and Business Processes
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Q1) In a well-designed DFD, data may flow from one agent to another agent.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is most likely to happen as a result of Business Process Management?
A)The accounting system will become less complex.
B)More security will be added to the business processes.
C)The accounting database tables will be updated.
D)Business processes will be streamed lined to improve effectiveness.
Q3) ________ accounting system uses patches to fix problems as they arise instead of taking the time to think of the accounting system in a global view or document changes implemented.
Q4) The vendors and employees modules in the baseline accounting system correspond to the sales and payroll transaction cycles.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Create an Event-Agent-Database table for the Books Ga'Lore! Invoice Narrative.
Q6) In a baseline accounting system, the pay bills business process is included in the ________ module.
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Chapter 3: Accounting Interface: Database Forms, Queries, and Reports
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Q1) The following accounting baseline modules use database forms except A)Reports module
B)Customer module
C)Banking module
D)Vendor module
Q2) When a web-based form uses encryption for confidential customer information, which form design guideline is being followed?
A)Design user-friendly forms
B)Appropriate security measures
C)Mirror paper forms
D)Enter data once
Q3) When a login form masks the password, which form design guideline is being followed?
A)Appropriate security measures
B)Mirror paper forms
C)Enable auto entry
D)Enter data once
Q4) ________ tools help prevent dirty data from being inserted into a database.
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Q5) List and describe the four basic types of accounting reports.
Q6) What is dirty data? Provide an example.
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Chapter 2: Accounting Databases
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Q1) The bookkeeper at the retail store Cycle Bikes enters adjusting entries using an onscreen journal. This indicates that Cycle Bikes has a manual accounting system.
A)True
B)False
Q2) To create a relational database based on the purchasing cycle, which types of data should be recorded in the database?
A)Vendors, Inventory items, Invoices
B)Inventory items, Purchase orders, Invoices
C)Vendors, Inventory items, Purchase orders
D)Customers, Purchase orders, Invoices
Q3) The following statements are part of the process of normalizing this database except
A)Create a Vendor table to store vendor information.
B)Create a Purchase order table to store purchase order and inventory items information.
C)Create an Item table to store inventory items.
D)Create a Purchase Order table to store purchase order information.
Q4) The ________ is responsible for managing the enterprise's databases.
Q5) What does the DBMS software do?
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Chapter 14: Database Design: ERD, REA, and SQL
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Q1) In an ERD diagram, relationship cardinality is represented as
A)PK symbol listed by attribute
B)Connector lines
C)Square box
D)Crow's feet symbols
Q2) In SQL, Data Definition Language statements select, insert, update, and delete database records.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The database ________ creates the database model.
Q4) Which of the following is not a database anomaly?
A)Update
B)Commit
C)Deletion
D)Insertion
Q5) In SQL, ________ statements select, insert, update, and delete database records.
Q6) ________ databases can be classified as (1)operational databases, (2)data warehouses, or (3)XBRL databases.
Q7) Rule 3. Boyce-Codd Normal Form (BCNF)
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Q8) Rule 2. Second Normal Form (2NF)
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Chapter 13: Accounting System Development
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Q1) ________ uses techniques to organize and streamline the project.
Q2) Cultural feasibility
Q3) The main reasons for project failure relate to activities that were not properly addressed in the first phase of the SDLC, the planning of the new system project.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Most entrepreneurs need to hire custom programmers to write accounting programs.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Which of the following is an advantage of the waterfall methodology of software development over the prototyping methodology?
A)Smaller design time frame
B)Greater user input during the design phase
C)Longer testing time frame
D)All user requirements are defined at the beginning of the project
Q6) Install
Q7) After the system design phase is complete, the system proposal is submitted to the client for approval. What information is included in the system proposal?
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Chapter 12: The Risk Intelligent Enterprise: Enterprise Risk Management
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Q1) The ________ component involves identifying potential events that might affect the entity.
Q2) ERM Operational objectives relate to goals that support the entity's mission.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Strategic objectives form the basis for the following objectives except
A)Financial objective
B)Reporting objective
C)Operations objective
D)Compliance objective
Q4) How can a risk management philosophy provide consistency in risk attitudes throughout an organization?
A)By anticipating all possible risks
B)By providing event specific examples
C)By being well-developed and articulated
D)By setting employee expectations
Q5) What are the important questions to ask when assessing a risk's impact?
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Q6) At the top management level, ________ IT controls provide IT governance that sets the tone from the top of the enterprise.
Q7) Entity-level IT controls
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Chapter 11: Cybersecurity
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Q1) The encryption method ________ combines symmetric and asymmetric cryptography.
Q2) What percent of breaches were aided by significant errors?
A)45%
B)67%
C)78%
D)87%
Q3) Which type of malware consists of tiny pieces of programming code that install themselves on the infected computer called a Zombie?
A)Logic Bombs
B)Bots
C)Trojan Horses
D)Worms
Q4) It is the first day of your new job as an accounting intern. In the elevator on the way to your cubicle, a gentleman in the elevator (that you later learn is the controller of the company)says to you, "A salami attack." Shaking his head, he repeats, "It sounds more like someone being hit over the head with a sausage. It's just a small amount, so why should we care? You are our new intern, aren't you? Well, why don't you send me an email by this afternoon explaining how what is a salami attack and why we should prevent them."
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Chapter 10: Fraud and Internal Control
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Q1) ________ controls support application controls to provide a reliable operating environment.
Q2) What are the steps for building a HotSpot DFD?
Q3) Control ________ are control weaknesses.
Q4) The typical fraud lasts three years before it is detected.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What percentage of occupational fraud is committed by upper management?
A)19%
B)15%
C)25%
D)30%
Q6) Using the Books Ga'Lore! invoice DFD, create an event-agent-datastore-control table.
Q7) ________ techniques to avoid potential key fraud risk events should be established, where feasible, to mitigate possible impacts on the organization.
Q8) List and describe the control activities for mitigating financial, operational, and compliance controls risks.
Q9) Confidentiality
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