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Management Information Systems (MIS) provides students with an understanding of how organizations use information technology to achieve business objectives and gain a competitive advantage. The course explores the role of information systems in managing operations, decision making, and strategic planning. Topics include systems development, database management, enterprise applications, e-business, and cybersecurity. By analyzing real-world cases, students learn how to align technological solutions with organizational needs and how to effectively manage both technical and human resources involved in information systems.
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Accounting Information Systems 11th Edition by Marshall B. Romney Paul J. Steinbart
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Chapter 1: Accounting Information Systems
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Q1) Differentiate between an AIS course and other accounting courses.
Answer: Other accounting courses assume the preparation or reporting of accounting information is for external or internal users.However,the AIS course focuses on the flow of accounting information in the organization from a systems perspective.The AIS course traces the origin,processing,storing,and ultimate disposal of information.An AIS course also focuses on business processes,organization structure,information systems,and corporate planning and goals.
Q2) Business activities that pertain to product pricing,discount and credit terms,and identifying the most and least profitable items are part of the __________ activity in the organization's value chain.
A)service
B)marketing and sales
C)operations
D)inbound logistics
Answer: B
Q3) Define an accounting information system.
Answer: An AIS is a system that collects,records,stores,and processes data to produce information for decision makers.
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Chapter 2: Overview of Business Processes
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Q1) A formal expression of goals and objectives in financial terms is called a(n)
A)mission statement.
B)strategic plan.
C)budget.
D)operational plan.
Answer: C
Q2) In Petaluma,California,electric power is provided to consumers by the Power To The People Electrical Company,a local co-op.Each month PTTP mails bills to 70,000 households and then processes payments as they are received.What is the best way for this business to ensure that payment data entry is efficient and accurate?
A)Well-designed paper forms
B)Source data automation
C)Turnaround documents
D)Sequentially numbered forms
Answer: C
Q3) Name the major transaction cycles.
Answer: The major transaction cycles are revenue,expenditure,human resources (or payroll),production,and financing.
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Chapter 3: Systems Development and Documentation Techniques
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Q1) In the data flow diagram of the customer payment process,"Customer" will appear in A)a square.
B)a circle.
C)two horizontal lines.
D)none of the above
Answer: A
Q2) Which symbol would be used in a flowchart to represent an invoice sent to a customer?
A)#2
B)#6
C)#1
D)#15
Answer: C
Q3) The transformation of data in a DFD is represented as a A)process.
B)data dictionary.
C)data stores.
D)data source and destination.
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Relational Databases
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Q1) What is the most popular type of database?
A)hierarchical
B)relational
C)object-oriented
D)network
Q2) A well-structured or "normalized" database imposes several requirements on the structure of tables.The constraint that ensures the consistency of the database is known as
A)the entity integrity rule.
B)the referential integrity rule.
C)the logical view.
D)the physical view.
Q3) The problem of losing desired information from a database when an unwanted record is purged from the database is referred to as the __________ anomaly.
A)purge
B)erase
C)delete
D)integrity
Q4) Discuss the relational database data model.
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Chapter 5: Computer Fraud and Security
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Q1) The unauthorized copying of company data is known as
A)Data leakage
B)Eavesdropping
C)Masquerading
D)Phishing
Q2) In many cases of fraud,the __________ takes more time and effort than the __________ is worth.
A)concealment; theft
B)theft; concealment
C)conversion; theft
D)conversion; concealment
Q3) Which of the factors listed below is not a common factor for fraud?
A)pressure to commit fraud
B)opportunity to commit fraud
C)desire to get even with the employer
D)rationalization for the crime
Q4) How does a company make fraud less likely to occur?
Q5) What are some of the computer fraud techniques used by perpetrators?
Q6) Why is computer fraud on the rise?
Q7) How can companies reduce losses from fraud?
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Chapter 6: Control and Accounting Information Systems
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Q1) A ________________ helps top-level managers with high-level activities that demand frequent and regular attention.
A)Boundary system
B)Diagnostic control system
C)Interactive control system
D)Internal control system
Q2) One reason why many organizations do not adequately protect their systems is because
A)control problems may be overestimated by many companies.
B)productivity and cost cutting cause management to forgo implementing and maintaining internal controls.
C)control technology has not yet been developed.
D)all of the above
Q3) According to the ERM,these deal with the effectiveness and efficiency of company operations,such as performance and profitability goals.
A)Compliance objectives
B)Operations objectives
C)Reporting objectives
D)Strategic objectives
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Chapter 7: Infromation System Controls for Systems
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Q1) In 2007,a major U.S.financial institution hired a security firm to attempt to compromise its computer network.A week later,the firm reported that it had successfully entered the system without apparent detection and presented an analysis of the vulnerabilities that had been found.This is an example of a A)preventive control.
B)detective control.
C)corrective control.
D)standard control.
Q2) What is a penetration test?
Q3) How does an intrusion detection system work?
Q4) This screens individual IP packets based solely on the contents of the source and/or destination fields in the packet header..
A)Access control list
B)Deep packet inspection
C)Stateful packet filtering
D)Static packet filtering
Q5) Describe four requirements of effective passwords
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Q6) What are the three fundamental information security concepts?
Q7) What are the problems with symmetric encryption?
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Chapter 8: Auditing Computer-Based Information Systems
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Q1) Which of the following is not a useful control procedure to control access to system outputs?
A)Allowing visitors to move through the building without supervision.
B)Coding reports to reflect their importance.
C)Requiring employees to log out of applications when leaving their desk.
D)Restricting access to rooms with printers.
Q2) Which of the following will not make a password more secure?
A)Including multiple character types
B)Choosing a word or phrase that is easy to remember.
C)Making a password longer.
D)Change a password frequently.
Q3) Sequentially pre-numbered forms is an example of .
A)Data entry controls
B)Data transmission controls
C)Processing controls
D)Source data controls
Q4) Identify the 10 internationally recognized best practices for protecting the privacy of customers' personal information.
Q5) Identify four useful procedures for controlling access to system outputs.
Q6) What is fault tolerance?
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Chapter 9: Auditing Computer-Based Informtion Systems
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Q1) The auditor has various software programs available to help in the audit effort.A program that,based on auditor specifications,generates programs that perform certain audit functions is referred to a(n)
A)input controls matrix.
B)CAS.
C)VAN.
D)mapping program.
Q2) What is the purpose of an AIS audit?
A)to determine the inherent risk factors found in the system
B)to review and evaluate the internal controls that protects the system
C)to examine the reliability and integrity of accounting records
D)to examine whether resources have been used in an economical and efficient manner in keeping with organization goals and objectives
Q3) Explain why the auditor's role in program development and acquisition should be limited.
Q4) Briefly describe tests that can be used to detect unauthorized program modifications.
Q5) What is the risk-based audit approach?
Q6) List the types of risk possible when conducting an audit.
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Chapter 10: The Revenue Cycle: Sales an Cash Collections
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Q1) The last step in the revenue cycle is cash collections.The accounts receivable department must know when customers pay their invoices,yet segregation of duty controls dictate that the collection and recording functions be kept separate from each other.What is a solution to this potential internal control problem?
A)have customers send a remittance advice with their payment
B)have mailroom personnel prepare a remittance list which can be forwarded to accounts receivable
C)establish a lockbox arrangement with a bank D)all of the above
Q2) Sad Clown Pajamas is an Internet-based wholesaler.Customers enter their orders online.The manager of Callow Youth Clothing was entering and order when the following error message popped up: Your total order exceeds your available credit.Please contact our Credit Department.This message is the result of a
A)validity check.
B)reasonableness test.
C)limit check.
D)completeness test.
Q3) Name and briefly define the two types of accounts receivable systems.
Q4) Explain how to effectively segregate duties in the sales order cycle.
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Chapter 11: The Expenditure Cycle: Purchasing and Cash
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Q1) A key decision in ordering is selecting a suitable vendor.Which of the following would not be a major criterion in vendor selection?
A)prices of goods
B)quality of goods
C)credit rating of the vendor
D)ability to deliver on time
Q2) Briefly discuss the differences among EOQ,MRP,and JIT.
Q3) A __________ system is a system in which an approved invoice is posted to the vendor account and is stored in an open invoice file until payment is made by check.
A)voucher
B)nonvoucher
C)cycle
D)blanket invoice
Q4) Which control would be best to prevent payments made to fictitious vendors?
A)allow payments only to approved vendors
B)restrict access to any payment or approval documents
C)have an independent bank reconciliation
D)make sure all documents are in order before approving payments
Q5) Define just-in-time (JIT)inventory methods.
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Chapter 12: The Production Cycle
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Q1) Dolly Salem owns and operates a bakery in Charleston,South Carolina.Each morning she prepares a list that describes the number and variety of cakes and cookies that will be prepared during the day.This list is an example of a(an)
A)bill of materials.
B)operations list.
C)production order.
D)materials requisition.
E)move ticket.
Q2) In activity-based costing,the expenses associated with research and development are _______ overhead.
A)batch-related
B)product-related
C)companywide
D)expenditure-based
Q3) What is CIM?
Q4) What is a master production schedule (MPS)?
Q5) Define the following: production order,materials requisition,and move ticket.
Q6) What is the production cycle.
Q7) Explain the difference between job-order and process costing.
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Chapter 13: The Human Resources Managementpayroll Cycle
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Q1) The Jaded Palate,a gourmet restaurant in Sunnyville,Alaska,uses outsourcing to reduce the costs of payroll processing and employee benefit administration.A business that provides these services is called a(an)
A)payroll clearing accountant.
B)payroll service bureau.
C)professional employer organization.
D)human resources manager.
Q2) Some companies have created a position called "director of intellectual assets." What is the objective of this position?
A)measurement and development of intellectual assets and human resources
B)implementation of a more integrated HRM/payroll system
C)improvement of the hiring and firing procedures in the company
D)All of the above are correct.
Q3) Which of the following deductions is not classified as a voluntary deduction?
A)pension plan contributions
B)social security withholdings
C)insurance premiums
D)deductions for a charity organization
Q4) What are different types of deductions in payroll?
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Chapter 14: General Ledger and Reporting System
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Q1) Which one of the following four general ledger activities is not concerned with the preparation of traditional financial statements?
A)Post adjusting entries
B)Produce managerial reports
C)Update general ledger
D)Prepare financial statements
Q2) Explain the benefits of XBRL.
Q3) The process of accessing the data contained in a data warehouse and using it for strategic decision making is often referred to as:
A)artificial intelligence
B)business intelligence
C)data mart
D)data warehousing
Q4) Immediately after the adjusting entries are completed,the next step in the general ledger and reporting system is to prepare
A)an adjusted trial balance.
B)a closing entry.
C)a worksheet.
D)the statement of cash flows.
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Chapter 15: Data Modeling and Database Design
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Q1) Concerning REA diagrams,which of the following is false?
A)Each organization will have its own unique REA diagram.
B)An REA diagram for a given organization will change over time.
C)Data modeling and REA diagram development involve complex and repetitive processes.
D)Redrawing an REA diagram several times during development is uncommon.
Q2) Concerning the development of an REA model,which of the following statements is true?
A)Events that pertain to the entry of data are included in the REA model.
B)The objective is to model the basic value-chain activity.
C)REA diagrams model individual transactions and data collections.
D)Information retrieval events are modeled as events in the REA model.
Q3) An example of a resource is
A)employees
B)customers
C)sales
D)cash
Q4) What is an REA data model?
Q5) Identify the three basic rules that apply to the REA model pattern.
Q6) Name and describe the three parts of the REA data model.
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Chapter 16: Implementing an Rea Model in a Relational Database
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Q1) What are the three steps to implementing an REA diagram in a relational database?
Q2) Which entity is likely to be part of the payroll cycle,expenditure cycle,and the revenue cycle?
A)Customer
B)Cash
C)Supplier
D)Inventory
Q3) Which entity is likely to be part of both the payroll cycle and the expenditure cycle?
A)Receive Goods
B)Customer
C)Disburse Cash
D)Inventory
Q4) Which table is most likely to have a concatenated key?
A)customer
B)sales
C)customer-sales
D)none of the above
Q5) Explain a completeness check.
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Chapter 17: Special Topics in Rea Modeling
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Q1) M:N agent-event relationships occur whenever an activity is performed by _________ employee and management wants to retain the ability to monitor _________ performance.
A)More than one,group
B)More than one,individual
C)One,group
D)One,individual
Q2) In the human resources REA model,the relationship between Skills and Employees is modeled as
A)0:N
B)1:1
C)1:N
D)M:N
Q3) Which is the most likely primary key for the Inventory-Request_Goods table?
A)Product number
B)Product number - Purchase order number
C)Product number - Purchase requisition number
D)Purchase requisition number
Q4) Describe the relationships between Recruiting event and Skills,and between Recruiting event and Job Applicants.
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Chapter 18: Introduction to Systems Development and Systems Analysis
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Q1) The question of economic feasibility is important when designing and implementing a new system.Accountants can contribute to feasibility study analysis by evaluating cost savings and other benefits versus operating costs and other cash outflows.This is better known as
A)the "best guess" model of benefit analysis.
B)the "value added" benefit model.
C)the capital budgeting model.
D)the estimated benefits model.
Q2) An antiquated information system used by an office supply manufacturer caused customer dissatisfaction since it took two days to process a telephone order.After the system was upgraded and redesigned,the time to process a telephone order was reduced to three minutes.This is a prime example of
A)a competitive advantage.
B)a technological change.
C)an improved business process.
D)growth.
Q3) What are the three other main activities performed during the SDLC?
Q4) What is the importance of the master plan in systems development?
Q5) What are the objectives of a system survey?
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Chapter 19: Ais Development Strategies
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Q1) What is business process reengineering? What are the principles of reengineering?
Q2) Benathir Donathat,director of the project committee,has received approval from management for implementation of a new accounting information system.After putting out an RFP,the committee settled on a vendor that will provide an industry standard software package and post-sale technical support.Their decision is to go with
A)canned software.
B)a turnkey system.
C)an outsourced system.
D)an end-user developed system.
Q3) Which of the following is not a benefit of outsourcing?
A)access to greater expertise and more advanced technology
B)greater control
C)improved development time
D)lower costs
Q4) Explain the business processing reengineering principle: "Require those who produce information to process it."
Q5) Explain the concept of an application service provider.
Q6) What are the three methods of obtaining software? What is a turnkey system?
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Chapter 20: Systems Design, Implementation and Operation
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Q1) The conceptual design phase is the second phase in the systems design life cycle.There are several steps in this phase.Which step listed below is not a valid step made in the second phase of the SDLC?
A)evaluate design alternatives
B)physical systems design
C)prepare a conceptual systems design report
D)prepare design specifications
Q2) A part of the conceptual design phase is the evaluation of design alternatives.The design team should identify a variety of design alternatives and evaluate them based on several standards.Who is responsible for approving the final design that best meets the organization's needs?
A)IS management
B)the end-users of the system
C)the steering committee
D)the system analyst design team
Q3) Discuss controls design considerations in the physical systems design phase of the SDLC.
Q4) What are the controls design considerations in a new AIS?
Q5) What is the purpose of a conceptual systems design report?
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