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Documentation All flowcharts, narratives, and other written
includes: communications associated with the information system
a) All flowcharts,
narratives, and other
written communications
associated with the
information system
b) All written
communications
associated with an
accounting information
system except
flowcharts and data
flow diagrams
c) All flowcharts,
narratives, and other
written communications
associated with an
system, except for
program flowcharts or
decision tables
d) Flowcharts and data
flow diagrams only
The textbook identified Training users

seven reasons why
documentation of an
AIS is important. For
which of the following
reasons would the user
guides, procedure
manuals and operating
instructions be most
important?
a) Depicting how the
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system works
b) Training users
c) Designing new
systems
d) Standardizing
communications with
others
Which of these requires SAS 55

auditors to understand
a client's system of
internal controls before
conducting an audit—an
understanding aided by
documentation?
a) SAS 1
b) SAS 55
c) The Securities and
Exchange Act of 1939
d) SOX Act of 2002
. AIS documentation is Documentation helps in all of the above

useful for
accomplishing all of the
following except:
a) Standardizing
communications with
others
b) Auditing AISs
c) Helping businesses
comply with the
Sarbanes Oxley Act
d) Saving businesses
money
e) Documentation helps
in all of the above
The AIS documentation Documentation tools can represent the logic for all of
discussed in the these processes
textbook enables
businesses to document
all of the following
except:
a) Accounts receivable
processes
b) Inventory
management processes
c) Management
decision processes
d) Payroll deduction
logic
e) Documentation tools
can represent the logic
for all of these
processes
Data flow diagrams: Are different from system flowcharts since they focus on a
a) Accomplish the same logical view of the information system
purpose as system
flowcharts
b) Are different from
system flowcharts since
they focus on a logical
view of the information
system
c) Are useless for
planning a new system
d) Are never used in
analyzing an existing
system
The basic symbols used An open ended rectangle, line and arrow, circle, and
in data flow diagrams square
are:
a) A circle, square,
diamond, and rectangle
b) A triangle, circle,
square, and open
ended rectangle
c) An open ended
rectangle, line and
arrow, diamond, and
square
d) An open ended
rectangle, line and
arrow, circle, and
square
In a data flow diagram, A data source or destination

an open ended
rectangle is used to
represent:
a) A process
b) A data stream
c) A data source or
destination
d) A data store
All of these are levels of Process diagram

a data flow diagram
except:
a) Physical data flow

diagram
b) Process diagram
c) Context diagram
d) Logical data flow
diagram
All of these are terms Pseudo DFD

normally associated
with data flow diagrams
except:
a) Context diagram
b) Physical DFD
c) Logical DFD
d) Pseudo DFD
The task of providing Decomposition

greater detail in
successive levels of
data flow diagrams is
called:
a) Contexting
b) Detailing
c) Decomposition
d) Pyramiding
All of these are Show the most detail in the highest-level DFD
guidelines for creating
good data flow
diagrams except:
a) Show the most detail
in the highest-level DFD
b) Each logical DFD
should contain between
5 and 7 processing
bubbles
c) Even if a file is
temporary, include it in
your DFD
d) Classify most of the
final recipients of
processed data as
external entities
Which type of data flow Physical DFD

diagram depicts what
the participants are
doing in a system
(i.e., what the system is
doing)?
a) Context diagram
b) Physical DFD
c) Logical DFD
d) Systems flowchart
Which type of data flow Physical DFD

diagram illustrates the
internal and external
entities who
are participating in a
given system?
a) Context diagram
b) Physical DFD
c) Logical DFD
Which type of data flow Context diagram

diagram presents a
high-level view of a
system process?
a) Context diagram
b) Physical DFD
c) Logical DFD
Document flowcharts Departments

organize documents
and activities by:
a) People
b) Departments
c) Monetary value
d) Complexity
Which of the following Document flowcharts

are most likely to be
used by accountants as
documentation?
a) Program flowcharts
b) Document flowcharts
c) Decision tables
d) System flowcharts
Which of the following all of the above

professionals would use
a document flowchart?
a) Accountants
b) Auditors
c) System designers
d) all of the above
A reader of a document Arrows

flowchart is able to
distinguish between the
preparation of a
document in one
department and its
receipt in another
department by:
a) Logic
b) Arrows
c) Column
d) Narratives
When an individual In the column headings of the flowchart

prepares a document
flowchart, the names of
the various
organizational
departments involved in
the accounting
information system
should be listed:
a) Along the right hand
margin of the flowchart
b) Along the left hand
margin of the flowchart
c) In the title of the
flowchart
d) In the column
headings of the
flowchart
A system flowchart is a Depicts the flow of data through a computerized

block diagram that: accounting information system
a) Is used only by
auditors
b) Is used primarily
when document
flowcharts cannot be
used
c) Depicts the flow of
computer systems in an
organization
d) Depicts the flow of
data through a
computerized
system
Most system Have been standardized by the National Bureau of

flowcharting symbols: Standards
a) Have not been
standardized
b) Have been
standardized by the
Society of System
Analysts
c) Have been
standardized by the
National Bureau of
Standards
d) Are unique to the
organization that uses
them
A system that enables On line job entry system

users to input data
directly into a
computer, typically
from a remote site, is
conventionally called
a(n):
a) Remote input system
b) On line job entry
system
c) Remote site input
system
d) none of these
When creating system Sandwich rule

flowcharts, the
requirement that a
processing symbol
should always be
placed between an
input symbol and an
output symbol is known
as the:
a) Processing rule
b) Input/output rule
c) Sandwich rule
d) Cycle rule
In most process maps, The flow of data

an arrow represents:
a) The direction for
reading the chart
b) The tasks to perform
in an accounting task
c) The flow of data
d) The flow of money
through a cash register
Which of the following Decision symbols

is not one of the four
parts of a decision
table?
a) The condition stub
b) Condition entries
c) Decision symbols
d) Action entries
Which of the following They show the order in which data conditions are tested
is not an advantage of and/or processing actions are taken
decision tables?
a) They document the
logic of the computer
program
b) They show the order
in which data conditions
are tested and/or
processing actions are
taken
c) They increase
computer programmer
productivity
d) They summarize the
data processing tasks to
be performed for a
large number of data
conditions in a compact
format
Well written Reducing system failures

documentation plays a
key role in:
a) Reducing system
failures
b) Increasing time spent
correcting errors
c) Increasing time spent
modifying programs
d) Increasing time spent
by auditors following
data flows
Document flowcharts Hand truck

use the following
symbol to show
movement of goods:
a) Pickup truck
b) Wheelbarrow
c) Hand truck
d)decision
A any of the
tree
above
comes Decision table
closest to which of the
following alternate
documentation aides?
a) Document flowchart
b) System flowchart
c) Context diagram
d) Decision table
Decision trees normally Left to right

flow from:
a) Top to bottom
b) Left to right
c) Right to left
d) Inside outwards
Which of these is not an Show all details in one decision tree

important guideline to
follow when drawing
decision trees?
a) Capture all possible
conditions
b) Show all details in
one decision tree
c) Identify all nodes
without branches as
errors
d) Start on the left and
draw branches to the
right
Most CASE tools: Can detect inconsistencies in system designs

a) Generate
modifications with
difficulty
b) Can detect
inconsistencies in
system designs
c) Rarely generate
computer code
d) Need word
processors to finish the
documentation
An example of end- Instructions for using a spreadsheet

user documentation
would most likely be:
a) Pseudocode
b) Decision tables
c) A document drawn
with a CASE tool

d) Instructions for using
a spreadsheet
All of the following are all of the above are important controls
controls for end-user
computing except:
a) Formally evaluate
large projects
b) Formalize
documentation
standards
c) Limit the number of
employees authorized
to create end-user
applications
d) all of the above are
important controls
Frequent use of process Training aids

maps is for:
a) Designing new AISs
b) Documenting the
logic in a computer
program
c) Reengineering
business processes
d) Training aids
End-user computing is It allows employees to rapidly develop applications

common in firms
because:
a) It is free
b) It is well-
documented
c) It allows employees
to rapidly develop
applications
d) It prevents
employees from
altering systems
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Chapter 5 Multiple Choice 37 terms yamimizu832

Terms in this set (37)

The textbook identified Training users

Which of these requires SAS 55

. AIS documentation is Documentation helps in all of the above

In a data flow diagram, A data source or destination

All of these are levels of Process diagram

a) Physical data flow

All of these are terms Pseudo DFD

The task of providing Decomposition

Which type of data flow Physical DFD

Which type of data flow Physical DFD

Which type of data flow Context diagram

Document flowcharts Departments

Which of the following Document flowcharts

Which of the following all of the above

A reader of a document Arrows

When an individual In the column headings of the flowchart

A system flowchart is a Depicts the flow of data through a computerized

Most system Have been standardized by the National Bureau of

A system that enables On line job entry system

When creating system Sandwich rule

In most process maps, The flow of data

Which of the following Decision symbols

Well written Reducing system failures

Document flowcharts Hand truck

Decision trees normally Left to right

Which of these is not an Show all details in one decision tree

Most CASE tools: Can detect inconsistencies in system designs

An example of end- Instructions for using a spreadsheet

with a CASE tool

Frequent use of process Training aids

End-user computing is It allows employees to rapidly develop applications

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