Question 1

Which of the following is not one of the disadvantages of maintaining the legacy systems?

Accepted Answer

A) They become difficult to integrate when companies merge or acquire other companies. 
B) They are often difficult to modify to make them web based. 
C) They are well supported and understood by existing personnel. 
D) They lack adequate, up-to-date supporting documentation. 
A) They become difficult to integrate when companies merge or acquire other companies. 
B) They are often difficult to modify to make them web based. 
C) They are well supported and understood by existing personnel. 
D) They lack adequate, up-to-date supporting documentation.

Question 2

What time frame is required for a business processing system to be considered a "legacy system"?

Accepted Answer

A) 30 years 
B) 10 years 
C) 20 years 
D) None of the above 
A) 30 years 
B) 10 years 
C) 20 years 
D) None of the above

Question 3

Which of the following is not a method of updating legacy systems?

Accepted Answer

A) Enterprise application integration 
B) Backoffice ware 
C) Screen scraper 
D) Complete replacement 
A) Enterprise application integration 
B) Backoffice ware 
C) Screen scraper 
D) Complete replacement

Question 4

The rectangle used in an entity relationship diagram is used to represent an):

Accepted Answer

A) Attribute 
B) Relationship 
C) Entity 
A) Attribute 
B) Relationship 
C) Entity

Question 5

After the accounting information has been input into the accounting system, it must be processed.Process accounting data involves:

Accepted Answer

A) Source documents and keying 
B) Bar codes and point of sale 
C) Electronic data interchange and e-business 
D) Calculations, classification, and summarization 
A) Source documents and keying 
B) Bar codes and point of sale 
C) Electronic data interchange and e-business 
D) Calculations, classification, and summarization

Question 6

An existing system within the organization that uses older technology is called an):

Accepted Answer

A) Manual system 
B) Legacy system 
C) Client-server system 
D) Modern integrated system 
A) Manual system 
B) Legacy system 
C) Client-server system 
D) Modern integrated system

Question 7

There are a number of cloud computing services, and one of those services is called SaaS.This acronym stands for:

Accepted Answer

A) Software as a Service 
B) Systems at a Server 
C) Server adding another System 
D) Software as actual Services 
A) Software as a Service 
B) Systems at a Server 
C) Server adding another System 
D) Software as actual Services

Question 8

Which of the following is one of the advantages of maintaining a legacy system?

Accepted Answer

A) The system often supports unique business processes not inherent in generic accounting software. 
B) The system is complicated and takes time to learn and understand 
C) The system focuses on source documents, journals, and ledgers. 
D) The system is cheap to maintain. 
A) The system often supports unique business processes not inherent in generic accounting software. 
B) The system is complicated and takes time to learn and understand 
C) The system focuses on source documents, journals, and ledgers. 
D) The system is cheap to maintain.

Question 9

Characteristics of a client-server system include all of the following except:

Accepted Answer

A) The client and the server are networked together. 
B) The client computer participates in either the processing or the data manipulation. 
C) Individual parts of processing are shared between the server and the client. 
D) The client normally stores the large database. 
A) The client and the server are networked together. 
B) The client computer participates in either the processing or the data manipulation. 
C) Individual parts of processing are shared between the server and the client. 
D) The client normally stores the large database.

Question 10

Information captured by a system is generated by financial transactions:

Accepted Answer

A) Within the organization only. 
B) Between an organization and its customers only. 
C) Between an organization and its vendors only. 
D) Within the organization and between an organization and its customers and vendors. 
A) Within the organization only. 
B) Between an organization and its customers only. 
C) Between an organization and its vendors only. 
D) Within the organization and between an organization and its customers and vendors.

Question 11

Which of the following is not a disadvantage of maintaining legacy systems?

Accepted Answer

A) There are fewer programmers available to support and maintain legacy systems. 
B) They contain invaluable historical data that may be difficult to integrate into newer systems. 
C) Hardware or hardware parts may be unavailable for legacy systems. 
D) It can be difficult to integrate various legacy systems into an integrated whole. 
A) There are fewer programmers available to support and maintain legacy systems. 
B) They contain invaluable historical data that may be difficult to integrate into newer systems. 
C) Hardware or hardware parts may be unavailable for legacy systems. 
D) It can be difficult to integrate various legacy systems into an integrated whole.

Question 12

A prescribed sequence of work steps completed in order to produced a desired result for an organization is the definition of:

Accepted Answer

A) Accounting information system 
B) Business process 
C) Business transaction 
D) Financial statement 
A) Accounting information system 
B) Business process 
C) Business transaction 
D) Financial statement

Question 13

When creating or reading a system flowchart, the rectangle represents an):

Accepted Answer

A) Decision 
B) Off-page connector 
C) Document 
D) Process 
A) Decision 
B) Off-page connector 
C) Document 
D) Process

Question 14

A Data Flow Diagram is used by systems professionals to show the logical design of a system.The advantage of the method is that it uses only four symbols.The symbol used to represent any task or function performed is an):

Accepted Answer

A) Rectangle with rounded corners 
B) Open-ended rectangle 
C) Arrow 
D) Rectangle with squared corners 
A) Rectangle with rounded corners 
B) Open-ended rectangle 
C) Arrow 
D) Rectangle with squared corners

Question 15

An output of the accounting system that can be used as an input in a different part of the accounting system is referred to as:

Accepted Answer

A) Round table document 
B) Source document 
C) Turnaround document 
D) Financial report 
A) Round table document 
B) Source document 
C) Turnaround document 
D) Financial report

Question 16

Quickbooks and Peachtree would be part of which market segment of accounting software?

Accepted Answer

A) Small Segment 
B) Midmarket Segment 
C) Beginning ERP Segment 
D) Legacy Segment 
A) Small Segment 
B) Midmarket Segment 
C) Beginning ERP Segment 
D) Legacy Segment

Question 17

A Data Flow Diagram is used by systems professionals to show the logical design of a system.The advantage of the method is that it uses only four symbols.The symbol used to represent a data store or the storage of data is an):

Accepted Answer

A) Rectangle with rounded corners 
B) Open-ended rectangle 
C) Arrow 
D) Rectangle with squared corners 
A) Rectangle with rounded corners 
B) Open-ended rectangle 
C) Arrow 
D) Rectangle with squared corners

Question 18

In this type of client-server computing, the client PC manipulates data for presentation but does not do any other significant processing.

Accepted Answer

A) Application presentation 
B) Distributed presentation 
C) Distributed application 
D) ERP application 
A) Application presentation 
B) Distributed presentation 
C) Distributed application 
D) ERP application

Question 19

Which of the following is a disadvantage of purchased accounting software, compared with software developed in-house?

Accepted Answer

A) It is custom designed for that company. 
B) It is less costly. 
C) The implementation time is shorter. 
D) There are fewer bugs. 
A) It is custom designed for that company. 
B) It is less costly. 
C) The implementation time is shorter. 
D) There are fewer bugs.

Question 20

A Data Flow Diagram is used by systems professionals to show the logical design of a system.The advantage of the method is that it uses only four symbols.The symbol used to represent both sources and destinations of data is an):

Accepted Answer

A) Rectangle with rounded corners 
B) Open-ended rectangle 
C) Arrow 
D) Square with squared corners 
A) Rectangle with rounded corners 
B) Open-ended rectangle 
C) Arrow 
D) Square with squared corners

Which of the following is not one of the disadvantages of maintaining the legacy systems?

What time frame is required for a business processing system to be considered a "legacy system"?

Which of the following is not a method of updating legacy systems?

The rectangle used in an entity relationship diagram is used to represent an):

After the accounting information has been input into the accounting system, it must be processed.Process accounting data involves:

An existing system within the organization that uses older technology is called an):

There are a number of cloud computing services, and one of those services is called SaaS.This acronym stands for:

Which of the following is one of the advantages of maintaining a legacy system?

Characteristics of a client-server system include all of the following except:

Information captured by a system is generated by financial transactions:

Which of the following is not a disadvantage of maintaining legacy systems?

A prescribed sequence of work steps completed in order to produced a desired result for an organization is the definition of:

When creating or reading a system flowchart, the rectangle represents an):

A Data Flow Diagram is used by systems professionals to show the logical design of a system.The advantage of the method is that it uses only four symbols.The symbol used to represent any task or function performed is an):

An output of the accounting system that can be used as an input in a different part of the accounting system is referred to as:

Quickbooks and Peachtree would be part of which market segment of accounting software?

A Data Flow Diagram is used by systems professionals to show the logical design of a system.The advantage of the method is that it uses only four symbols.The symbol used to represent a data store or the storage of data is an):

In this type of client-server computing, the client PC manipulates data for presentation but does not do any other significant processing.

Which of the following is a disadvantage of purchased accounting software, compared with software developed in-house?

A Data Flow Diagram is used by systems professionals to show the logical design of a system.The advantage of the method is that it uses only four symbols.The symbol used to represent both sources and destinations of data is an):

Introduction to AIS

Fraud, Ethics, and Internal Control

Internal Controls and Risks in IT Systems

IT Governance

Erp Systems

Auditing Information Technology Bases Processes

Revenue and Cash Collection Processes

Expenditures Processes and Controls - Purchases

Expenditures Processes and Controls Payroll and Fixed Assets

Conversion Processes and Controls

Administrative Processes and Controls

Data and Databases

Ecommerce and Ebusiness

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Exam 2: Foundational Concepts of the AIS

Which of the following is not one of the disadvantages of maintaining the legacy systems?

What time frame is required for a business processing system to be considered a "legacy system"?

Which of the following is not a method of updating legacy systems?

The rectangle used in an entity relationship diagram is used to represent an):

After the accounting information has been input into the accounting system, it must be processed.Process accounting data involves:

An existing system within the organization that uses older technology is called an):

There are a number of cloud computing services, and one of those services is called SaaS.This acronym stands for:

Which of the following is one of the advantages of maintaining a legacy system?

Characteristics of a client-server system include all of the following except:

Information captured by a system is generated by financial transactions:

Which of the following is not a disadvantage of maintaining legacy systems?

A prescribed sequence of work steps completed in order to produced a desired result for an organization is the definition of:

When creating or reading a system flowchart, the rectangle represents an):

A Data Flow Diagram is used by systems professionals to show the logical design of a system.The advantage of the method is that it uses only four symbols.The symbol used to represent any task or function performed is an):

An output of the accounting system that can be used as an input in a different part of the accounting system is referred to as:

Quickbooks and Peachtree would be part of which market segment of accounting software?

A Data Flow Diagram is used by systems professionals to show the logical design of a system.The advantage of the method is that it uses only four symbols.The symbol used to represent a data store or the storage of data is an):

In this type of client-server computing, the client PC manipulates data for presentation but does not do any other significant processing.

Which of the following is a disadvantage of purchased accounting software, compared with software developed in-house?

A Data Flow Diagram is used by systems professionals to show the logical design of a system.The advantage of the method is that it uses only four symbols.The symbol used to represent both sources and destinations of data is an):

Introduction to AIS

Fraud, Ethics, and Internal Control

Internal Controls and Risks in IT Systems

IT Governance

Erp Systems

Auditing Information Technology Bases Processes

Revenue and Cash Collection Processes

Expenditures Processes and Controls - Purchases

Expenditures Processes and Controls Payroll and Fixed Assets

Conversion Processes and Controls

Administrative Processes and Controls

Data and Databases

Ecommerce and Ebusiness

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