Exam 6: Purchases and Payments Business Process

The Purchase Orders table would have the same foreign keys as the Purchases table.

Review the following diagram. Which answer provides the best interpretation of the multiplicities for the association between the Product Categories and Supplier Categories classes? A. Each partner can only purchase products from one supplier category and for one product category. B. Every supplier and product category can be managed by several partners, but no partner manages both. C. Some partners may manage several product categories, and some partners may manage several supplier categories, but there is no direct link between supplier and product categories. D. Supplier and product category information can be used to calculate year-to-date sales for each product/supplier category combination.

In a BPMN collaboration model of the purchase process, which of the following best describes the purpose of swimlanes? A. Capturing the process complexity B. Clarifying the interaction between pools C. Showing the sequence of activities in a pool D. Showing different jobs in the purchase process

Which of the following activities is not associated with the purchase and payments business process? A. Recording payments to vendors B. Maintaining customer records C. Buying products and services D. Receiving goods

Review the following diagram. Which answer provides the best interpretation of the multiplicities for the association between the Purchases and Products classes? A. Each purchase order specifies many products B. Each purchase is for one product C. Each purchase can include many products D. Checks are written after products are added to inventory

The association between Purchase Orders and Products would be implemented with a linking table.

Which of the following best describes a type image? A. A description attached to a UML association when there are multiple associations between classes. B. A UML class added to collect management information, such as category. C. A BPMN activity that allows a business process to branch based on type. D. A description attached to a BPMN gateway that clarifies the nature of the gateway.

The Purchase Orders table would contain two foreign keys to implement the associations with Employees.

A query using Purchase Orders and Cash Disbursements could report accounts payable by showing records where the foreign key was NULL (blank).

Which of the following is not a desired access control when developing a purchases and payments business process? A. The person placing the purchase order must not receive the items. B. The person returning items to the supplier must not view the original purchase order. C. The person receiving the order must not see the original purchase order quantities. D. The person paying the supplier must not be able to modify the purchase order.

The Cash Disbursements table would have three foreign keys.

The Products table would include a foreign key to link it to Product Categories.

Which of the following is not a primary objective when placing a purchase order? A. Use a reliable supplier. B. Create a purchase order number. C. Obtain the best available price. D. Meet the required delivery time.

Which of the following would likely be a primary key in a purchases table? A. Purchase_Order_Date. B. Purchase_Order_Number. C. Supplier_Number. D. Product_Description.

In the following diagram, which of the following provides the best interpretation of the multiplicities for the association between the employees and purchases classes? A. A single purchase can be made by a combination of several employees. B. An employee can make a maximum of one purchase. C. Each purchase must be made by one employee. D. Each product should be received by an employee.

The linking table between Supplier Categories and Product Categories would likely contain the attribute summarizing year-to-date purchases for each supplier category and product category combination.

In the following diagram, which of the following provides the best interpretation of the multiplicities for the association between the cash disbursements and employees classes? A. A cash disbursement must be made by the employee who made the purchase. B. A cash disbursement can be made by a combination of several employees. C. An employee can make a maximum of one cash disbursement. D. Each cash disbursement must be made by one employee.

The association between Purchase Orders and Cash Disbursements could be implemented with a foreign key in either table but not both.

The association between Purchase Orders and Cash Disbursements would be implemented with a linking table.

The Purchases table would have four foreign keys.