Exam 6: Purchases and Payments Business Process

In the following diagram, which of the following provides the best interpretation of the multiplicities for the association between the employees and product categories classes? A. Each product category may be managed by several employees. B. Each employee is only authorized to purchase products from a single category. C. Each employee may be assigned to manage many product categories. D. Each product category includes many products.

Which of the following tables would likely be the result of a many-to-many relationship in a purchases and payments class diagram? A. PurchaseItems. B. PurchaseOrderNumber. C. ProductCategory. D. EmployeeSupplier.

In a BPMN collaboration model of the purchase process, which of the following is the appropriate term for the message flows between pools? A. Orchestration B. Choreography C. Collaboration D. Intermediate events

The Cash Disbursements table would have three foreign keys.

Which of the following least reflects the purpose of a business rule in the purchase process? A. Ensure suppliers are paid on time B. Require segregation of order, receiving, and payment duties C. Ensure suppliers are satisfied D. Ensure an audit trail

The Purchase Orders table would have five foreign keys.

The purchase is generally recorded when which of the following activities takes place? A. Place purchase order. B. Request prices and availability. C. Send payment. D. Receive items.

The associate between Purchase Orders and Purchases would be implemented with a linking table.

A BPMN activity diagram that contains two blank pools would typically be created in order to highlight which of the following? A. The orchestration of the business process. B. The activities in the business process. C. The choreography of the business process. D. The decisions made in the business process.

When documenting a purchases and payments business process, which of the following BPMN activity diagram symbols should be used to indicate that accounts payable waits until the end of the month to pay vendors? A. Intermediate timer event. B. Collapsed subprocess. C. Delay mode gateway. D. Pause activity.

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

Review the following diagram. Which answer provides the best interpretation of the multiplicities for the association between the Sunset Partners and Supplier Categories classes? A. Each partner can be assigned to manage many supplier categories B. Each partner can only purchase products from one supplier category C. Each supplier category is managed by several partners D. Each supplier is linked to one partner

Each Purchase Order would be ultimately linked to one cash disbursement.

In a BPMN collaboration model of the purchase process, one pool describes the focal organization's activities and the other pool describes what? A. The supplier's activities B. The customer's activities C. The sequence of steps in the process D. The message flows between the pools

The linking table between Purchase Orders and Products would likely indicate the quantity of each product ordered and the quantity of each product received.

Which of the following is an example of an application control for the purchases and payments business process? A. Management approval is required for large purchases. B. The employee who receives supplier goods must not be the same employee who ordered the goods. C. Defective items should be returned to suppliers promptly. D. The purchase order number is automatically assigned.

Review the following diagram. Which answer provides the best interpretation of the multiplicities for the association between the Purchases and Cash Disbursements classes? A. Each supplier must be paid for the purchases from that supplier B. Disbursements are made after the purchases are recorded C. One purchase can result in multiple payments to the supplier D. Each check written to the supplier is for one specific purchase