Exam 9: Controlling Information Systems: Business Process and Application Controls

In a batch sequence check a computer program sorts the input documents into numerical order; checks the documents against the sequence number range; and reports missing, duplicate, and out-of-range data.

A conventional ______________________________ procedure involves a single key that is used both by the sender to encrypt the message and by the receiver to decrypt it.

A control that is primarily directed at ensuring input validity is:

A(n) ______________________________ is printed as an output of one computer process and is used to capture and input a subsequent transaction.

With ______________________________ the data entry clerk compares input batch totals to those prepared and output by the computer.

For the control plan ______________________________ a workflow facility is used to route business events to authorizing individuals.

An exception and summary report reflects the events that were accepted or rejected by the system.

A control that can be used to ensure that all of the characters of a social security number are entered by a data entry clerk is:

A control plan in which a source document is designed to make it easier to prepare the document initially and later to input data from the document into a computer or other input device is called document design.

A(n) ______________________________ reflects a summarization of any numeric data field within the input document or record, such as item numbers or quantities on a customer order.

A hash total is the general term to describe the summation of data that would not normally be totaled except for control purposes.

Plaintext is a term associated with ____.

______________________________ describes a computer system asking the user for input or asking questions that the user must answer.

A(n) ______________________________ digit is an extra digit that is added to an identification number to help control the accuracy with which the number is entered into a computer system.

Entity resources that are always considered in efficiency assessments for an AIS are:

Online prompting helps guide the online entry of data by defining the acceptable length and format of certain fields.

Which of the following control plans is designed both to authenticate a system user's identity and to verify the integrity of a message transmitted by that user?

A control in which two people key the same inputs into a system where they are compared is called:

The cumulative sequence check provides input control in those situations in which the serial numbers are assigned within the organization but are not entered in perfect serial number sequence.

We ______________________________ by reconciling totals prepared before a computer process has begun to totals prepared at the completion of the computer process. The totals may be prepared and reconciled either manually or by the computer.