Exam 17: Acquiring and Implementing Accounting Information Systems

Which of the following statement regarding use of a service bureau is false?

A direct cost is one that is directly attributable to the system or the system change, such as reduced overhead costs.

The removal of program errors is called ______________________________.

Defining requirements such as the amount of data to be stored, functional layouts for computer inquiry screens and reports, and processing response times are part of developing the ______________________________ for the selected design.

As a(n) ______________________________, the accountant can become involved with any or all of the AIS acquisition phases.

Which of the following is not typically a role for the accountant in a system's implementation?

Similar to the developer of an industrial park, an organization's management or IT ______________________________ approves a systems development project for further systems development.

The second analysis deliverable, the physical requirements are used in systems selection to acquire computer equipment for the new system.

Systems maintenance is the modification of existing applications.

The following picture from the text illustrates the ____ approach to systems implementation:

Which of the accountant roles involves contributing to systems survey and needs analysis?

Which development phase has the task of post-implementation review?

Growing State University (GSU) is planning to change from its batch-oriented grade reporting system (BGRS) to a new, online grade reporting system (OGRS). The partial organization chart for GSU appears in TB Figure 17.1. TB Figure TB 17.2 is reproduced from Chapter 17 and shows three possible system implementation approaches. Required: Demonstrate your understanding of the three approaches in TB Figure 17.2 by constructing an example from the GSU scenario to explain (in one paragraph for each) how each approach might be applied at GSU. Be specific as to which of GSU's organizational units would convert to OGRS and when. Assume that time X in TB Figure 17.2 is the start of the 20X8 fall semester. Make and state any other assumptions you feel are necessary.

Discuss four ways that an accountant is often involved with the AIS acquisition?

Checking to see if the new system is doing what it is supposed to do is part of:

The systems selection tasks include all of the following except:

______________________________ are incurred only once to get the system operational.

Structured system design is a set of procedures performed to convert the ______________________________ into a design that can be implemented on the organization's computer system.

Specific reports and other documentation, called process documents, must be produced periodically during systems development to make development personnel accountable for faithful execution of systems development tasks.

The systems analysis team conducts a(n) ______________________________ which provides quantitative and certain qualitative information concerning each of the system alternatives.