Exam 17: Acquiring and Implementing Accounting Information Systems

______________________________ is the assignment of an internal function to an outside vendor.

The two main inputs that trigger systems implementation are the ______________________________ and the ______________________________.

A user-directed test of the complete system in a test environment is called a(n) ____ test.

TB Figure 17.3 is taken from the text figure showing the systems selection task and documents. Required: Explode bubble 3.0 Systems Selection into a Level 1 DFD. The DFD should include the items listed below. The data flows for available hardware and physical requirements are listed twice because these data flows will each appear twice in the Level 1 DFD. Process bubbles 3.1 Prepare requests for proposal 3.2 Evaluate vendor proposals 3.3 Assess software plan 3.4 Complete configuration plan External entities External sources Hardware/ software vendors Data flows Approved configuration plan Available hardware Available hardware Logical specification Physical requirements Physical requirements Request for proposal Software specifications Suggested hardware resources Vendor proposals

The purpose of the ______________________________ phase of the Information System Development process is to develop specifications for a new or revised system.

______________________________ costs are associate with but not directly attributable to the system or the system change.

With the modular approach to systems implementation, the new system either is implemented one subsystem at a time or is introduced into one organizational unit at a time.

______________________________ benefits are those that cannot be reasonably quantified, such as those that result from having improved information.

As depicted in the text, the approved configuration plan is the final output of the software and hardware study.

A(n) ______________________________ offers a traditional outsourcing mechanism whereby it hosts, manages, and provides access to application software and hardware over the Internet to multiple customers.

Which of the following ranks each alternative on its relative capability to satisfy the user's requirements (goals) for the system?

Which of the following is not a significant activity during the systems implementation phase?

The ______________________________ approach is also referred to as the phased approach.

The ______________________________ summarizes the implementation activities and provides documentation for operating the new system and for conducting the post-implementation review and systems maintenance.

Which of the following functions cannot be outsourced?

The post-implementation review is an examination of a working system, conducted soon after the system's implementation.

______________________________ review the acquisition cycle and assess if and how internal controls have been impacted.

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

To validate vendor proposals for supplying computer hardware, an organization will assess both a system's specifications and performance.

Systems developed using structured systems design techniques are more costly over the life of the system because maintenance of such structured systems is problematic.