Exam 4: Documenting Information Systems

Which of these represent a comprehensive picture of management, operations and information systems?

The following symbol represents a disk

A process in which successive layers of data flow diagrams are constructed by "exploding" the bubbles on a less detailed DFD to show more detailed data flows is called:

In a data flow diagram, a bubble symbol shown below depicts an entity or a process within which incoming data flows are transformed into outgoing data flows.

Data flow diagrams present a comprehensive picture of the management, operations, information systems and process controls embodied in business processes.

Which data flow diagram symbol is usually portrayed with a circle?

Which of the following systems flowcharting symbols descriptions is incorrect?

In data flow diagrams describing the accounting information system of a manufacturing company, the company's bank is most likely represented as a(n):

On a systems flowchart, a paper file is represented by a:

Which of the following systems flowcharting symbol descriptions is incorrect?

When the context diagram and the level 0 diagram reflect the equivalent external data flows, the two diagrams are said to be ____________________.

Systems documentation is used to understand, explain, evaluate, and improve complex business processes, information systems, and internal controls.

______________________________ are those persons, places, or things outside our system that send data to, or receive data from, our system.

All of the following are "guidelines" for grouping activities in a level 0 DFD except:

The following symbol represents general purpose input-output.

A person, place, or thing within a system that transforms data is called:

Data store symbols are represented by ______________________________________.

For each of the following, indicate whether it is a characteristic of a A.physical data flow diagram B.logical data flow diagram C.systems flowchart 1.A graphical representation of a system showing the system's processes, data stores, and the flows of data into and out of the processes and data stores. 2.A logical and physical rendering of the who, what, how, and where of information and operations processes. 3.Depicts a system's infrastructure. 4.Depicts the sequence of activities performed as the business events flow through the process. 5.Includes the operations process and management context for a system. 6.Portrays a system's activities. 7.Presents a logical and physical rendering of the who, what, how, and where of information and operations processes. 8.Processes are labeled with nouns. 9.Processes are labeled with verbs. 10.Provides a complete picture of a system by combining the physical and logical aspects of the system. 11.Represents what activities the system is performing, but not how, where or by whom. 12.Specifies where, how, and by whom a system's processes are accomplished.

The following symbol represents a document.

In a logical data flow diagram for a cash receipts system, each of the following labels might appear in a bubble except: