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Presented Below Are Ten Control Features, Followed by Ten Statements

Question 53

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Presented below are ten control features, followed by ten statements describing either the achievement of a control feature (i.e., a system success) or a system deficiency.
Match each control feature with the most closely related system success or deficiency. Each letter will be used only once.

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Backup and recovery

This helps control input accuracy by ensuring that dates are properly entered using the format MM/DD/YYYY.

Check digit

Many customer account numbers entered into the billing transaction file are invalid.

Batch balancing

This could help prevent the entry of inconsistent data elements, such as entering a tax code for a customer for whom sales should be nontaxable.

Format check

In entering a batch of invoices into the computer, an operator made several errors in keying the invoice numbers. As a result, the computer program updated computer accounts with incorrect invoice information.

Suspense file

A new field salesperson omitted several data elements when completing the sales order forms.

Hash total

The vendor master file was damaged in yesterday's update, and cannot be used for today's update.

Password

A former employee gained access to the computer system and damaged the customer master file.

Turnaround document

A computer operator discovered that he had not input all items in a batch.

Forms design

This feature speeds up data entry because some of the input data is prerecorded on the source document and can be scanned.

Reasonableness test

A supervisor reviews this document frequently to dispose of partially processed transactions.