WGU D217 - Pre-assessment QUESTIONS WITH
VERFIED ANSWERS
A grocery store updates its inventory levels in the accounting information system
in real time. However, the store frequently reports petty theft and has trouble
locating inventory on the shop floor.Which characteristic of useful information is
missing from this scenario? Ans✓✓✓ Reliable
An organization uses a grandfather-father-son (GFS) backup system. Ans✓✓✓
Depreciation journal
An organization uses improperly normalized tables. Every inventory item also
includes the following information about the vendor: name, address, telephone
number.Which anomaly does this scenario reflect? Ans✓✓✓ Update anomaly
Anika, an experienced programmer, takes a job with a small company in her
hometown. In the first few days, it is apparent that the system she inherited
maintenance responsibility for is poorly documented and, therefore, difficult to
interpret, test, and debug. She concludes that the organization does not have
adequate segregation of duties in place. Which kind of segregation of duties could
have prevented this problem? Ans✓✓✓ Separating new systems development
from maintenance
Data coding involves creating simple numeric or alphabetic codes to represent
complex economic phenomena that facilitate efficient data processing. Ans✓✓✓
An entry takes a great deal of recording space, is time-consuming to record, and is
prone to many types of errors.
, Enterprise resource planning (ERP) system functionalities fall into general groups
of applications. Which applications operationally support the day-to-day activities
of a business? GOT WrONG Ans✓✓✓ Core applications
How do internal controls affect daily activities? Ans✓✓✓ They protect an
organization from risk, and therefore, physical controls and IT controls are used.
How is the digital audit trail like the paper audit trail? Ans✓✓✓ The digital audit
trail allows transaction tracing.
How many surprise checks must an organization undergo annually to maintain the
International Computer Security Association seal? GOT WRONG Ans✓✓✓ Two
How would systems engineers, database designers, and programmers who
actually build a system be classified as participants in systems development? GOT
WRONG Ans✓✓✓ Systems professionals
Some companies pool their data to be shared by all users. Where would this data
be located? Ans✓✓✓ In a database
Useful information has the following characteristics: relevance, timeliness,
accuracy, completeness, and summarization. What happens if the information is
irrelevant? Ans✓✓✓ The decision maker wastes time analyzing the information
What are the accounting functions for the accounts payable? Ans✓✓✓ Collect
data and invoices to properly complete transactions
VERFIED ANSWERS
A grocery store updates its inventory levels in the accounting information system
in real time. However, the store frequently reports petty theft and has trouble
locating inventory on the shop floor.Which characteristic of useful information is
missing from this scenario? Ans✓✓✓ Reliable
An organization uses a grandfather-father-son (GFS) backup system. Ans✓✓✓
Depreciation journal
An organization uses improperly normalized tables. Every inventory item also
includes the following information about the vendor: name, address, telephone
number.Which anomaly does this scenario reflect? Ans✓✓✓ Update anomaly
Anika, an experienced programmer, takes a job with a small company in her
hometown. In the first few days, it is apparent that the system she inherited
maintenance responsibility for is poorly documented and, therefore, difficult to
interpret, test, and debug. She concludes that the organization does not have
adequate segregation of duties in place. Which kind of segregation of duties could
have prevented this problem? Ans✓✓✓ Separating new systems development
from maintenance
Data coding involves creating simple numeric or alphabetic codes to represent
complex economic phenomena that facilitate efficient data processing. Ans✓✓✓
An entry takes a great deal of recording space, is time-consuming to record, and is
prone to many types of errors.
, Enterprise resource planning (ERP) system functionalities fall into general groups
of applications. Which applications operationally support the day-to-day activities
of a business? GOT WrONG Ans✓✓✓ Core applications
How do internal controls affect daily activities? Ans✓✓✓ They protect an
organization from risk, and therefore, physical controls and IT controls are used.
How is the digital audit trail like the paper audit trail? Ans✓✓✓ The digital audit
trail allows transaction tracing.
How many surprise checks must an organization undergo annually to maintain the
International Computer Security Association seal? GOT WRONG Ans✓✓✓ Two
How would systems engineers, database designers, and programmers who
actually build a system be classified as participants in systems development? GOT
WRONG Ans✓✓✓ Systems professionals
Some companies pool their data to be shared by all users. Where would this data
be located? Ans✓✓✓ In a database
Useful information has the following characteristics: relevance, timeliness,
accuracy, completeness, and summarization. What happens if the information is
irrelevant? Ans✓✓✓ The decision maker wastes time analyzing the information
What are the accounting functions for the accounts payable? Ans✓✓✓ Collect
data and invoices to properly complete transactions
