WGU D217 ACCOUNTING CORRECT EXAMS
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔the trend toward downsizing organizational units and the move toward distributed
data processing. - ✔✔The growth of commercial software development is driven in part
by
✔✔By mass producing a standard system. - ✔✔How are vendors able to reduce the
unit cost of general accounting systems to a fraction of in-house development costs?
✔✔Backbone systems. - ✔✔Which systems come with all primary processing modules
programmed and are basis system structures on which to build?
✔✔Accounting information systems applications that are free from internal control
weaknesses. - ✔✔What is the outcome of a formal and well-controlled systems
development process?
✔✔Stakeholders - ✔✔Which system development participants are outside consultants
who work with a development team to ensure that the systems development process is
properly implemented and controlled?
✔✔large cost - ✔✔What is a drawback of a backbone system such as an enterprise
resource planning (ERP) system?
✔✔Backup of programs - ✔✔What is a characteristic incorporated into a disaster
recovery plan of a vendor-supported system?
✔✔Vendor-supported systems - ✔✔Which type of system would an organization
purchase if it is looking for a commercial system that is developed and maintained by a
provider?
, ✔✔Backup and recovery of programs and data as part of an organization's disaster
recovery plan. - ✔✔What might a vendor-supported system offer?
✔✔Counting inventory - ✔✔All business processes are examined to identify waste and
non-value-added activities and to take steps to eliminate them. Which non-value-added
activity can a responsive, user-oriented information system eliminate?
✔✔System design - ✔✔What causes system failures?
✔✔By choosing the correct depreciation method. - ✔✔How do accountants provide
technical support during the systems development phase?
✔✔Commercial system. - ✔✔Which system should be selected if a firm needs to
implement software immediately?
✔✔Stakeholders - ✔✔Which individuals have an interest in a system but are not formal
end users?
✔✔An internal steering committee - ✔✔Who oversees systems development?
✔✔A drawback of extensive customization is expense. - ✔✔A type of backbone,
enterprise resource planning (ERP), offers a vast array of modules for dealing with
almost every conceivable business process. What is a major drawback of a system with
such extensive customization?
✔✔Custom in-house sytems. - ✔✔Which systems often have long development
timelines for firms?
✔✔Lower financial reporting risk - ✔✔What do stronger application controls translate
into?
✔✔Improper implementation leads to system failure - ✔✔How does implementation
affect the success of a system?
✔✔General accounting system - ✔✔If a firm purchases an accounts payable module,
which type of system is it purchasing?
✔✔Systems development process - ✔✔Which process are planning, authorizing,
scheduling, accounting for, and controlling necessary part of?
✔✔Database support - ✔✔A vendor-supported system provides the development and
maintenance of database tables for an application. What is being provided when a
vendor does this?
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔the trend toward downsizing organizational units and the move toward distributed
data processing. - ✔✔The growth of commercial software development is driven in part
by
✔✔By mass producing a standard system. - ✔✔How are vendors able to reduce the
unit cost of general accounting systems to a fraction of in-house development costs?
✔✔Backbone systems. - ✔✔Which systems come with all primary processing modules
programmed and are basis system structures on which to build?
✔✔Accounting information systems applications that are free from internal control
weaknesses. - ✔✔What is the outcome of a formal and well-controlled systems
development process?
✔✔Stakeholders - ✔✔Which system development participants are outside consultants
who work with a development team to ensure that the systems development process is
properly implemented and controlled?
✔✔large cost - ✔✔What is a drawback of a backbone system such as an enterprise
resource planning (ERP) system?
✔✔Backup of programs - ✔✔What is a characteristic incorporated into a disaster
recovery plan of a vendor-supported system?
✔✔Vendor-supported systems - ✔✔Which type of system would an organization
purchase if it is looking for a commercial system that is developed and maintained by a
provider?
, ✔✔Backup and recovery of programs and data as part of an organization's disaster
recovery plan. - ✔✔What might a vendor-supported system offer?
✔✔Counting inventory - ✔✔All business processes are examined to identify waste and
non-value-added activities and to take steps to eliminate them. Which non-value-added
activity can a responsive, user-oriented information system eliminate?
✔✔System design - ✔✔What causes system failures?
✔✔By choosing the correct depreciation method. - ✔✔How do accountants provide
technical support during the systems development phase?
✔✔Commercial system. - ✔✔Which system should be selected if a firm needs to
implement software immediately?
✔✔Stakeholders - ✔✔Which individuals have an interest in a system but are not formal
end users?
✔✔An internal steering committee - ✔✔Who oversees systems development?
✔✔A drawback of extensive customization is expense. - ✔✔A type of backbone,
enterprise resource planning (ERP), offers a vast array of modules for dealing with
almost every conceivable business process. What is a major drawback of a system with
such extensive customization?
✔✔Custom in-house sytems. - ✔✔Which systems often have long development
timelines for firms?
✔✔Lower financial reporting risk - ✔✔What do stronger application controls translate
into?
✔✔Improper implementation leads to system failure - ✔✔How does implementation
affect the success of a system?
✔✔General accounting system - ✔✔If a firm purchases an accounts payable module,
which type of system is it purchasing?
✔✔Systems development process - ✔✔Which process are planning, authorizing,
scheduling, accounting for, and controlling necessary part of?
✔✔Database support - ✔✔A vendor-supported system provides the development and
maintenance of database tables for an application. What is being provided when a
vendor does this?
