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AIS Exam 1 Questions with Correct Answers
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An accounting information system must be able to perform which of the
following tasks?
A. collect transaction data
B. process transaction data
C. provide adequate controls
D. All of these
Ans: D. All of these
Paid time-off policies, job descriptions, and procedures manuals are
examples of information needed to support key decisions in what business
process?
Select one:
A. sell merchandise
B. hire and train employees
C. acquire inventory
D. collect payment from customers
Ans: B. hire and train employees
Which of the following statements below shows the contrast between data
and information?
Select one:
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A. Data and information are the same.
B. Data is more useful in decision making than information.
C. Information is the primary output of an accounting information system.
D. Data is the primary output of an accounting information system.
Ans: C. Information is the primary output of an accounting information
system.
Before a firm can identify the information needed to effectively manage a
process, the firm must
Select one:
A. obtain internet access.
B. hire an outside consultant.
C. purchase computers and/or workstations.
D. understand the process.
Ans: D. understand the process.
When a subsystem's goals are inconsistent with the goals of another
subsystem or with the system as a whole, it creates
Select one:
A. system inconsistence.
B. goal inconsistence.
C. system conflict.
D. goal conflict.
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Ans: D. goal conflict
Which of the following is not an example of a common activity in an AIS?
Select one:
A. sell goods and services and collect cash
B. buy and pay for goods and services
C. record sales calls for marketing purposes
D. summarize and report results to interested parties
Ans: C. record sales calls for marketing purposes
Identify the piece of information below that is typically needed to acquire a
building.
Select one:
A. job descriptions
B. vendor performance
C. market coverage
D. capacity needs
Ans: D. capacity needs
When a subsystem achieves its goals while contributing to the organization's
overall goal, it is called
Select one:
A. goal congruence.
B. system congruence.
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C. goal match.
D. system match.
Ans: B. system congruence.
Which of the following is not one of the components of an AIS?
Select one:
A. internal controls and security measures
B. procedures and instructions
C. hardware
D. people
Ans: C. hardware
Identify the piece of information below that is typically needed to acquire
inventory.
Select one:
A. job descriptions
B. vendor performance
C. market coverage
D. capacity needs
Ans: B. vendor performance
Information is best described as
Select one:
A. the same thing as data.
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AIS Exam 1 Questions with Correct Answers
for Specific Exam Mail
An accounting information system must be able to perform which of the
following tasks?
A. collect transaction data
B. process transaction data
C. provide adequate controls
D. All of these
Ans: D. All of these
Paid time-off policies, job descriptions, and procedures manuals are
examples of information needed to support key decisions in what business
process?
Select one:
A. sell merchandise
B. hire and train employees
C. acquire inventory
D. collect payment from customers
Ans: B. hire and train employees
Which of the following statements below shows the contrast between data
and information?
Select one:
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A. Data and information are the same.
B. Data is more useful in decision making than information.
C. Information is the primary output of an accounting information system.
D. Data is the primary output of an accounting information system.
Ans: C. Information is the primary output of an accounting information
system.
Before a firm can identify the information needed to effectively manage a
process, the firm must
Select one:
A. obtain internet access.
B. hire an outside consultant.
C. purchase computers and/or workstations.
D. understand the process.
Ans: D. understand the process.
When a subsystem's goals are inconsistent with the goals of another
subsystem or with the system as a whole, it creates
Select one:
A. system inconsistence.
B. goal inconsistence.
C. system conflict.
D. goal conflict.
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Ans: D. goal conflict
Which of the following is not an example of a common activity in an AIS?
Select one:
A. sell goods and services and collect cash
B. buy and pay for goods and services
C. record sales calls for marketing purposes
D. summarize and report results to interested parties
Ans: C. record sales calls for marketing purposes
Identify the piece of information below that is typically needed to acquire a
building.
Select one:
A. job descriptions
B. vendor performance
C. market coverage
D. capacity needs
Ans: D. capacity needs
When a subsystem achieves its goals while contributing to the organization's
overall goal, it is called
Select one:
A. goal congruence.
B. system congruence.
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C. goal match.
D. system match.
Ans: B. system congruence.
Which of the following is not one of the components of an AIS?
Select one:
A. internal controls and security measures
B. procedures and instructions
C. hardware
D. people
Ans: C. hardware
Identify the piece of information below that is typically needed to acquire
inventory.
Select one:
A. job descriptions
B. vendor performance
C. market coverage
D. capacity needs
Ans: B. vendor performance
Information is best described as
Select one:
A. the same thing as data.
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