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Accounting Information Systems, 4th Edition byVernon Richardson
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Chap 01 4e Richardson
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1) AccountinglandlFinancelislalprimarylactivitylinlthelvaluelchain.
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2) Aslofltoday,lAccountinglInformationlSystemslarelalllcomputerized.
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3) Businesslvaluelincludeslalllthoselitems,leventslandlinteractionslthatldeterminelthelfinanciallheal
thlandlwell-beingloflthelfirm.
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4) ThelCertifiedlInformationlTechnologylProfessionall(CITP)lislalprofessionalldesignationlforltho
selwithlalbroadlrangelofltechnologylknowledgelandldoeslnotlrequirelalCPA.
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5) ThelCertifiedlInformationlSystemslAuditorl(CISA)lislalprofessionalldesignationlgenerallylsou
ghtlbylthoselperforminglITlaudits.
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6) Informationlisldefinedlaslbeingldatalorganizedlinlalmeaningfullwaylthatlislusefulltoltheluser.
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7) Datalisldefinedlaslbeinglinformationlorganizedlinlalmeaningfullwaylthatlislusefulltoltheluser.
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,8) AnlAISlmaylcreatelvaluelbylgivinglaccessltolmanagementlinformationlrelevantltoltheldeci
sionlmakers.
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9) AnlAISlmaylcreatelvaluelbylprovidinglanlinternallcontrollstructurelneededltolmakelsurelthelinfor
mationlislsecure,lreliable,landlfreelfromlerror.
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10) Relevantlinformation’slmostldefininglcharacteristiclislthatlitlislfreelfromlbiaslandlerror.
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11) Thelcharacteristicsloflrelevantlinformationlincludelpredictivelvalue,lfeedbacklvaluelandltim
eliness.
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12) Alfaithfullrepresentationloflthelunderlyingleventlshouldlreflectlthelbiasloflthelsystemlanalyst.
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13) Informationloverloadlisldefinedlasltheldifficultylalpersonlfaceslinlunderstandinglalproblemlandl
makinglaldecisionlaslalconsequencelofltoolmuchlinformation.
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14) ThelmainlfinanciallbenefitloflCustomerlRelationshiplManagementlpracticeslreduceslthelcostloflg
oodslsold.
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,15) AnlefficientlEnterpriselSystemlcanlsignificantlyllowerlthelcostloflsupportlprocesseslincludedlinls
ales,lgeneral,landladministrativelexpenses.
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16) Anlaccountinglinformationlsysteml(AIS)lisldefinedlaslbeinglanlinformationlsystemlthatlrec
ords,lprocesseslandlreportslonltransactionsltolprovidelfinanciallandlnonfinanciallinformati
onlforldecisionlmakinglandlcontrol.
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17) Anlenterpriselsystemlislalcentralizedldatabaselthatlcollectsldatalfromlthroughoutlthelfirm.lThis
l includesldatalfromlorders,lcustomers,lsales,linventorylandlemployees.
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18) Outboundllogisticslarelthelactivitieslassociatedlwithlreceivinglandlstoringlrawlmaterialslaslwel
llaslactivitieslthatltransformltheselinputslintolfinishedlgoods.
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19) ServicelActivitieslasldefinedlinlthelvaluelchainlarelthoselactivitieslthatlprovidelthelsupportloflcust
omerslafterlthelproductslandlserviceslarelsoldltoltheml(e.g.lwarrantylrepairs,lparts,linstructionlma
nuals,letc.).
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20) Alwell-designedlandlwell-
functioninglAISlcanlbelexpectedltolcreatelvaluelbylprovidinglrelevantlinformationlhelpfullt
olmanagementltolincreaselrevenueslandlreducelexpenses.
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, 21) Productionloflal1040ltaxlformlfromlthelAISltolbeldeliveredltolthelInternallRevenuelServicelislanl
examplelofldiscretionarylinformation.
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22) EnterpriselSystemsldolnotlexistltolfacilitateldecisionlmaking.
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23) ThelSarbanes-
OxleylActlofl2002lislalfederalllawlinlthelUnitedlStateslthatlsetlnewlandlenhancedlstandardslforla
lllU.S.lpubliclcompanies,ltheirlmanagementlandlpubliclaccountinglfirms.
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24) CRMlsoftwareloftenlincludesltheluselofldatabaselmarketingltoolsltollearnlmorelaboutlthelcust
omerslandltoldeveloplstronglfirm-to-customerlrelationships.
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25) ThelCertifiedlInformationlTechnologylProfessionallislthelpositionlcreatedlbylthelAICPAltolreco
gnizelCPAslwholhavelthelabilityltolprovidelskilledlprofessionallserviceslonlInformationlTechnol
ogy.
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26) AccountinglInformationlSystemslwhichlarelcomputerizedldolnotlneedltolmaintainlinternallcon
trols.
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