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Which of the following is least likely to be part of an accounting information system function?

A) Record the accounting data in the appropriate records
B) Generation of data to be part of the information system.
C) Process the detailed accounting data.
D) Report the summarized accounting data.

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An elaborate system of checks and balances, whereby a company's leadership is held accountable for building shareholder value and creating confidence in the financial reporting processes, is referred to as:

A) Enterprise risk management
B) Corporate governance
C) Application controls
D) Internal control structure

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An accounting information system serves many functions.Which of the following is NOT one of those functions?

The organization of files in a computer system normally uses one of two different access methods.The access method where the files are not stored in sequence, one record not stored immediately after another, is referred to as:

A multi-module software system designed to manage all aspects of an enterprise usually broken down into modules such as financials, sales, human resources, and manufacturing, is referred to as a(n) :

This type of computer network spans a relatively small area, often confined to a single building or group of buildings, and is intended to connect computers within an organization.

A system of computer hardware and software in which the software matches an invoice to its related purchase order and receiving report is called:

A set of related fields is referred to as a:

A company's private network, accessible only to the employees of that company is the:

Management has the responsibility, and the ability, to take action to reduce risks or to lessen the impact al nearly all risks an organization faces.The steps taken by management to lessen the risk or reduce the impact of the risk, are referred to as:

IT Controls can be divided into two categories, general controls and application controls.Which of the following is an example of a general control?

The proper management, control, and use of IT systems are known as:

The COSO report, Internal Controls -- Integrated Framework, identified interrelated components of internal control.Which of the following is not one of those components?

The process that must identify the transactions to be recorded, capture all the important details of the transactions, properly process the transaction details, and provide reports is termed the:

Which of the following is least likely to be an output of the accounting information system?

Accounting software traditionally uses two different types of files.The file type that is relatively permanent and used to maintain the detailed data for each major process is a(n) :

The proper order of activity in an accounting information system would be as follows:

When a point of sale system is used and a customer checks out through a cash register, which of the following processes occur?

Accountants have several possible roles related to accounting information systems.Which of the following is not normally one of those roles?

A collection of data stored in several small two-dimensional tables that can be joined together in many varying ways to represent many different kinds of relationships among the data is referred to as a(n) :