D217 Accounting Information Systems - Set 2 - Part 3

Test your knowledge of technical writing concepts with these practice questions. Each question includes detailed explanations to help you understand the correct answers.

Question 41: Which type of control helps ensure that mathematical calculations are accurate and correctly posted to accounts?

Accuracy test

Completeness test

Validity test

Redundancy test

Question 42: What risk can arise from not having a separate system maintenance function?

Improved system performance

Increased operational costs

Difficulty in testing and debugging the system

Fewer security vulnerabilities

Question 43: What do filtering rules in a network-level firewall control?

The type of data processed by the accounting system

Access to system resources based on defined criteria

The allocation of computer memory

The accuracy of transaction postings

Question 44: What process describes recording every data value within a system?

Data redundancy

Data recording

Data backup

Data completeness

Question 45: Why might a medical firm decide to purchase a commercial system rather than continue developing an in-house system?

In-house systems are too customizable

Special-purpose commercial systems are available for the medical field

Commercial systems are harder to maintain

Commercial systems are more expensive

Question 46: What is the most effective type of control according to the preventive-detective-corrective (PDc) control model?

Corrective

Preventive

Detective

Reconciliation

Question 47: What type of anomaly occurs when data is accidentally deleted from a table?

Update anomaly

Deletion anomaly

Insertion anomaly

Sequence anomaly

Question 48: How many surprise checks must an organization undergo annually to maintain the International Computer Security Association (ICSa) seal?

Question 49: What function does a system maintenance group perform?

Monitoring the flow of information across systems

Maintaining system documentation and correcting issues

Approving transactions for payroll processing

Conducting system audits and reports

Question 50: Which of the following helps detect errors in a production database?

Parallel simulation

Transaction sequencing

Reconciliation report

Access test

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