Questions from Accounting Information Systems

Q: Describe situations in your daily activities, working or not, where

Describe situations in your daily activities, working or not, where you have experienced or employed controls in this chapter.

Q: One control that is applicable for almost any system is “enter

One control that is applicable for almost any system is “enter data close to the originating source.” A customer entering a purchase into a sales system (such as at Amazon.com) is an excellent example...

Q: Referring to Appendix 9A, discuss fully the following statement: “

Referring to Appendix 9A, discuss fully the following statement: “Protecting the private key is a critical element in public key cryptography

Q: On October 2, 2002, a clerk at Bear Stearns had

On October 2, 2002, a clerk at Bear Stearns had erroneously entered an order to sell nearly $4 billion worth of securities. The trader had sent an order to sell $4 million worth. Only $622 million of...

Q: Explain how and where the control goals for effectiveness of operations would

Explain how and where the control goals for effectiveness of operations would be shown in the control goal columns of a control matrix prepared for the OE/S process. At a minimum, include the followin...

Q: A control plan that helps to attain operational effectiveness by ‘providing

A control plan that helps to attain operational effectiveness by ‘providing assurance of creditworthiness of customers’ also helps to achieve the information process control goal of sales order input...

Q: Give several examples not mentioned in the chapter of potential conflicts between

Give several examples not mentioned in the chapter of potential conflicts between pairs of information qualities.

Q: Examine the systems flowchart in Figure 10.11.

Examine the systems flowchart in Figure 10.11. Figure 10.11: Discuss how this process implements the concept of segregation of duties, discussed in Chapter 8. Be specific as to which entity (or en...

Q: What goals for the OE/S process (both operations process

What goals for the OE/S process (both operations process and information process goals) would be more difficult to achieve with an enterprise system?

Q: Describe how data mining and a CRM system might be used by

Describe how data mining and a CRM system might be used by any of the managers depicted in Figure 10.1, a horizontal perspective of the OE/S process, or in Figure 10.2, a vertical perspective of the O...