AIS - Q2 Midterm Period

Is a flowchart an effective documentation

technique for identifying who or what performs a

particular task? Explain.

What factor influences the decision to

employ real-time data collection with batch

updating rather that purely real-time processing?

Explain.

Distinguish between entity relationship diagrams,

data flow diagrams, and system flowcharts.

What three transaction cycles exist in all

businesses?

Name the major subsystems of the

expenditure cycle.

Which statement is NOT true?

• Business activities begin with the acquisition of

  materials, property, and labor in exchange for

  cash.

• The conversion cycle includes the task of

  determining raw materials requirements.

• Manufacturing firms have a conversion cycle

  but retail firms do not.

• A payroll check is an example of a product

  document of the payroll system.

• A journal voucher is actually a special source

  document.

A documentation tool that depicts the physical

flow of information relating to a particular

transaction through an organization is a

• system flowchart

• program flowchart

• decision table

• work distribution analysis

• systems survey

The production subsystem of the conversion cycle

includes all of the following EXCEPT

• determining raw materials requirements.

• make or buy decisions on component parts.

• release of raw materials into production.

• scheduling the goods to be produced.

Which of the following files is a temporary file?

• transaction file

• master file

• reference file

• none of the above

A documentation tool used to represent the

logical elements of a system is a(n)

• programming flowchart.

• entity relationship diagram.

• system flowchart.

• data flow diagram.