1) A system is a collection of related resources designed to help a company achieve specified
objectives.
Answer: TRUE
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... [Show More] Accounting information systems are designed to gather and utilize information which may
cost more to provide than it is worth to the user.
Answer: FALSE
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3) The basic goal of accounting information systems is to convert financial data into information.
Answer: TRUE
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4) Quick-response systems are essential to the total quality performance movement in business.
Answer: TRUE
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5) All data processed and information stored in an accounting information system are mandatory
for financial reporting purposes.
Answer: FALSE
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6) A typical CRM contains one common database in which all departments with customer
contact can access and update.
Answer: TRUE
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7) A company can use QR codes to provide a convenient way to direct customers to its Web site
by embedding them in advertising, such as magazines or in-store displays.
Answer: TRUE
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8) An extended enterprise brings suppliers and customers together in order to meet customer
demand while minimizing supplier costs.
Answer: FALSE
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9) Procurement and firm infrastructure are examples of primary business processes.
Answer: FALSE
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10) Good documentation means that records should be maintained by all parties involved in a
transaction.
Answer: TRUE
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11) Some organizations that use computers to process transactional data must have an
information system function.
Answer: FALSE
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12) The operations function allows specialization in areas such as operating systems and
software and communications technology.
Answer: FALSE
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13) Cloud computing describes the increasing trend for data processing capabilities to be
provided as a service via the Internet.
Answer: TRUE
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14) Most batch processing environments are JIT environments.
Answer: FALSE
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15) XBRL is a language that facilitates the exchange of financial statements over the Internet.
Answer: TRUE
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16) External users of accounting information include stockholders, investors, creditors,
government agencies, customers and vendors, competitors, labor unions, and the public at large.
Answer: TRUE
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17) A decision support system (DSS) is tailored to the strategic information needs of top-level
management.
Answer: FALSE
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18) The AIS benefits of information technology include automation, information organization,
and communication.
Answer: TRUE
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19) AIS application architecture currently focuses on automating the traditional accounting cycle.
Answer: FALSE
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20) MRP and MRP II software was created to aid in Supply Chain Management (SCM).
Answer: TRUE
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21) In CIM systems, computers control management-designed parts of the manufacturing
process.
Answer: FALSE
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22) Flexible manufacturing systems can be reprogrammed to produce entirely different products.
Answer: TRUE
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23) The process management approach aids in the management and improvement of a company's
processes in order to increase customer satisfaction while ignoring the company's cost structure.
Answer: FALSE
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24) ERPs should reduce data duplication, increase communication between functional areas, and
reduce complications of software updates.
Answer: TRUE
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25) ERPs can either be industry-specific or based around "best practices" of various sized
companies.
Answer: TRUE
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26) ERPs are inexpensive and relatively easy to implement.
Answer: FALSE
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27) ERP II adds an Enterprise Application Suite (EAS) to aid in the communication between
functional areas.
Answer: FALSE
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28) Business processes are always triggered by some economic event, and all have clearly
defined starting and ending points.
Answer: TRUE
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29) A key characteristic and benefit of business processes is that they are always limited to one
functional area of the information system.
Answer: FALSE
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30) Analyzing a company's value chain aids in the identification of a company's competitive
advantages.
Answer: TRUE
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31) Operational transaction cycles have traditionally grouped activities of a business into six. [Show Less]