Question 1

A(n) ______________________________ reflects a summarization of any numeric data field within the input document or record, such as item numbers or quantities on a customer order.

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Question 2

The following is a list of 10 control plans.
  Required:
Listed below are ten system failures that have control implications. On the blank line to the left of each number, insert the capital letter from the list above of the best control plan to prevent the system failure from occurring. If you can't find a control that will prevent the failure, choose a detective or corrective control plan. A letter should be used only once.

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Question 3

A(n) ______________________________ can be applied to prenumbered documents to determine that all documents have been processed and that no extra documents have been processed.

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Question 4

At Winsted Company the following procedures are used to enter purchase requisitions (PRs).
Clerks in the purchasing department receive purchase requisitions (PRs) from departments throughout Winsted's home office. The PRs are handwritten on forms specially designed for this purpose. The clerks enter these into preformatted screens on PCs that are connected to the central computer. After each PR is recorded on the purchase requisition event data store the computer informs the clerk that the PR has been recorded. Once recorded the computer forwards the PRs to appropriate managers who can approve the PRs online. Approving individuals enter their approvals (or denials). PRs that are not approved are sent back to the purchasing clerks for corrective action.
Below is the annotated systems flowchart and partially completed control matrix for this process.
   Required:
Complete the control matrix by entering the control plan numbers (P-1, P-2, etc.) in the appropriate cells in the control matrix to indicate to which control goal(s) each control plan is directed. Below the matrix describe how each control plan achieves each control goal that you have indicated on the matrix.

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Question 5

The control plan computer agreement of batch totals is described in Chapter 9. Below is a description of a particular example of that plan:
 The control plan computer agreement of batch totals is described in Chapter 9. Below is a description of a particular example of that plan:
•	Billing clerks batch sources documents and calculate batch totals.
•	The batch of source documents and batch totals are forwarded to the data entry unit of the data center where the batch totals are entered into the computer and written to a batch control totals file (a disk file).
•	As individual source documents are entered, they are recorded in an event data store (disk file).
•	After the batch has been entered the computer prepares batch totals for the records on the event data store and compares these totals with those on the batch control totals file.
•	The computer prepares an Error and Summary Report, which contains details of each batch, together with an indication of whether the totals agreed or disagreed.
Required:
Prepare a system flowchart to diagram the above process.

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Question 6

______________________________ is a strategy for the capture and entry of event-related data using technology such as OCR, bar codes, RFID, and EDI.

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Question 7

For the control plan ______________________________ a data entry clerk enters an identification number, such as a customer number, and then examines the master data record displayed by the computer to determine that the correct identification number has been entered.

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Question 8

The table below lists 8 control plans from Chapter 9 and 3 control goals for the information process. Fill in the table cells, as appropriate to indicate which control plans can accomplish which control goals. Number your entries and describe the reason for your entry (i.e. why the control can accomplish the goal). Some rows (controls) will have more than one entry. The first item has been completed for you as an example.
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Question 9

The manager of shipping reviews a file of open sales orders-items to be shipped today-to determine that all shipments are made in a timely manner. The file of open sales orders is called a(n) ______________________________.

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Question 10

With ______________________________ the data entry clerk compares input batch totals to those prepared and output by the computer.

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Question 11

When a clerk enters the identification code for an entity, such as a customer, and the system retrieves data about that entity from the master data, we have the control plan called ______________________________.

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Question 12

The following is a list of 10 control plans:
  Required:
Listed below are ten statements describing a control. On the blank line to the left of each number, insert the capital letter from the list above of the name of the control plan that corresponds to the control description. A letter should be used only once.

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Question 13

We prefer to ______________________________ to ensure that business event data is entered in a timely manner and that personnel who enter the data can confirm its legitimacy and easily correct errors.

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Question 14

The shipping clerk compares each line on the shipping document to the items to be shipped, called ______________________________, to ensure that the shipment is accurate.

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Question 15

We ______________________________ by reconciling totals prepared before a computer process has begun to totals prepared at the completion of the computer process. The totals may be prepared and reconciled either manually or by the computer.

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Quiz 9: Controlling Information Systems: Business Process and Application Controls