ACC/564 ACC564 ACC 564 WEEK 9 QUIZ 4

Shandra Bundawi is a new graduate who has been hired by an old-line, family-owned furniture manufacturing company in the northeast. She has been asked to analyze the company's accounting information system and to recommend cost-effective improvements. After noting that the production and sales departments use database systems that are entirely separated, she recommends that they be combined. Implementation of her recommendation would benefit the company by contributing to data

The ________ contains information about the structure of the database.

In a relational database, requiring that every record in a table have a unique identifier is called the

The feature in many database systems that simplifies the creation of reports by allowing users to specify the data elements desired and the format of the output is named the

The logical structure of a database is described by the

When using electronic documents, ________ increase the accuracy of data entry.

Which of the following is a control that can be implemented to help prevent paychecks being issued to a "phantom" or "ghost" employee?

Pay rate information is stored in

Which type of payroll report includes the details of the current paycheck and deductions as well as year-to-date totals?

For recording time spent on specific work projects, manufacturing companies usually use a

Performance reports for sales deparments should compare actual versus budget

The managerial report that shows planned cash inflows and outflows for major investments or acquisitions is the

An adjusting entry made at the end of an accounting period that reflects the exchange of cash prior to performance of a related event is classified as a(n)

Who provides the adjusting entries for a well-designed general ledger and reporting system?

IFRS is an acronym for what?

Which of the following graphical symbols represents a minimum cardinality of zero and a maximum cardinality of many?

The REA data model

The process of defining a database so that it faithfully represents all aspects of the organization including its interactions with the external environment is called

Relationships that affect the quantity of a resource are sometimes referred to as ________ relationships.

How many types of relationships are possible between entities?