CIS430 All Quizes Latest 2017

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CIS430 Unit 2 Quiz C2

Question 1

Which of the following is false?

A reference file stores data that are used as standards for processing transactions

A master file generally contains account data

An archive file contains records of past transactions that are retained for future reference

A transaction file is a temporary file of transaction records used to change or update data in a master file

All of the above are true

Question 2

Which of the following is true of the relationship between subsidiary ledgers and general ledger accounts?

The relationship between the two provides an audit trail from the financial statements to the source documents

The two contain different and unrelated data

All general ledger accounts have subsidiaries

The total of subsidiary ledger accounts usually exceeds the total in the related general ledger account

Question 3

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

Sorting records that are coded alphabetically tends to be more difficult for users than sorting numeric sequences

Mnemonic coding requires the user to memorize codes

Sequential codes carry no information content beyond their order in the sequence

Mnemonic codes are limited in their ability to represent items within a class

Question 4

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

Question 5

Which statement is NOT correct?

Indexed random files use disk storage space efficiently

Indexed random files are dispersed throughout the storage device without regard for physical proximity with related records

Indexed random files are efficient when processing a large portion of a file at one time

Indexed random files are easy to maintain in terms of adding records

Question 6

A coding scheme in the form of acronyms and other combinations that convey meaning is

sequential code

block code

alphabetic code

mnemonic code

Question 7

Which statement is NOT correct?

Records in an indexed random file are dispersed throughout a disk without regard to their physical disks

In a sequential structure the application starts at the geginning of the file and process each record in sequence

Sequential file systems are not efficient when the user is interested in locating only one record in the file

The sequential access method allows accessing a record directly

Question 8

2 out of 2 points

Which statement is NOT correct?

Legacy systems may process financially significant transactions

Legacy systems tend to use mainframe computers and be batch oriented

The flat file approach is often associated with legacy systems

All the above are true.

Question 9

2 out of 2 points

The expenditure, conversion and revenue cycles exist in all types of businesses to include both for profit and not for profit

True

False

Question 10

2 out of 2 points

An advantage of a physical address pointer is that

it points directly to the actual disk storage location

it points directly to the actual disk storage location

it is easily recovered if it is inadvertently lost

it remains unchanged when disks are reorganized

all of the above are advantages of the physical address pointer