Question 1

The control "compare input data with master data" addresses all control goals of the operations process except _______________________________

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Question 2

A count of the number of invoices being paid by all of the customer remittances is a type of batch control total called a(n) ____________________.

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Question 3

A(n) ______________________________ employs data encryption--specifically public-key cryptography--to authenticate a system user's identity and to verify the integrity of a message transmitted by that user.

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Question 4

A(n) ___________________________________ is a document that is printed as an output of one computer process and is used to capture and input a subsequent transaction.

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Question 5

A(n) _________________________ is the general term to describe the summation of data that would not normally be totaled except for control purposes.

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Question 6

A summation of the dollar value of all invoice totals in a batch is called a(n) ______________________________.

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Question 7

The edit that compares calculations performed manually with those performed by the computer to determine if a document has been entered correctly is referred to as _____________________________________________.

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Question 8

The control ________________________________________ informs the user that the input has been accepted for processing.

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Question 9

To reduce the number of keystrokes required, making data entry quicker and more efficient, we can _________________________________________________________________ in response to the entry of identification codes, such as customer numbers, and have the computer retrieve stored data corresponding to those identification codes.

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Question 10

___________________________________ is the control that uses a computer system's workflow facility to route business events to persons authorized to approve those events.

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Question 11

A conventional _____________________________procedure involves a single key that is used both by the sender to encrypt the message and by the receiver to decrypt it.

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Question 12

A(n) ____________________ and ____________________ report is a computer-generated report that reflects the events--either in detail, summary total, or both--that were accepted by the system and rejected by the system.

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Question 13

The control plan called ______________________________ is designed to reduce the possibility that one person will misread or miskey data.

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Question 14

"Confirm input acceptance" addresses the information process control of _____________________.

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Question 15

In a(n) ________________________________________ a computer program sorts the transactions into numerical order, checks the documents against the sequence number range, and reports missing, duplicate, and out-of-range event data.

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Question 16

_________________________ are simple counts of the number of documents entered.

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Question 17

___________________________________ regulate transaction processing by calculating control totals at various points in a processing run and subsequently comparing those totals.

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Question 18

A(n) ____________________ digit is an extra digit that is added to an identification number to help control the accuracy with which the number is entered into a computer system.

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Question 19

When there are programmed edits to control data entry, we would expect to also find _____________________________________________ to ensure that erroneous items are corrected and re-input.

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Question 20

The _____________________________________________ provides input control in those situations in which the serial numbers are assigned within the organization but later are not entered in perfect serial number sequence.

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