Question 1

Making program changes, correcting errors in the programs, and adding enhancements to the programs is called systems ______________________________.

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Question 2

A user-directed test of the complete system in a test environment is called a(n) ______________________________ test.

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Question 3

The ______________________________ summarizes the implementation activities and provides documentation for operating the new system and for conducting the post-implementation review and systems maintenance.

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Question 4

______________________________ is the modification of existing applications.

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Question 5

As a(n) ______________________________, the accountant could be the person who initiates the AIS acquisition cycle because (s)he will be in a prime position to recognize deficiencies and incompatibilities related to the existing AIS.

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Question 6

The user, the programmer, and another member of the programming team do a(n) ______________________________ of the module specifications and the test plan to determine that the test plan is adequate; then the programmer codes the program.

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Question 7

The ______________________________ approach is also referred to as the phased approach.

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Question 8

The removal of program errors is called ______________________________.

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Question 9

The two main inputs that trigger systems implementation are the ______________________________ and the ______________________________.

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Question 10

The ______________________________ is an examination of a working system, conducted soon after the system's implementation.

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Question 11

The direct approach is also known as the ______________________________ or ______________________________ approach.

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Question 12

______________________________ maintenance is conducted to improve the performance of an application.

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Question 13

The ______________________________ test runs a subset of the system in the actual production environment.

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Question 14

The ______________________________ verifies the new system against the original specifications.

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Question 15

______________________________ maintenance is performed to fix errors.

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Question 16

______________________________ maintenance adjusts applications to reflect changing business needs and environmental challenges.

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Question 17

The ______________________________ should describe operating procedures for both manual and automated procedures.

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Question 18

With the ______________________________ approach to systems implementation, the new system either is implemented one subsystem at a time or is introduced into one organizational unit at a time.

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Question 19

The ______________________________ approach forces the users to learn the new system because the old system is not available to fall back on.

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Question 20

When implementing ______________________________ systems, it is often capacity or cost prohibitive to take the parallel approach.

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Quiz 17: Acquiring and Implementing Accounting Information Systems