Discrepancies between data items recorded by a system and the underlying economic events or objects they represent are a violation of the information system control goal of:
A)ensure input validity
B)ensure input completeness
C)ensure input accuracy
D)ensure update completeness

Question

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The goal of ensuring input accuracy is to ensure that the data recorded by the system accurately represents the economic events or objects that they are intended to represent. Discrepancies between recorded data and underlying economic events violate this control goal. The other control goals listed (ensure input validity, ensure input completeness, ensure update completeness) are not relevant to this specific issue.

Discrepancies Between Data Items Recorded by a System and the Underlying