Exam 17: Acquiring and Implementing Accounting Information Systems

______________________________ is a Web-based model of software distribution where multiple users may simultaneously use the software.

In particular,intricate knowledge of accounting and information technology helps the accountant be successful in the role of ______________________________.

A problem has an economically feasible solution if it can be solved with existing software and hardware technology.

In the ______________________________ approach to systems implementation,both the new and old systems operate together for a period of time.

The ______________________________ documents the system design and summarizes the implementation,training,and test plans.

The systems analysis team conducts a(n)______________________________ which provides quantitative and certain qualitative information concerning each of the system alternatives.

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

Which of the following ranks each alternative on its relative capability to satisfy the user's requirements (goals)for the system?

The modular approach forces the users to learn the new system because they do not have the old system to fall back on.

A building inspection shortly after completing the construction of an industrial park is analogous to the ____ step in the systems development process.

Which of the following is not a task of systems implementation?

A(n)______________________________ is a representative user workload,processed on each vendor's proposed system configuration,to obtain comparative throughput measures.

As agents of management and the board of directors,______________________________ ensure that the acquisition team has followed the organization's standard procedures for systems acquisition and that the process has been efficient and effective.

One task of the ______________________________ phase is to convert to the new or revised system.

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

The systems selection tasks include all of the following except:

Making repairs and modifications to the system is known as:

In which role might the accountant be the person who initiates the AIS acquisition cycle,and is in a prime position to recognize deficiencies and incompatibilities related to the existing AIS?

TB Figure 17.3 is taken from the text figure showing the systems selection task and documents. Required: Explode bubble 3.0 Systems Selection into a Level 1 DFD.The DFD should include the items listed below.The data flows for available hardware and physical requirements are listed twice because these data flows will each appear twice in the Level 1 DFD. Process bubbles 3.1 Prepare requests for proposal 3.2 Evaluate vendor proposals 3.3 Assess software plan 3.4 Complete configuration plan External entities External sources Hardware/ software vendors Data flows Approved configuration plan Available hardware Available hardware Logical specification Physical requirements Physical requirements Request for proposal Software specifications Suggested hardware resources Vendor proposals

Outsourcing is a term that describes an organization's assigning any of its internal functions (e.g. ,accounting,legal,or IT)to an outside vendor.