Devry CIS321 Week 7 Quiz Latest 2015 November

Devry CIS321 Week 7 Quiz Latest 2015 November

1. Question : (TCO 8) Which of the following reports categorizes information for managers who do not want to wade through the details?

Summary

Exception

External

Detailed

None of the above

Question 2. Question : (TCO 8) Which of the following is a general principle for output design?

The timing of computer outputs is important. Output information must reach recipients while the information is pertinent to transactions or decisions.

The distribution of (or access to) computer outputs must be sufficient to assist all relevant users.

The computer outputs must be acceptable to the system users.

Computer outputs should be simple to read and interpret.

All of the above

Question 3. Question : (TCO 8) Paper is bulky and requires considerable storage space. To overcome the storage problem, many businesses use what other output medium?

Hyperlinks

Microfilm

Microfiche

Multimedia

Both B and C

Question 4. Question : (TCO 8) Computer outputs should be simple to read and interpret. Which of the following is a guideline that applies to this principle?

Every output should have a title.

Every output should be dated and time stamped.

Only required information should be printed or displayed.

Information should never have to be manually edited to become usable.

All of the above

Question 5. Question : (TCO 8) Optical character recognition

is used on forms for objective-based questions on exams.

requires the user or customer to carefully handwrite input data on a business form.

is most widely used in the banking industry.

is based on unique human characteristics or traits—for example, fingerprints, voice patterns, and retinal patterns.

represents a portable storage medium that contains a microprocessor, memory circuits, and a battery with the ability to store a massive amount of information.

Question 6. Question : (TCO 8) Which kind of chart is useful for comparing series or categories of data? Each horizontal bar represents one series or category of data.

Area

Bar

Column

Donut

None of the above

Question 7. Question : (TCO 8) A check box

gives the user the flexibility of entering a data item's value directly or selecting the value from a list.

requires the user to select a data item's value from a list of possible choices.

allows the user to enter data directly into the associated text box or to select a value by using the mouse to scroll (spin) through a list of values using the buttons.

acts as a toggle switch on an input value.

All of the above

Question 8. Question : (TCO 8) Batch processing is

the identification and acquisition of new data.

the process of collecting entered data into files called batches.

the process of translating the source document into a machine-readable format.

the process of capturing data immediately.

None of the above

Question 9. Question : (TCO 8) Existence checks

determine whether the input data for each field falls within the legitimate set or range of values defined for that field.

determine whether all required fields on the input have actually been entered.

determine data entry errors on primary keys.

compare data entered against the known formatting requirements for that data.

ensure that the correct type of data is input.

Question 10. Question : (TCO 8) Self-checking digits

determine whether the input data for each field falls within the legitimate set or range of values defined for that field.

compare data entered against the known formatting requirements for that data.

determine whether a known relationship between two fields is valid.

ensure that the correct type of data is input.

determine data entry errors on primary keys.

Question 11. Question : (TCOs 11, 12, and 13) Which of the following is NOT a task of the systems implementation phase?

Install databases.

Train system users.

Prepare conversion plan.

Install and test new software packages.

Conduct system test.

Question 12. Question : (TCOs 11, 12, and 13) Which kind of validation testing might lead to rescheduling some processing to other parts of the day?

Systems performance

Peak workload processing

Human engineering

Methods and procedures

Backup and recovery

Question 13. Question : (TCOs 11, 12, and 13) Which kind of testing runs the system in a simulated environment using simulated data?

Validation testing

Verification testing

Audit testing

Matrix testing

Litmus testing

Question 14. Question : (TCOs 11, 12, and 13) Which kind of validation testing involves simulating a data loss disaster?

Systems performance

Peak workload processing

Human engineering

Methods and procedures

Backup and recovery

Question 15. Question : (TCOs 11, 12, and 13) The person generally responsible for network security is called a

network administrator.

network designer.

systems analyst.

systems integrator.

systems designer.