1. Which is NOT an accountant’s primary role information system?
a. System user
b. System auditor
c. System designer
d. System programmer

2. Which of the following is NOT an objective information system?
a. Support for the stewardship function of management
b. Support for management decision making
c. Support for the day-today operations of the firm
d. All the above are objectives

3. Which of the following best describes activities of the materials management function?
a. Purchasing, receiving, and inventory control
b. Receiving sales, distribution, and purchasing
c. Receiving storage, purchasing, and accounts payable
d. Purchasing, receiving, and storage
e. Purchasing, storage, and distribution

4. Which of the following best describes the activities of the production function?
a. Maintenance, inventory control, and production planning
b. Production planning quality control, manufacturing and cost accounting
c. Quality control, production planning, manufacturing, and payroll
d. Maintenance, production planning, storage, and quality control
e. Manufacturing, quality control, and maintenance

5. Which of the following best describes the activities of the accounting function?
a. Inventory control, accounts payable, fixed assets payroll
b. Fixed assets, accounts payable, cash disbursement, and cost accounting
C. Purchasing, cash receipts, accounts payable, cash disbursements, and payroll
d. Inventory control, cash receipts, accounts payable, cash disbursements, and payroll
e. Inventory control cost accounting, accounts payable, cash disbursements, and payroll

6. Which statement best describes the issue of distributed data processing (DOP)?
a. The centralized and DDP approaches are mutually exclusive; an organization must choose one approach or the other.
b. The philosophy and objective of the organization’s management will determine the extent of DOP in the firm.
c. In a minimum DDP arrangement, only data input and output are distributed, leaving the tasks of data control, data conversion, database management, and data processing to be centrally managed.
d. The greatest disadvantage totally distributed environment is that the distributed information processing unit locations are unable to communicate and coordinate their activities.
e. Although hardware (such as computers, database storage, and input/output terminals) can be effectively distributed, the systems development and maintenance tasks must remain centralized for better control and efficiency.

7. Which of the following is a disadvantaged distributed data processing?
a. End-user involvement in systems operation is decreased.
b. Disruptions due to mainframe failures are matted.
c. The potential for hardware and software incompatibility across the organization is increased.
d. The tine between project request and completion is increased.
e. All of the above are disadvantages.