Listed below are several types of accounting data that might be coded. For each data item, recommend a type of code (mnemonic, sequence, block, or group) and support your choice.
a. Employee identification number on a computer file
b. Product number for a sales catalog
c. Inventory number for the products of a wholesale drug company
d. Inventory part number for a bicycle manufacturing company
e. Identification numbers on the forms waiters and waitresses use to take orders
f. Identification numbers on airline ticket stubs
g. Automobile registration numbers
h. Automobile engine block numbers
i. Shirt sizes for men’s shirts
j. Color codes for house paint
k. Identification numbers on payroll check forms
l. Listener identification for a radio station
m. Numbers on lottery tickets
n. Identification numbers on a credit card
o. Identification numbers on dollar bills
p. Passwords used to gain access to a computer
q. Zip codes
r. A chart of accounts for a department store
s. A chart of accounts for a flooring subcontractor
t. Shoe sizes
u. Identification number on a student examination
v. Identification number on an insurance policy