Match the following terms with their definitions: 1. Business continuity plan (BCP) 2. Completeness check 3. Hash

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Match the following terms with their definitions:

1. Business continuity plan (BCP)

2. Completeness check

3. Hash total

4. Incremental daily backup

5. Archive

6. Field check

7. Sign check

8. Change control

9. Cold site

10. Limit check

11. Zero-balance test

12. Recovery point objective (RPO)

13. Recovery time objective (RTO)

14. Record count

15. Validity check

16. Check digit verification

17. Closed-loop verification

18. Parity checking

19. Reasonableness test

20. Financial total

21. Turnaround document

a. A file used to store information for long periods of time.

b. A plan that describes how to resume IT functionality after a disaster.

c. An application control that verifies that the quantity ordered is greater than 0.

d. A control that verifies that all data was transmitted correctly by counting the number of odd or even bits.

e. An application control that tests whether a customer is 18 or older.

f. A daily backup plan that copies all changes since the last full backup.

g. A disaster recovery plan that contracts for use of an alternate site that has all necessary computing and network equipment, plus Internet connectivity.

h. A disaster recovery plan that contracts for use of another company's information system.

i. A disaster recovery plan that contracts for use of an alternate site that is pre-wired for Internet connectivity but has no computing or network equipment.

j. An application control that ensures that a customer's ship-to address is entered in a sales order.

k. An application control that makes sure an account does not have a balance after processing.

l. An application control that compares the sum of a set of columns to the sum of a set of rows.

m. A measure of the length of time that an organization is willing to function without its information system.

n. The amount of data an organization is willing to re-enter or possibly lose in the event of a disaster.

o. A batch total that does not have any intrinsic meaning.

p. A batch total that represents the number of transactions processed.

q. An application control that validates the correctness of one data item in a transaction record by comparing it to the value of another data item in that transaction record.

r. An application control that verifies that an account number entered in a transaction record matches an account number in the related master file.

s. A plan that describes how to resume business operations after a major calamity, like Hurricane Katrina, that destroys not only an organization's data center but also its headquarters.

t. A data-entry application control that verifies the accuracy of an account number by recalculating the last number as a function of the preceding numbers.

u. A daily backup procedure that copies only the activity that occurred on that particular day.

v. A data-entry application control that could be used to verify that only numeric data is entered into a field.

w. A plan to ensure that modifications to an information system do not reduce its security.

x. A data-entry application control that displays the value of a data item and asks the user to verify that the system has accessed the correct record.

y. A batch total that represents the total dollar value of a set of transactions.

z. A document sent to an external party and subsequently returned so that preprinted data can be scanned rather than manually reentered.

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Accounting Information Systems

ISBN: 978-0132552622

12th edition

Authors: Marshall B. Romney, Paul J. Steinbart

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