Chapter: Control and Accounting Information Systems (AIS multiple choice question, pick one)

1. Who should be authorized to have update access to the companys production application system?

Application programmers

System programmers

Employees that use the application system on a daily basis

Manager in charge of change management

2. How should employees who use AIS on a daily basis to perform the companys business activities be able to update business data stored in the relational database of the production application system?

Either by entering transactions using screens in the production application system or by directly accessing the tables in the relational database to make the charges

By directly accessing the tables in the relational database to make the changes

By obtaining copies of relational database tables, changing the data in the tables, and having computer programmers upload the changed tables into the relational database

Only by using screens in the production application system.

3. When making modifications to the production application system, computer programmers

Should be given temporary access to the production application system each time that a modification is made

Should have update access to the production application system on an on-going basis so that they can make modifications whenever they are requested by the users of the application system

Should program and test application system modifications in a test application system that is completely separate from the production application system.

Should be given update access to all IT resources.