Question 41

Phill is the purchasing manager at Pulse Manufacturing. He is responsible for reviewing and authorising all purchase orders. Receiving reports are prepared by Alex in shipping and receiving, based on the relevant purchase order(s). Purchase orders, receiving reports, and vendor invoices are reconciled by the accounts payable team, which authorises payment. Which of the following would correct control weaknesses related to these activities?

a.

Accounts payable should authorise purchase orders.

b.

Receiving reports should be reviewed and corrected by the purchasing manager.

c.

Vendor invoices should be reviewed by the purchasing manager to ensure that they are correct.

d.

Controls are adequate under the current system.

uestion 40

The large government department has established a separate facility that contains all the computing equipment the department needs to perform its essential services is known as a

a.

subsidiary location.

b.

cold site.

c.

remote site.

d.

hot site.

Question 36

The payroll officer for J&J Manufacturing incorrectly entered an employee's weekly hours worked as 380 instead of 38. The data entry control that would best prevent this error would be

a.

a field check.

b.

a limit check.

c.

batch total reconciliation.

d.

a check digit.

Question 34

Prudence Fields is the president of the National Koala regeneration project, which maintains a database of all koala bears in Australia. One table will store the name, birth date, and other characteristics of all of the koala bears that have been registered. Each koala bear is uniquely identified by a registration number. A second table will contain data that link each koala bear to its male and female parents by means of their registration numbers. The primary key in the second table is

a.

name.

b.

a combination of primary keys in the first table.

c.

the same as the primary key in the first table.

d.

birth date.

Question 35

Vintage Valley are the premier buyer and seller of vintage action figurines in Perth, Australia. The owner, Alex Adams, has used computer technology to provide a superior level of customer service. In particular, the store's database system was designed to make detailed information about each individual action figurine's characteristics easily accessible. Price information and condition are also provided for each inventory item. In this database, action figurines (collectively) are a(an);

a.

attribute.

b.

entity.

c.

field.

d.

record.