BEC_IT

Question 1

What is the job of a SYSTEM ANALYST?

Answer 1

Analysts usually deal with HARDWARE.

Designing systems, preparing specifications for programmers, and serving as an intermediary between users and programs.

When the system has been internally developed: the system analyst designs the overall application system.

When the system is purchased: the analyst becomes a system integrator that adapts system design to processes.

Question 2

What is the main objective of DATA SECURITY CONTROLS?

Answer 2

To ensure that storage media are only accessed, changed, or deleted after appropriate authorization.

Question 3

What issue could be a major to DATA INTEGRITY THREAT?

Answer 3

A system there is MANUAL DATA ENTRY.

Question 4

What is the job of a SECURITY ADMINISTRATOR?

Answer 4

Granting access to a company’s system.

Question 5

What is the main focus of TQM?

Answer 5

Customer needs, continuous improvement and quality circles.

Question 6

On what factors do ERP primarily focus?

Answer 6

Human resources

customer relationship management

accounting

manufacturing

Question 7

What does VERASITY of data mean?

Answer 7

Trustworthiness of the data.

Question 8

When a consumer sells products to a business enterprise, what type of transaction is it called?

Answer 8

C2B

Question 9

How does a transaction processing have an AUDIT TRAIL?

Answer 9

well-designed information or processing system creates an audit trail for transactions. The audit trail allows a user to trace the transactions from the source documents to the system and from the system to the source documents. The focus of this system is to track orders as opposed to inventory levels.

Question 10

What are two drawbacks of ERP?

Answer 10

• Installing is time consuming
• Purchasing and installing ERP is too costly.

Question 11

What is the main objective of LEAN PRODUCTION?

Answer 11

WASTE MANAGEMENT

Question 12

How are SYSTEM and INFORMATION ACCESS SAFEGUARDED?

Answer 12

Controls in the form of:

1. Physical access
2. Logical access
3. Authenticated access
4. System availability (operational access)

Question 13

What is the primary goal of an IT GOVERNANCE?

Answer 13

To allign with the strategic organizational goals.

Question 14

What is DSS?

Answer 14

A DSS provides interactive support to managers or others during the DECISION-MAKING process.

Question 15

What is a PICK-TICKET

Answer 15

It is a part of the revenue cycle. It is a list provided to the warehouse on all inventory functions reporting items and quantities to be picked and packaged and sent to the shipping dept.

Question 16

How do you calculate cost of sales discounts not taken?

Answer 16

Suppose the term is 2/10, net 30

Cost of sales discount not taken=

[360/(30-10)]*[2/(100-2)]

Question 17

In a computer network, what roles do the following devices play?

• Router
• Switches
• Gateways
• Servers

Answer 17

• Routers manage traffic.
• Switches connect to other devides.
• Gateways act as intermediaries
• Servers provide computing power for other machines

Question 18

What is the primary focus of TQM?

Answer 18

Customer Focus

Question 19

How does affect JIT affect cost per purchase order and inventory unit carrying cost?

Answer 19

JIT lowers inventory and causes more purchase orders of fewer units each. So cost per purchase order diminishes.

Total fixed cost for maintaining inventory is fixed. There is a lower number of units because of JIT. So per unit inventory cost decreases.

Question 20

What items are relevant for existing product in SIX SIGMA?

Answer 20

• Analyze data
• Control
• Define the problem

Question 21

What is the main role of a DIGITAL SIGNATURE?

Answer 21

To ensure that the sender of a message is authentic. It uses Encryption so the receipient is assured that it is actually from the sender shown.

Question 22

What is BENCHMARKING?

Answer 22

A process where a company compares itself to its peers to measure performance and to understand what improvements could be make.

Question 23

What is the main benefit of EFT?

Answer 23

Lowers manual recording, thus lowering the frequency of data entry errors.

Question 24

What is the objective of PUBLIC KEY INFRASTRUCTURE (PKI)?

Answer 24

It is the mechanism used to issue keys and digital certificates.

Question 25

What is the objective of an ACCEPTANCE TEST?

Answer 25

It ensures that the software works correctly for the intended user in the normal work environment.

Question 26

What is the main object of an ERP system?

Answer 26

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is designed to integrate data from all aspects of an organization’s activity.

ERP is defined as a cross-functional system that integrates and automates the many business processes that must work together in manufacturing, logistics, distribution, accounting, etc.