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1
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Identify the software least likely to be included in office suite

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Operating systems

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2
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Identify software that performs a variety of technical operations

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Operating system

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3
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What does MIPS stand for?

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Millions of instructions per second

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MIPS is a unit for measuring…

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The execution speed of computers

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5
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Identify the type of general IT system that is designed to improve productivity of supporting daily work of employees?

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Office automation systems

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What phase is a needs assessment most likely to be performed?

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Analysis phase

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Identify the implementation model that has the advantage of a full operational test of the system before it is implemented?

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Parallel implementation

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What is the most frequently used mainframe computer application?

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Data bases

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9
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Unix is…

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An operating system

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10
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Identify the most frequent current format for computer processing of data.

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Digital approach

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Digital approach is a…

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Binary numerical approach

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12
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Identify the computer technology that is being widely adopted by organizations to lower computer hardware costs and reduce energy costs by allowing multiple operating systems to coexist

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Virtualization software

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13
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Assembly language is a…

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Second generation programming language

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14
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Name 2 third generation programming languages?

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1 COBOL

2 C++

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15
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What language interface would a database administrator use to establish structure of database tables?

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DDL

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16
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Identify the function used in a database query to combine several tables?

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Joining

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17
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Identify a reason that user acceptance testing is more important in an object oriented development process than a traditional environment?

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Inheritance of properties in hierarchies

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18
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Identify the best way to protect a client server/system from unauthorized access? Through a combination of…2

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1 application and

2 general access control techniques

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19
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What technology converts a paper document into a computer file?

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Optical character recognition software

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20
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The posting of a transaction, as it occurs, to several files, without intermediate printouts is…

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Not characteristic of a batch processed computer system

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21
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Identify the most direct output of edit check included in an online sales order processing system, this would create a…

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File of all rejected sales transactions

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22
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Identify a direct output of sorting, editing and updating program

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Report showing exceptions and control totals

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23
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Why is grandfather son updating back up concept relatively difficult to implement for disk files?

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Updating destroys old records

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24
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Procedure or problem oriented language is converted to a machine language through…

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A compiler

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Computer that is designed to provide software and other application to other computers is referred to as...
Server
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Which is least likely to be considered a component of a computer network?
Application program
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Identify the type of network used to link widely separated portions of an organization though a wide geographical area?
Wide area network
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Identify the risk being controlled when a company using EDI makes it a practice to track functional acknowledgements from trading partners
Transmission of EDI transactions to trading partners may sometimes fail
29
Identify the least likely part of a company's policy on electronic mail...
Erasing all employee's electronic mail upon employment termination
30
Identify the most likely risk relating to end user computing system as compared to mainframe computing system?
Applications that are difficult to integrate with other information Systems
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Identify the risk that is not greater in an EFT (electronic funds. Transfer) environment as compared to a manual system using paper transactions
Higher cost per transaction
32
Identify a type of software package that uses a large set of organized data that presents computer as an expert on a particular topic?
Expert system
33
Identify the reply that is not a method to minimize the risk of unlicensed microcomputer software
Regular monitoring of network access and startup scripts
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Whose responsibility is it to backup software and data files in a distributed cooperative system?
User management
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End user computing is an example of
Decentralized processing
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End user computing is most likely to use...
Personal computers
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Organizations must use firewalls if they wish to...
Maintain security over internal data
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Client server systems do not have complexities pertaining to the use of...
Relational databases
39
Identify what an auditor would ordinarily consider the greatest risk regarding the entity's use of electronic data interchange (EDI)
Improper distribution of EDI transactions
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Which of the following is considered a component of a local area network?
Transmission media
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What is a disadvantage of keeping microcomputer data files rather than manually prepared files?
Easier for Unauthorized access to files
42
Identify a benefit of transmitting transactions in an electronic data interchange (EDI) environment? 2
1 compressed business cycle with 2 lower year end receivables balances
43
Business processes is not a...
Not a COBIT 5 principle
44
Identify the type of back up site a company would most likely consider when there is concern about a power outage and desires for a fully configured ready to operate system?
Hot site
45
Define hot site
Site already configured to meet user's requirements
46
Most commercial software is... It is not...
Is copyrighted Is not copy protected
47
A hot site is most frequently associated with...
Disaster recovery
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A major concern by the auditor when a client processes sales transactions on the Internet...
Computer disruptions may result in incorrect recording of sales
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In EDI systems preventative controls are generally more important than...
Detective controls
50
Which of the following are essential elements of the audit trail in an electronic data interchange system?
Network and sender recipient acknowledgements
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Identify the security control that would best prevent unauthorized access to sensitive data through an unattended data terminal?
Automatic log off of inactive users
52
Identify the activity most likely to be performed in the information systems department
Conversion of information to machine readable form
53
The use of header label in conjunction with magnetic tape is most likely to prevent Errors by the...
Computer operator
54
Algebraic ally determined number produced by the other digits of the employee number is an example of...
Check digit
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Accounts receivable master file will be accessed during...
The revenue cycle
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Parallel simulation involves processing actual client data through...
An auditor's program
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The existence on the flowchart of a credit memo and sales invoice would indicate that this portion of the flowchart deals with cash receipts therefore the flow chart would include...
Remittance advices
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A decrease in the price of a complementary good will...
Increase demand for joint commodity
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Demand for a product tends to be price in elastic if...
People spend a large share of their income on the product
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A rise in the price of a complementary commodity has what affect on the demand curve?
Causes the demand curve to shift left
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Total quantity demanded Price per unit 100. $50 150. $45 Using the arc method what is the price elasticity of demand when the price decreases from $50 to $45?
(150-100)/[(150 + 100)/2] _______________________. = xxx ($50 - $45)/[($50 + $45)/2]
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Changes in consumer income will...
Not affect the supply of the good
63
During the recessionary phase of a business cycle...
Potential national income will exceed actual national income
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An increase in reserve requirement will leave financial institutions with...
Less money to lend
65
An increase in reserve requirement will leave financial institutions with less money to lend and therefore...
Decrease the money supply
66
Define reserve ratio
Percentage of total checking deposits that financial institution must Hold on reserve in the central bank
67
Federal budget deficit
Amount by which the government's expenditures exceed revenues In a given year
68
Price of a basket of commodities at the point of first commercial sale. What is this a definition of?
Producer price index
69
Requiring a floating exchange rate is...
Not a foreign exchange control
70
What is an appropriate response by an importing country for payment of export subsidies by an exporting country?
Countervailing duties
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A currency market in which the country's central bank keeps the rate from deviating too far from a target band or value?
Pegged exchange rate
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Which of the following is not a means by which a firm might hedge the political risk of an investment in another country?
Buy futures contracts for future delivery of the country's currency
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Patents are an example of...
Entry barriers
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Monopolistic competition is a market that has...
Numerous sellers of a product
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The area of customer relations is...
Not a primary focus of supply chain management
76
Target market analysis involves...
Understanding and segmenting the firm's customer markets
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General economic conditions are...
Not part of Porter's industry analysis
78
Which of the following is a defining characteristic of supply chain management?
Sharing info with suppliers and customers
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Which of the following measures of unemployment would be of least importance to management when trying to predict the future of the economy?
Frictional unemployment

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