Chapter 6

Example Multiple Choice Questions

Which kind of flowchart shows the logic associated
with instructions given to a computer?
A. Systems
B. Program
C. Document
D. Hardware
In which of the following situations would a document
flowchart be appropriate?
A. Documenting the steps in a financial statement audit
B. Tracing the flow of a bank deposit slip
C. Both documenting the steps in a financial statement
audit and tracing the flow of a bank deposit slip
D. Neither documenting the steps in a financial
statement audit nor tracing the flow of a bank
deposit slip
Symbol A depicts:
A. A decision.
B. A terminator.
C. A document.
D. A predefined process.
Symbol J depicts:
A. A decision.
B. A file.
C. A document.
D. A predefined process.
Symbol J depicts:
A. A decision.
B. A file.
C. A document.
D. A predefined process.
"Prepare purchase order" could be
represented in a systems flowchart
with any of the following except:
A. Symbol A
B. Symbol F
C. Symbol G
D. Symbol I
The Celebration Theatre is a small, independent theatre that puts on 12
plays per year. 30 days before the start of each calendar quarter,
Celebration prepares advertising for the productions in the upcoming
quarter. They advertise on their web site, via e-mail to their season
subscribers and via direct mail and brochures to others.

Patrons can buy tickets for a single play; alternatively, they can subscribe
to all three plays each quarter. Quarterly subscriptions offer a 25%
discount from the prices of single tickets. Patrons may purchase tickets
over the phone, at the box office or via the theatre's web site. All tickets
are held at the box office where they can be picked up as early as one
week prior to the performance. The theatre has an "open seating" plan, so
patrons do not reserve a specific seat at any performance.

If tickets are purchased in person at the box office, non-subscribers may

pay with cash or a major credit card; subscribers can pay with cash, major
credit card or check. All tickets purchased over the phone or via the web
site must be paid for with a major credit card. Celebration maintains an
electronic database to track all ticket sales; paper tickets are printed at
least ten days prior to a performance.

Any paid tickets that are not claimed at least thirty minutes prior to the
performance are sold on a "first-come, first-serve" basis at a 50% discount.
Which symbol would represent the
ticket sales database?
A. Symbol C
B. Symbol F
C. Symbol H
D. Symbol J
Which symbol would represent the
tickets?
A. Symbol A
B. Symbol B
C. Symbol F
D. Symbol I
Which of the following is most likely to
be represented with Symbol B?
A. A patron's decision to purchase
tickets
B. The theatre management's
decision about which plays to produce
C. Determining whether a patron is a
subscriber
D. All of these