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Western Institute of Technology

College of Business and Accountancy
2nd Semester, A.Y. 2020-2021
Acctg. 325 - Auditing in CIS Environment
MT Quiz #1

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If a workstation contains a processor, monitor, screen manipulation 0/2

device, printer, storage, and communications capabilities, it is said to
be a (n)

Noninteractive workstation

Intelligent workstation

Dumb workstation

Personal computers

Correct answer

Intelligent workstation

A company experienced a power surge during a recent electrical 0/2

storm. Lacking adequate surge protection, the company discovered
that data in internal memory banks were scrambled beyond recovery.
The system component involved in this incident would correctly be
described as a (n)

Central processing unit

Online work station

Secondary storage device

Modem

Correct answer

Central processing unit

A piece of hardware that takes the computer’s digital information and 2/2
transforms it into signals that can be sent over ordinary telephone
lines is called a (n)

Intelligent terminal

Modem

Terminal emulator

Communications control unit

 The purpose of buffers and channels is to 2/2

Increase the central memory and secondary storage capacity.

Decrease the amount of time the computer spends executing branch instructions.

Decrease the idle time of the CPU

Allow timesharing operations

Which of the following computers hardware devices allows for an 2/2

immediate update of merchandise inventory in a retail environment?

Point-of-sale terminal

Video display terminal

Inventory control terminal

CRT terminal

Which of the following is not an element of hardware? 2/2

Terminals

Controllers

Programs

Magnetic tape readers

Peripheral equipment refers to 0/2

The CPU’s internal components

All hardware and software

All cards, tapes, disk packs, but not personnel

All non-CPU hardware

Correct answer

All non-CPU hardware

All computers have a central processing unit (CPU) that works in 2/2
conjunction with peripheral devices. The functions of the CPU are

Input, storage, and output

Control, storage, and output

Control, storage, and arithmetic/logic

Input, output, and arithmetic/logic

 Which of the following risks are greater in computerized systems than 2/2
in manual systems?

I, II, III, and IV

II and III

I, III, and IV

I and II

Which of the following is a hardware device not associated with input? 2/2

Optical scanner

Card reader

CRT terminal

Printer

The most common computer-related problem confronting 2/2

organizations is

Input errors and omissions

Disruption to computer processing caused by natural disasters

Hardware malfunction

Fraud

Some electronic data processing control procedures relate to all 0/2

electronic data processing activities (general controls) and some
relate to specific tasks (application controls). General controls include

Controls that relate to the correction and resubmission of data that were initially
incorrect.

Controls designed to ascertain that all data submitted to EDP for processing
have been properly authorized.

Controls for documenting and approving programs.

Controls designed to assure the accuracy of the processing results.

Correct answer

Controls for documenting and approving programs.

 Normally, the least expensive and most efficient way to store large 2/2
amounts of computer data that are accessed only occasionally is

Magnetic tape

Core

Magnetic disk

80-column cards

Which of the following statements concerning computer controls is 0/2

not correct?

The automation of data processing activities changes the degrees of effectiveness

and appropriateness of the controls that were in existence prior to the time of
automation.

Controls over computerized systems are at least as important as controls over

comparable manual systems.

The use of a computer to process data significantly changes the basic concepts and
objectives of control relevant to the organization.

A computer control may reduce exposure by minimizing potentially harmful effects or

by reducing the probable frequency of the occurrence.

Correct answer

The use of a computer to process data significantly changes the basic concepts and
objectives of control relevant to the organization.

Today, many microcomputers (PC’s) have both a flexible (floppy) disk 2/2
drive and a hard disk drive. The major difference between the two
types of storage is that a hard disk

Is a direct-access storage medium, while a flexible disk is a sequential-access storage

medium.

Is suitable for an “online” system while a flexible disk in not.

Has a much larger storage capacity that a flexible disk and can also access
information much more quickly.

Provides an automatic “audit trail,” while a flexible disk does not.

Standby power supplies are used in computer centers to reduce the 2/2
likelihood of

Crashing disk drive read/write heads

Loosing data stored in main memory

Failing to control concurrent access to data

Dropping bits in data transmission

Many organizations are considering micro-computers for business 2/2

use. In comparison with large-scale computers, microcomputers

Cannot be connected to large-scale computers.

Are usually more reliable because there is less hardware to malfunction.

None of the above.

Use only compiler-based languages, such as COBOL or FORTRAN.

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