The Islamic University-Gaza

Faculty of Commerce
Department of Accounting

FINAL EXAMINATION

SEMESTER 1

2014/2015

ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS

(ACTE 4304)

Dr. Hisham Madi

DATE: 11/01/2015

TIME ALLWOED: 2 (HOURS)

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QUESTION 1 (10 Marks)

Determine whether each statement is True of False

1. Product documents are the result of transaction processing. (----)

2. Preventive controls reduce the frequency of occurrence of undesirable events.

(----)

3. System flowcharts use symbols to represent the processes, data sources, data
flows, and entities in a system. (----)

4. The personnel department authorizes changes in employee pay rates (----)

5. Authorization to dispose of fixed assets should be issued by the user of the asset.
(----)
6. The first step in the system development life cycle is to develop a systems
strategy. (----)

7. Project initiation is the process by which systems proposals are assessed for
consistency with the strategic systems plan and evaluated in terms of their
feasibility and cost-benefit characteristics. (----)

8. If individual modules are thoroughly tested, it is not necessary to test the whole
system. (----)

9. Most system failures are due to poor role of accountants in designing the system.

(----)
10. If control procedures over a company’s computerized financial accounting system
are particularly strong, auditors will not need to perform any substantive testing.
(----)

QUESTION 2 (15 Marks)

Choose the best answer

1. Effective information has all of the following characteristics except
A. Relevance
B. Completeness
C. Summarization
D. Structure
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2. Data processing does not involve

A. Calculating
B. System maintenance
C. Comparing
D. Merging

3. The type of transaction most suitable for batch processing is

A. Airline reservations
B. Credit Authorization
C. Payroll processing
D. adjustments to perpetual inventory

4. In the payroll system, which function should distribute paychecks?

A. Personnel department
B. Timekeeping
C. Paymaster
D. Payroll

5. The formal product of the systems evaluation and selection phase of the Systems
Development Life Cycle is
A. The report of systems analysis
B. The systems selection report
C. The detailed system design
D. The systems plan

6. When developing the conceptual design of a system,

A. All similarities between competing systems are highlighted
B. Structure diagrams are commonly used
C. The format for input screens and source documents is decided
D. Inputs, processes, and outputs that distinguish one alternative from another are
identified

7. In the construct phase, when performing design tasks, the design team first focuses
on:
A. System Inputs
B. System Outputs
C. System Processes
D. A and B

8. Accountants and auditors use documentation describing

A. How to run the system
B. How to use the system
C. How to debug errors and perform maintenance on the system
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D. All of the above.

9. Which of the following is not an advantage of commercial software?

Commercial software
A. can be installed faster than a custom system
B. can be easily modified to the user’s exact specifications
C. is significantly less expensive than a system developed in-house
D. is less likely to have errors than an equivalent system developed in-house

10. An advantage of E-wallets is that:

A. Most E-wallet information is maintained on vendor file servers
B. They ensure the completion of a purchase transaction over the Internet
C. Users do not need to re-enter personal information each time they make an
online purchase
D. none of the above is an advantage of E-wallets

11. ________ are specifically tailored to auditor tasks

A. General-Use Software
B. Generalized Audit Software
C. Automated Work-paper Software
D. A and B

12. Example(s) of Electronic Data Interchange business documents include

A. Credit memos
B. Account Payable
C. Customs documents
D. A and C

13. ___________ is a specialized subset of eXtensible Markup Language for

reporting financial information
A. eXtensible Business Language
B. eXtensible Business Reporting Language
C. eXtensible Reporting Language
D. A and C

14. External auditors examine an organization’s computer-based AIS to evaluate

A. How financial statements are affected by control procedures over computer
processing.
B. How computer processing affects the financial statements
C. How external control procedures affect financial statements
D. B and C

15. The term “Integrated test facility" is associated with:

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A. Auditing through-the-computer
B. Auditing around-the-computer
C. Auditing of manual accounting systems
D. Non-auditing procedures performed by a firm’s accounting
subsystem employees

QESTION 3 (15 Marks)

1. What is the accountant’s role in the Systems Development Life Cycle?

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2. Describe the differences between auditing around the computer and auditing
through the computer? Which one is more effective in a computerized accounting
information system? Why?
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3. In systems strategy of system development life cycle, end user feedback has
several phases, list four (4) of them?
1. ___________________
2. ___________________
3. ___________________
4. ___________________

QUESTION 4 (10 Marks)

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1. Three major tasks are handled by the Fixed Asset System. What is the purpose of
each? What special control issues affect each?
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2. Test data and Parallel simulation are among the techniques that auditors use to
evaluate audit a computerized Accounting information system. How does an
auditor evaluate computerized AIS by using those techniques?
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QUESTION 5 (10 Marks)

The Golf Club Company makes custom golf clubs. The manufacturing supervisor
interviews people who have specialized manufacturing skills, and he informs payroll
when an employee is hired. The employees use a time clock to record the hours they
work. The employees are also required to keep a record of the time they spend
working on each order. The supervisor approves all time cards.

The accountant analyzes the job tickets and prepares a labor distribution summary.
Payroll prepares the payroll register and paychecks. The supervisor distributes the
paychecks to the employees. Payroll informs cash disbursement of the funds required
to cover the entire payroll amount. The cash disbursements clerk ensures that there are
adequate funds in the company's regular checking account to cover the payroll

Describe at least three internal control weaknesses; for each weakness suggest an
improvement to internal control?

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Wish you all the best