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INF ACCT Exam 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A controller wants to analyze monthly sales by customer, product, and region. Which type of data would most naturally fit into rows and columns in a relational database? | Sales transaction records |
| A company wants to keep raw transaction files, emails, images, and social media data before deciding how the information will be analyzed. What storage option best fits this purpose? | Data lake |
| An analyst questions whether customer-review data is accurate, complete, and trustworthy before using it in a report. Which V of big data is the primary concern? | Veracity |
| A company studies historical customer-payment behavior to estimate which customers are most likely to pay late next quarter. What type of analytics is being used? | Predictive |
| During a systems project, analysts interview employees to determine what the new system must do and formally document those needs. What SDLC stage is this? | Analysis |
| A project has changing requirements, frequent user feedback, and a team that can work collaboratively in short development cycles. What methodology is generally the better fit? | Agile |
| A company introduces a new accounting system to one regional office first, resolves problems, and then rolls it out to the rest of the company. What implementation method is being used? | Pilot |
| In an Orders table, Customer_ID refers to the unique Customer_ID stored in the Customers table. What is Customer_ID in the Orders table? | Foreign key |
| A company is evaluating a technology that is new to the market and is not yet regularly used by businesses. How should the technology be classified? | Emerging technology |
| What task is the strongest candidate for robotic process automation (RPA)? | Repeatedly transferring standardized invoice data between systems |
| A software robot is programmed: IF an invoice is under $5,000 AND has an approved purchase order, THEN route it for automatic payment. What concept does this illustrate? | RPA conditional logic |
| Which blockchain characteristic most directly means that recorded transactions are difficult to alter after they have been added to the ledger? | Immutability |
| A company needs instructions that explain system features, how employees enter data, and how common user errors can be resolved. What type of documentation is most appropriate? | User documentation |
| Management wants a visual that shows the steps in a purchasing process, including decisions and the activities performed by different employees. What documentation technique is most appropriate? | Process flowchart |
| Why are swim lanes useful in a flowchart? | They identify who or which department is responsible for each activity and reveal handoffs |
| An auditor wants to understand how information moves among external parties, processes, and data stores in an information system. What tool is most directly designed for this purpose? | Data flow diagram |