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connect ective stions LO 8-2 LO 8-12 LO 8-4 LO 8-4 Select questions are available with McGraw-Hill's Connect 8-29. Multiple Choice Questions Select the best answer for each of the following questions. Explain the reasons for your selection 4. LAN is the abbreviation for (1) Large Area Network. x (2) Local Area Network (3) Longitudinal Analogue Network (4) Low Analytical Nets. b. End user computing is most likely to occur on which of the following types of computers? (1) Mainframe. (2) Decision support systems. (3) Personal computers. (4) Personal reference assistants. c. When erroneous data are detected by computer program controls, data may be excluded from processing and printed on an exception report. The exception report should probably be reviewed and followed up by the y (1) Data control group. (2) System analyst (3) Supervisor of IT operations. (4) Computer programmer. d. An accounts payable program posted a payable to a vendor not included in the online ven- dor master file. A control that would prevent this error is a: (1) Validity check (2) Range check (3) Limit test. (4) Control total. e. When an online real-time (OLRT) IT processing system is in use, internal control can be strengthened by: (1) Providing for the separation of duties between data input and error handling operations (2) Reconciling hash totals to computer runs. (3) Making a validity check of an identification number and password before a user can obtain access to the computer files. (4) Preparing batch totals to provide assurance that file updates are made for the entire input. f. The auditors would most likely be concerned with which of the following controls in a distributed data processing system? (1) Hardware controls. (2) Systems documentation controls. (3) Access controls. (4) Disaster recovery controls. g. The auditors would be least likely to use software to: (1) Access client data files. (2) Prepare spreadsheets. LO 8-2 LO 8-2,4 LO 8-7

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