Risk and Controls - CPA Business Environment and Concepts (BEC)

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An enterprise resource planning system is designed to:

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ERP systems work to integrate data from all aspects of an organization's activities.

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Which of the following factors has the greatest impact on the design of an effective management reporting system?

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The types of decisions to be made have the greatest impact on the design of an effective management reporting system.

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Which of the following terms best describes a Decision Support System (DSS)?

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A DSS is an interactive system in order to facilitate with the decision-making process.

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Which of the following types of control plans is particular to a specific process or subsystem rather than related to the timing of its occurrence?

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Application controls are written into the application and are specific to the particular process or subsystem.

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A digital signature is used primarily to determine that a message is:

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A digital signature is a means of ensuring that the sender of a message is authentic.

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A(n) _______ requires a full backup of all available data, regardless of whether or not it was saved before.

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An incremental backup saves time by not having to duplicate data. A full backup would duplicate all saved data. The other terms are distractors.

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