ACCO 30083 – Auditing in CIS Environment

Multiple Choice Questions

Group 1

1. It is a documentation that the computer operators use which also describes how to run the system.

a. User handbook
b. User Documentation
c. Manual Documentation
d. Run manual

2. User handbook contains the following items, except one.

a. An overview of the system and its major functions
b. A list of users who receive the output from the run
c. Service and support information
d. Instructions for getting started

3. Under this approach, the firm switches to the new system and simultaneously terminates the old system.
a. Cold Turkey Cutover
b. Phased Cutover
c. Parallel Operation Cutover
d. None of the choices

4. Which of the following set of precautions should be taken in converting databases?

a. Authentication, Support, Rectification
b. Validation, Rectification, Backup
c. Reconciliation, Support, Authentication
d. Validation, Reconciliation, Backup

5. Which of the following best defines the database conversion?

a. Database conversion is the process of converting data from one format to another, typically from
the format of a source system into the required format of a destination system
b. The volume of the transactions is such that users would find it difficult to identify and correct errors
in processing.
c. Database conversion is a critical step in the implementation phase. This is the transfer of data from
its current form to the format or medium required by the new system.
d. Database conversion is the process of converting from the old system to the new one

6. This group is an independent one made up of programmers, users, analysts and internal auditors
a. External Auditors
b. Quality Assurance Group
c. Quality Control Team
d. Internal Auditors

7. The following items are included in detailed design report, except one.
a. Designs of all screen outputs, reports, and operational documents.
b. An updated data dictionary describing each data element in the database.
c. Database structures and diagrams: Entity relationship (ER) diagrams describing the data relations in
the system, context diagrams for the overall system, low-level data flow diagrams of specific
system processes, structure diagrams for the program modules in the system—including a pseudo
code description of each module.
d. Run-time instructions describing the error messages that may appear, actions to be taken, and the
name and telephone number of the programmer on call, should the system fail

8. Many examples of the object-oriented languages exist that offer various features, however, a computer
language is said to be object oriented only if it supports the following:
a. Object, Class and Instance, Encapsulation, Inheritance, Polymorphism

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 b. Object, Inheritance, Polymorphism, Programming
c. Encapsulation, Class and Instance, Programming, Inheritance
d. Object, Class and Inheritance, Encapsulation, Inheritance, Polymorphism, Programming

9. It can be used to train novice or the occasional user.

a. Help Features
b. User Handbook
c. Tutorials
d. User Guide

10. Among the three approaches of converting into the new system, this is the most time-consuming and
costly.
a. Parallel Operation Cutover
b. Phased Cutover
c. Direct Cutover
d. Cold Turkey Cutover