What is the purpose of an accounting information system?

• To collect, store, and process financial and accounting data for decision-making.

• To track sales data

• To manage inventory

• To analyze customer feedback

How does an accounting information system contribute to an organization?

• Enhances decision-making, improves internal controls, and increases operational efficiency while providing accurate and timely financial information.

• Weakens internal controls and decreases operational efficiency.

• Causes financial inaccuracies and delays.

What are the primary responsibilities of an accountant in an accounting information system?

• Managing inventory for a retail store

• Recording financial transactions, preparing financial statements, analyzing financial data, and ensuring compliance with regulations and standards.

• Performing routine maintenance on vehicles

Explain how an accounting information system helps in decision making.

• It provides accurate and timely financial information for analysis and decision making.

• It assists in managing human resources

• It provides real-time weather updates

• It helps in creating marketing strategies

What is the primary function of an accounting information system in an organization's internal control?

• It hinders the accuracy of financial reporting

• It has no impact on internal control measures

• It ensures accurate and timely financial information, tracks transactions, and implements security measures.

• It decreases the risk of security breaches

What are the different components of an accounting information system?

• Data input, processing, storage, and output

• Data analysis, reporting, forecasting, and decision making

• Customer service, marketing, sales, and product development

• Inventory management, payroll processing, tax filing, and financial planning

Discuss the impact of technology on accounting information systems.

• Technology has greatly impacted accounting information systems by automating processes, improving accuracy, increasing efficiency, and providing real-time data access.

• Technology has slowed down the processes in accounting information systems

• Technology has no impact on accounting information systems

• Technology has made accounting information systems less accurate

Which of the following commonly initiates the data input process?

• a business activity

• automatic batch processing

• an accounting department source document

• a trial balance query

Which step below is not considered to be part of the data processing cycle?

• data input

• feedback from external sources

• data storage

• data processing

An information system is an example of a natural system.

• TRUE

• FALSE