Intranets, VPNS, and extranets are forms of what

What is the term used to describe an internal web site that provides proprietary corporate
information to a defined user group

What system gives managers advice similar to what they would get from a human consultant

What is the term used to describe a computer program that copies itself into other software and
can spread to other computer systems

What is a sophisticated data application called that looks for hidden patterns in a group of data
to help predict future behavior

What is the term used to describe the process of collecting, recording, classifying, summarizing,
reporting, and analyzing the financial condition of an organization

What do you call independent accountants who serve organizations and individuals on a fee
basis

What is the name of the Act that redefines the public corporation-auditor relationship and
restricts the types of services auditors can provide to clients

What is the snapshot of the firm's financial position at a certain point in time called

What is the owners’ investment in the business called

Savings accounts, money market deposit accounts, and certificates of deposit are examples of
what

What is the term used to describe the interest rate that the Federal Reserve charges member
banks for loans

Commercial banks, thrift institutions, and credit unions are examples of what type of financial
institutions

What type of finance companies make loans to individuals

What type of finance companies make loans to businesses

What is the name of the independent agency that is a quasi-public corporation backed by the
full faith and credit of the United States government? (It guarantees consumer deposits up to
$250K.)

What is the term used to describe the art and science of managing a firms money so the firm can
meet its goals

What is an agreement between a bank and a business called that specifies the maximum
amount of unsecured short-term borrowing the bank will make available

What is the major advantage of debt financing

Assets – Liabilities equals what

What are investment certificates issued by corporations or governments called

What type of workers contribute to and benefit from information that used in performing,
acquiring, searching, analyzing, organizing, storing, programming, producing, distributing,
marketing, or selling functions

What is a group of two or more computers linked together by communications channels to
share data and information called

What do many companies use to connect two or more private networks over a public network,
such as the Internet

What are the three forms of enterprise portals

What is the practice called of leveraging multiple computers, often geographically distributed
but connected by networks, to work together to accomplish joint tasks

To ensure accuracy and consistency in the way financial information is reported, accountants
follow rules known as what

What is the name of the private organization that is responsible for establishing financial
accounting standards in the United States

What is the term used in accounting used to describe the process where every transaction
must be recorded as two different entries

What is the process called that allocates the original cost of a long-term asset over the years of
its useful life

What are the two types of expenses recorded on the income statement

What are the four main types of financial ratios used in accounting and finance

A checking account is also commonly referred to as what type of deposit

What are the three principal tools of the Federal Reserve System

What is the term used to describe the percentage amount that the Federal Reserve banks must
hold a certain portion of their deposits in reserve

What is one type of financial institution that is a not-for-profit institution

What Banking Act created the FDIC

What is the primary goal of the financial manager

What is the term used to describe the specific assets that a borrower pledges to secure a loan

What are long-term debts (liabilities) for corporations and governments called

What are investment certificates called that represent either ownership of a corporation or a
loan to the corporation