Chapter 16 Questions
13. Adjusted trial balance figures are usually sent from the business reporting department to the: a. the financial reporting officer b. the managerial reporting officer c. the treasurer d. the budgeting department
A
17. Which of the following could be a journal voucher? a. general ledger cash disbursements update b. customer invoice c. receiving report d. purchase requisition
A
25. An account in the chart of accounts has the number 7111. Which of the following does the 7 likely represent? a. Revenues b. sales region c. merchandise sales d. golf merchandise sales
A
32. An instance document: a. is an XBRL document that contains all information, at a given point in time, including tags, about the occurrence of an item b. is a feature of a relational database c. is used to comply with SOX Section 409 regarding rapid disclosure of material changes d. summarizes instances of GAAP and IFRS reporting differences
A
5. Typically, you would expect general ledger updates for periodic adjusting entries to be fed to the GL/BR process by: a. the controller b. the treasurer c. the chief executive officer (CEO) d. one of the AIS feeder systems
A
8. Which of the following usually would be responsible for preparing operating center performance reports? a. managerial reporting officer b. budgeting department manager c. financial reporting officer d. operating line managers
A
14. Which of the following has responsibilities and expertise to preparing internal reports? a. the financial reporting officer b. the managerial reporting officer c. the treasurer d. the budgeting department
B
15. Finalized budget figures are sent to the GL/BR process by: a. the financial reporting officer b. the budgeting department c. the treasurer d. the managerial reporting officer
B
16. Which of the following advises and assists the cost center, profit center, and investment center managers in preparing the budget? a. the financial reporting officer b. the budgeting department c. the treasurer d. the managerial reporting officer
B
21. Limitations of the general ledger approach include the following: a. combining of financial and non-financial information b. purging of detailed event level data c. use of a chart of accounts d. inability to conform to GAAP
B
22. The general ledger master data does not contain: a. adjusting entry data b. customer number c. business event transaction d. source code field
B
24. The coding system typically used in the general ledger chart of accounts is: a. serial coding b. hierarchical coding c. block coding d. mnemonic coding
B
29. Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 may lead to: a. convergence of GAAP and IFRS b. continuous or real-time reporting c. Worldwide acceptance of XBRL d. obscuring of the economic reality of business events
B
33. GAAP and IFRS convergence will lead to: a. the end of the FASB b. the blending of GAAP and IFRS standards c. decreased role for the AICPA d. less costly processes for financial reporting
B
34. Continuous assurance (continuous auditing) will lead to: a. fewer financial statement audits b. use of audit modules embedded in ERP systems c. convergence of GAAP and IFRS d. All of the above
B
4. Typically, you would expect general ledger updates for financing and investing activities to be fed to the GL/BR process by: a. the controller b. the treasurer c. the chief executive officer (CEO) d. one of the AIS feeder systems
B
10. Performance reports to various cost center, profit center, and investment center managers are usually sent by? a. the controller b. the treasurer c. the managerial reporting officer d. the budgeting department
C
11. GAAP based financial statements are sent by: a. the controller b. the treasurer c. the financial reporting officer d. the managerial reporting officer
C
23. Tracing back to individual business events that have been aggregated into account balances is done by means of a(n): a. electronic reference service b. general ledger account c. audit trail d. data dictionary
C
26. Which of the following items is not one of the four components of the balanced scoreboard methodology? a. Customers b. Financial c. competitive environment d. internal business processes
C
3. In contrast to the managerial reporting process, the financial reporting process prepares all of the following financial statements except: a. the balance sheet b. the income statement c. the standard costing variance report d. the statement of owner equity
C
30. Which of the following should be considered when designing a coding scheme for a chart of accounts? a. Which internal reports will be required? b. Is there a need for segmental reporting? c. Both a. and b. d. Neither a. nor b.
C
35. To be effectives business intelligence requires: a. a balanced scorecard b. XBRL c. integration of statistical and analytical tools with decision support technologies d. convergence of GAAP and IFRS
C
6. Which of the following individuals should possess the greatest knowledge of GAAP? a. managerial reporting officer b. budgeting department manager c. financial reporting officer d. managerial reporting officer
C
1. The general ledger process comprises all of the following except: a. providing information for financial reporting b. servicing the needs of managerial reporting c. classifying data by general ledger accounts d. ensuring that the external financial statements conform to GAAP
D
12. A responsibility accounting/reporting system includes the following: a. upward reporting of information b. aggregation of data as it flows upward c. appropriate information detail for each decision maker d. All of the above
D
18. Which of the following statements related to journal vouchers is false for most ERP systems? a. The person completing the adjustment will enter it directly into the computer. b. The voucher will be electronic. c. Journal voucher should be signed by the person(s) authorized to initiate the entry. d. To provide an adequate audit trail, a printed copy of journal vouchers is required.
D
19. Which of the following provides data to the GL/BR process? a. the order entry/sales process b. the billing/accounts receivable/cash receipts process c. the purchasing/accounts payable/cash disbursements process d. All of the above
D
2. The business reporting process comprises all of the following except: a. preparing general purpose external financial statements b. generating ad hoc and predetermined business reports for management c. ensuring that the external financial statements adhere to GAAP d. fueling the financial reporting, business reporting, and other reporting subsystems by providing the information needed to prepare external and internal reports
D
20. Inputs to a GL/BR process typically include all of the following except: a. adjusting entry journal voucher b. adjusted trial balance c. finalized budget d. GAAP-based financial statements
D
27. Which of the following statements related to XBRL is false? a. is an XML-based language consisting of a set of tags that are used to unify the presentation of business reporting information into a single format b. it is easily read by almost any software package, and easily searched by Web browsers c. it provides an identifying tag for each individual item of data that is computer readable d. it treats financial information as a block of text
D
28. The intent of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is to: a. protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures b. establish who is responsible for financial reporting c. strengthen internal control d. All of the above
D
31. Which of the following items is a component of the balanced scoreboard methodology? a. Customers b. Financial c. Innovation and improvement d. All of the above
D
7. Which of the following usually would be responsible for preparing operating center budgets? a. managerial reporting officer b. budgeting department manager c. financial reporting officer d. operating line managers
D
9. Normally, you would expect that business event updates would be sent to the GL/BR process by: a. the controller b. the treasurer c. the vice president of finance d. various feeder processes
D
13. The source code field of each GL entry provides a beginning point of reference for developing a proper chart of accounts.
F
14. Balanced scorecard is methodology for assessing an organization's business performance via four components: (1) financial, (2) external business process, (3) vendors, and (4) innovation and improvement activities.
F
18. The intent of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is to protect the company by improving the accuracy and reliability of all corporate disclosures made pursuant to the securities laws.
F
2. The business reporting process comprises accumulating, classifying, and recording data, fueling the financial reporting, business reporting, and other reporting subsystems.
F
20. As we move toward an enterprise system environment, the chart of accounts becomes increasingly more important.
F
21. When implementing an ERP system, it is best to provide all users with access to all menu systems, so they can see what is going on within the system
F
29. XML is an XBRL-based language consisting of a set of tags that are used to unify the presentation of business reporting information into a single format that can be easily read by almost any software package and can be easily searched by Web browsers
F
3. The general ledger process is concerned with preparing external financial statements, ensuring they conform to GAAP, generating Web-based forms of key financial statement and related business reporting via the Internet, and supporting the generation of both ad hoc and predetermined business reports.
F
30. The financial reporting officer typically prepares performance reports.
F
31. The financial reporting system is also known as the responsibility accounting/reporting system.
F
5. The managerial reporting officer is responsible for reporting GAAP financial statements.
F
6. The financial reporting officer is primarily responsible for budgeting.
F
7. The controller notifies the business reporting process of investing and financing transaction activities,
F
8. The financial statements contain detailed information of all of an organization's business event data.
False
1. The GL/BR process is an interacting structure of people, equipment, activities, and controls that is designed to accomplish both operations and information system functions with the purpose of generating accounting and other reports.
T
10. Performance reports are often part of a managerial reporting system known as a responsibility accounting/reporting system.
T
11. A journal voucher is an internal source document used to notify the GL to make an accounting entry.
T
12. The general ledger master data contains summarized information of all of an organization's business event data.
T
15. Business intelligence is the integration of statistical and analytical tools with decision support technologies to facilitate complex analyses of data warehouses by managers and decision makers.
T
16. XBRL is an XML-based language consisting of a set of tags that are used to unify the presentation of business reporting information into a single format that can be easily read by almost any software package and can be easily searched by Web browsers.
T
17. XML is a generalized system for the customized tagging of data to enable the definition, transmission, and interpretation of data over the Internet.
T
19. The driving force in constructing a chart of accounts is to add structure to the classification of financial information.
T
22. The general ledger process comprises accumulating, classifying, and recording data, fueling the financial reporting, business reporting, and other reporting subsystems.
T
23. The business reporting process is concerned with preparing external financial statements, ensuring they conform to GAAP, generating Web-based forms of key financial statement and related business reporting via the Internet, and supporting the generation of both ad hoc and predetermined business reports.
T
24. The financial reporting officer is responsible for reporting GAAP financial statements.
T
25. The managerial reporting officer is responsible for preparing performance reports.
T
26. The treasurer notifies the business reporting process of investing and financing transaction activities.
T
27. The source code field of each GL entry provides a beginning point of reference for developing a proper audit trail.
T
28. Balanced scorecard is methodology for assessing an organization's business performance via four components: (1) financial, (2) internal business process, (3) customers, and (4) innovation and improvement activities.
T
32. A limitation of the general ledger approach is that financial and non-financial information is combined and business event source data is retained.
T
33. An instance document is an XBRL document that contains all information, at a given point in time, including tags, about the occurrence of an item.
T
34. Convergence implies that GAAP and IFRS standards will blend together, with differences reconciled, and ultimately we will have one set of standards that can be used world-wide.
T
35. Continuous assurance (continuous auditing) is the process by which assurance is provided through monitoring of automated controls and business events in real time or near real time.
T
4. A feeder process is any business process that accumulates business event data that are then communicated to and processed within the GL.
T
9 .A performance report compares actual results with budgeted expectations.
T
3. The ______________________________ process comprises preparing external financial statements, ensuring they conform to GAAP, generating Web-based forms of key financial statement and related business reporting information via the Internet, and supporting the generation of both ad hoc and predetermined business reports. ANS: business reporting
business reporting
8. The ______________________________ is a list of all the accounts in the general ledger. ANS: chart of accounts
chart of accounts
4. A(n) ______________________________ process is any business process that accumulates business event data that are then communicated to and processed within the GL. ANS: feeder
feeder
5. The ______________________________ officer possesses expertise in generally accepted accounting principles. ANS: financial reporting
financial reporting
2. The ______________________________ process comprises accumulating, classifying, and recording data, fueling the financial reporting, business reporting, and other reporting subsystems. ANS: general ledger
general ledger
1. The ______________________________ process is an interacting structure of people, equipment, activities, and controls that is designed to accomplish both operations and information system functions with the purpose of generating accounting and other reports. ANS: general ledger and business reporting (GL/BR) general ledger and business reporting GL/BR
general ledger and business reporting
6. The ______________________________ officer possesses expertise in preparing internal management reports. ANS: managerial reporting
managerial reporting
9. A(n) ______________________________ report compares actual results with budgeted expectations. ANS: performance
performance
10. Often, performance reports are part of a managerial reporting system known as a(n) ______________________________ system. ANS: responsibility accounting/reporting
responsibility accounting/reporting
7. The ______________________________ notifies the general ledger/business reporting process of investing and financing transaction activities, ANS: treasurer
treasurer