Chapter 3

The United Soup Kitchen is a non-profit organization that collects, stores, prepares and provides food to the homeless in Crenshaw, Pennsylvania. Donations of food are recorded in a database and a receipt is provided to the donor. When food is used, the database is updated so that it always reflects the amounts and types of food that are available. In a data flow diagram, which type of symbol would be used to represent the processing of donations?

(The Circle)

Troy and Selma McClure travel in their motor home six months of the year and buy unique artifacts. Within hours after the McClures make a purchase, they have photographed it, written a description of it, and posted it for sale on eBay with a reservation price. Anything that does not sell is shipped back to Dallas, Texas, for display in Curiosity Corner, a retail business that the McClures operate during the balance of the year. Which symbol should be used to represent the transfer of data to eBay in a context diagram of this process?

(The Curved Arrow)

Which of the following statements is true regarding the use of the manual processing symbol in a flowchart?

Each manual processing symbol should have an input and an output.

Which of the following is NOT one of the guidelines for preparing data flow diagrams?

show the most detail in the highest-level DFD.

Refer to the chart below to answer this question regarding flow chart symbols. Which symbol would be used in a flowchart to represent a decision?

10

Refer to the chart below to answer this question regarding flow chart symbols. Which symbol would be used in a flowchart to represent a connection to another part of the flowchart on a different page?

15

Refer to the chart below to answer this question regarding flow chart symbols. Which symbol would be used in a flowchart to represent a computer process?

5

Refer to the chart below to answer this question regarding flow chart symbols. Which symbol would be used in a flowchart to represent a file of paper documents?

9

The passage of the Sarbanes Oxley Act

All of these

A well-planned and well-drawn context data flow diagram (DFD) will include how many processes?

Only 1

An employee receives a paycheck prepared in the automated payroll process. Which one of the following diagrams represents this activity?

Rectangle, Curved Rectangle, Oval

The United Soup Kitchen is a non-profit organization that collects, stores, prepares and provides food to the homeless in Crenshaw, Pennsylvania. Donations of food are recorded in a database and a receipt is provided to the donor. When food is used, the database is updated so that it always reflects the amounts and types of food that are available. In a data flow diagram, which type of symbol would be used to represent donors?

The Rectangle

The inventory file (stored on disk) and the materials file (also stored on disk) are used to prepare a materials requisition order document. Which one of the following diagrams represents this activity?

Two Cylinders, Rectangle, Curved Rectangle

In a payroll processing data flow diagram (DFD), the activity of "prepare reports" will be represented by _______, the "employee payroll file" will be represented by _______, and the "management" will be represented by _______.

a circle; two horizontal lines; a square

Ronnie Magee has been hired by Yang Security as an assistant to the internal auditor. He has been asked to document the existing accounting information system, and focus on the activities and flow of data between activities. He decides to begin with a summary description of the sources and uses of data in the organization and how they are processed by the system. The documentation tool that he should employ for this purpose is a

data flow diagram.

When preparing a document flowchart, where should the names of organizational departments or job functions appear?

in the column headings

A data flow diagram

is a graphical description of the source and destination of data that shows how data flow within an organization.

Graphical representations of information (such as flowcharts or data flow diagrams) are often supplemented by

narrative descriptions.

Data flow diagrams (DFD) depict

processes, but not who is performing the processes.

Ronnie Magee has been hired by Yang Security as an assistant to the internal auditor. He has been asked to thoroughly document the existing accounting information system in preparation for making recommendations for improvements. He decides to begin by meeting with the information technology staff in order to develop an understanding of the overall operation of the AIS, including data entry, processing, and output. The documentation tool that he should employ for this purpose is a

system flowchart.