Chapter 3: Testbank
11. A device that is not directly connected to the processing computer is referred to as an online device.
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15. Batch mode is the data processing mode in which there is little or no delay between any two data processing steps.
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17. VANs are communication networks that link together several different local user machines with printers, databases, and other shared devices.
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18. LANs are communication networks that link up distributed users and local networks into an integrated communication network.
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21. A private data base service allows all subscribers to access and search external databases, usually through the Internet or other network connection.
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22. SPAM is unsolicited non-document mail that has largely been eliminated.
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25. EDI is the capture, storage, management, and control of electronic document images for the purpose of supporting management decision making and facilitating business event processing.
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26. EDM is the computer-to-computer exchange of business data in structured formats that allow direct processing of those electronic documents by the receiving computer system.
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3. Adding, deleting, or replacing standing data is called transaction processing.
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30. Applications such as ANSI (X12), and EDIFACT are referred to as transaction software.
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33. The AICPA Internet assurance program that includes a certification and seal is called VeriSign.
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35. Extranet auction markets provide an Internet base for companies to place products up for bid or for buyers to put proposed purchases up for bid.
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5. Data maintenance refers to the recording of business event data and transactions.
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7. Immediate mode is the data processing mode in which there is significant delay between two data processing steps.
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8. Processes that include distribution, manufacturing, and accounting software operations are front office processes.
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1. E-Business is the application of electronic networks (including the Internet) to exchange information and link business processes among organizations and/or individuals.
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10. Batch processing is the aggregation of several business events over some period of time with the subsequent processing of these data as a group by the information system.
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12. In an OLTE system, use of data entry devices allows business event data to be entered directly into the information system at the time and place that the event occurs.
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13. A computer configuration in which certain equipment is directly connected to the computer is said to be online.
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14. OLRT systems gather business event data at the time of occurrence, update the master data essentially instantaneously, and provide the results arising from the event within a very short amount of time.
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16. Client/server technology is the physical and logical division between user-oriented application programs that are run at the user level and the shared data that must be available through a common database.
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19. The Internet is a massive interconnection of computer networks worldwide that enables communication between dissimilar technology platforms.
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2. Standing data is relatively permanent data stored in master data.
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20. Web browsers are software programs designed specifically to allow users to view the various documents and data sources available on the Internet.
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23. A type of intranet, which has been extended to limited external access, is referred to as an extranet.
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24. E-mail is the electronic transmission of nonstandardized messages between two individuals who are linked via a communications network.
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27. VAN service acts as the EDI "postman."
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28. Internet commerce is computer-to-computer exchange of business event data in structured or semi-structured formats via Internet communication that allows the initiation and consummation of business events.
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29. The benefits of electronic document management include improved staff productivity, reduced cost of handling and storing paper and faster processing.
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31. Network providers are companies that provide a link into the Internet by making their directly connected networks available for access by fee-paying customers.
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32. Internet assurance is a service provided for a fee to vendors in order to provide a limited endorsement to users of the vendor's web site that the site is in fact reliable and event data security is reasonable.
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34. Electronic store fronts are Internet-located resources for displaying goods and services for sale and for conducting related sales transactions.
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36. Internet market exchanges enable suppliers to put their products online, by feeding into electronic catalogs that sort through alternatives from different suppliers and electronically place an order.
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4. Master data are repositories of relatively permanent data maintained over an extended period of time.
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6. Information processing includes data processing functions related to accounting events, internal operations and financial statement preparation.
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9. Periodic mode is the data processing mode in which there can be a significant delay between two data processing steps.
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