1. Access restricted 2. Accurate 3. Available 4. Reputable 5. Complete 6. Concise 7. Consistent 8. Current 9. Objective 10. Relevant 11. Timely 12. Useable 13. Understandable 14. Verifiable a. A report was carefully designed so that its data was easily comprehended by the reader. b. A manager working on the weekend needed information about a customer's production requests and found it on the company's network. c. Before production reports are accepted, two clerks working independently must produce the same information. d. An accounts receivable aging report included all customer accounts. e. A report was checked by three different people to make sure it was correct. f. An accounts receivable aging report is used in credit-granting decisions. g. An accounts receivable aging report was received before the credit manager had to decide whether to extend credit to a customer. h. Needing help with a decision, a manager sought the opinion of a highly regarded expert. i. To protect intellectual property, a company encrypted the data, stored it in a very secure facility, and limited its use to five people. j. Tired of keying supplier prices into a database, a purchasing manager insisted the data be sent in machine readable form. k. After a lengthy, rambling presentation, a CEO insisted future presentations contain only pertinent facts and last no more than 30 minutes. 1. A new manager insisted that monthly reports look the same so she could compare a new month's results to previous months. m. After making a decision based on outdated data, a new CFO required all analysis to be conducted with up-to-date data. n. Reluctant to rely on his personal feelings about a decision, a manager sought the opinion of an outside expert.