Match the letter description listed below with the correct information characteristic listed numbers below.

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 customers production requests and found it on the companys 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 be-fore 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 pur-chasing 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.

l. A new manager insisted that monthly reports look the same so she could compare a new months 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m. After making a decision based on outdated data, a new CFO required all analysis to be conducted with up-to-date data.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.