Subject: Accounting Information System

1.Discuss the potential aggravations you might faceas a student as a result of your university using aflat-file data management environment, that is, differentfiles for the registrar, library, parking, andso on.

2.Replicated databases create considerable dataredundancy, which is in conflict with thedatabase concept. Explain the justification of thisapproach.

3.As users determine new computer applicationneeds, requests must be sent to both the systemprogrammers and the DBA. Why is it importantthat these two groups perform separate functions,and what are these functions?

4.Employee time is a resource that is always usedbut is not always modeled in an REA diagram.Explain and give examples.

5.From the perspective of an organization, explainduality as it relates to the give and receive eventsof an economic exchange.

6.What is the fundamental concept behind the ruleof least access? Explain why this is a potentialproblem in an ERP environment.

7.Disruptions to operations are a common sideeffect of implementing an ERP. Explain the primaryreason for this.

8.How would you deal with the problem of fileserverbackup in a decentralized organization withautonomous divisions that do not share commonoperational data?

9.How can intranet expansion increase risk to anorganization?

10.Explain the purpose of each of the layers in theOSI protocol model.

11.Accounting educators are discussing ways toincorporate communication skills, both oral andwritten, into accounting information systemscourses. Why do you think these skills are deemedcrucial for proper execution of the SDLC?

12.Comment on the following statement: ''The maintenancestage of the SDLC involves making trivialchanges to accommodate changes in user needs.''

13.A lack of top management support has led to thedownfall of many new systems projects during theimplementation phase. Why is this support soimportant?

14.A good structure diagram should be looselycoupled yet strongly cohesive. How can youachieve both characteristics simultaneously? Whatimplications do these characteristics have onerror-prone problems during maintenance?

15.Why bother with pseudocode? Why not spendthe time developing actual source code?