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AIS Questions and Answers Horizontal flows information used primarily at the operations level to capture transaction and operations data Vertical flows of information downward flows — instructions, quotas, and budgets upward flows — aggregated transaction and operations data A...

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  • August 4, 2024
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AIS Questions and Answers
Horizontal flows - answer information used primarily at the operations level to
capture transaction and operations data

Vertical flows of information - answer downward flows — instructions, quotas, and
budgets
upward flows — aggregated transaction and operations data

Accounting Information Systems (AIS) (transactions) - answer financial transactions;
e.g., sale of goods
nonfinancial transactions that directly affect the processing of financial transactions;
e.g., addition of newly approved vendors
-lacks a well defined body of knowledge

Management Information Systems 3 - answer nonfinancial transactions that are not
normally processed by traditional AIS; e.g., tracking customer complaints
-requires more info that goes beyond the capability of AIS

Transaction processing system (TPS) - answer supports daily business operations
with numerous reports, documents, and messages throughout the organization

management reporting system - answer provides internal management with special-
purpose financial reports info needed for decision making, such as budgets, variance
reports and responsibility reports

Data sources - answer financial transactions that enter the information system from
internal and external sources.
-external financial transactions most common

financial transaction 3, reelected in where? measured in what? - answer an
economic event that affects the assets and equities of the organization, is reflected in its
accounts and is measured in monetary terms

Internal financial transactions - answer movement of raw materials into work-in-
process (WIP), application of labor and overhead to WIP, transfer of WIP into finished
goods inventory, and depreciation of equipment

Functions for transforming data into information according to the general AIS model: -
answer 1. Data Collection
2. Data Processing
3. Data Management
4. Information Generation

, 1. Data Collection 3 - answer Capturing transaction data
Recording data onto forms
Validating and editing the data

2. Data Processing - answer Classifying
Transcribing
Sorting
Batching
Merging
Calculating- statistical techniques
Summarizing
Comparing

data management 3 - answer storing-assigns keys to new records and stores in
proper location
retrieving- locating and extracting existing records
deleting

4. Information Generation 4 - answer Compiling
Arranging
Formatting
Presenting info to users

Distributed Data
Processing - answer Reorganizing the
computer services
function into small
information processing
units that are distributed
to end users and
placed under their control
-users function independently and tend not to share info and data
-users process their transactions locally

Centralized Data
Processing - answer All data processing is performed by one or more large
computers housed at a central site
-serves users throughout the organization.
Primary areas: database administration
data processing
systems development
systems maintenance

Conceptual system design - answer specifying the criteria for identifying delinquent
customers and the information that needs to be reported

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