AIN2601 Assignment 1 (2022 Semester 2)
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2022
AIN2601 Questions and answers to be
Practical Accounting Data Processing used as guideline.
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Instructions for questions 1 – 10:
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1. Which one of the following is NOT a function of the database administrator?
1) Define the database structure.
2) Monitor and maintain database performance.
3) Monitor data and database security and access
4) Implement and maintain database management standards and conventions.
Database administrator (SG page 29 – 30)
The database administrator is responsible for managing and controlling the organisation’s
databases.
The database administrator’s role includes functions such as the following:
▪ Implement and maintain database management standards and conventions.
▪ Ensure applications software complies to database management standards and
conventions by establishing programming standards.
▪ Define the database structures.
▪ Design and create databases in line with database management standards and
conventions.
▪ Implement, maintain and evaluate database access policies and security controls.
▪ Monitor data and database security and access
2. The main advantage of online input is_____________.
1) online input is more cost effective than batch input
2) the data in the computerised information system is always up to date
3) data is captured immediately and therefore all corrections is also immediately done
4) online input is effective where a huge number of source documents must be
captured
Online input (SG page18)
The main advantage of using online input is that the data in the CIS is always up to date.
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