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 Five measures to control the ability of individuals to compromise the security of an organisation were listed in the chapter. What are they? 

 Provide five reasons why poor attitudes could arise when a budget is implemented. 

 The following are all types of information systems: 

(i) A Management Information System producing management accounts showing margins for individual customers. 

(ii) An Expert System holding specialist tax information. 

(iii) An Executive Information System giving access to internal and external information in summarised form, with the option to drill down to a greater level of activity. 

Which of the above would NOT be suited to all levels of management in an organisation? 

A

 (i) 

B

 (ii) 

C

 (iii) 

D

 None of the above is suited to all levels. 

 A manufacturer and retailer of kitchens introduces an enterprise resource planning system. 

Which of the following is NOT likely to be a potential benefit of introducing this system? 

A

 Schedules of labour are prepared for manufacturing 

B

 Inventory records are updated automatically 

C

 Sales are recorded into the financial ledgers 

D

 Critical strategic information can be summarised 

 Electronic Executive Information Systems (EIS) and Expert Systems (ES) are examples of: 

A

 Customer relationship management software 

B

 Database management systems 

C

 Computer networking 

D

 Decision based software 

You have been presented with a summary report of sales in the last month, with a breakdown of totals per product, and with variances from the corresponding monthly sales plan. 

This report is an output from:  

A

 A transaction processing system 

B

 A management information system 

C

 An executive Information system 

D

 None of the above 

Which of the following is not a feature of strategic management accounting? 

A

 External orientation 

B

Historic focus 

C

Non-financial orientation 

D

Inputs from many areas of a business 

 Open systems are seldom, if ever, found in naturally occurring situations.

A

True 

B

false

 Interaction with other systems or the outside environment is a feature of open systems. 

A

True 

B

 false

 The following statements have been made about management information. 

(1) Budgetary control information comes mainly from sources outside the organisation. 

(2) An EIS provides an integrated database system for the management of operations. 

Which of the above statements is/are true? 

A

 1 only 

B

 2 only 

C

 Neither 1 nor 2 

D

 Both 1 and 2