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The ________ is responsible for managing the enterprise's databases.

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Nearly all accounting information today is stored in ________.

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Data stored in a data warehouse is used for routine business activities.

Data stored in a ________ may be current data, historical data, or future estimates.

What does the DBMS software do?

What is the Pareto Principle? How does this principle apply to accounting database design?

You are an intern in a large company. The company would like to improve the communications between the accountants and IT. Because of your background in AIS, you are asked to train the accountants. Your assignment is to describe to your colleagues how data flows through the accounting system architecture when a new customer is entered in the accounting software.

One of the disadvantages of a relational database is that we can enter data once into the database, and then reuse that data in various locations where it is needed.

Dirty data occurs when errors are entered into a system.

Which of the following statements is NOT a benefit associated with entering data once into a database?

According to the Pareto Principle, if you spend 80% of the time designing a database, you will spend 20% of your time maintaining the database.

You are an intern in a large company. The company would like to improve the communications between the accountants and IT. Because of your background in AIS, you are asked to train the accountants. Your assignment is to describe how data flows through the accounting system architecture when a report is run against the database. Start with requesting the report.

Entering data ________ reduces the change of entering errors.

Nancy Smith comes in to EspressoCoffee to provide her new address and you make the appropriate updates. When preparing a sales receipt for her a week later you notice Nancy's old address appears on receipt. What does this indicate about the database?

Database management system (DBMS)software transfers data from the accounting software to the database.

The ________ inserts, updates, and deletes data in the database.

While auditing the Accounts Payable records, the auditor discovers an entry for Coffee Emporium with an address of 809 Main St., St. Louis MO and another entry for Coffee Emporium with an address of 809 Main Street, St. Louis MO. Each entry has a different vendor number. Which of the following statements is false?

Which tier in the accounting system architecture that consists of onscreen forms?

Which of the following is NOT a tier in the accounting system architecture?

When using an accounting database system, such as QuickBooks, what happens when an existing customer name is entered on an onscreen invoice form?