Mr Danault - Information Systems - 12 Questions, Multiple Choice

The department in charge of recording all financial activity is the ____ department.
1. human resources
2. accounting
3. marketing
4. production
Which department actually creates the finished goods?
1. marketing
2. research
3. human resources
4. production
This management level is responsible for monitoring the day-to-day events in an organization and taking any required corrective action.
1. supervisory
2. middle-managerial
3. stockholder
4. top-managerial
This management level deals with control, planning and decision making.
1. supervisory
2. middle-managerial
3. stockholder
4. top-managerial
This management level is concerned with long-range planning for the organization.
1. supervisory
2. middle-managerial
3. stockholder
4. top-managerial
Top managerial-level information flow is vertical, horizontal, and
1. diagonal
2. multidimensional
3. ethereal
4. external
This level of management requires summarized information in capsule form to reveal the overall condition of the business.
1. top management
2. middle management
3. supervisors
4. stockholders
This level of management needs access to information from outside the organization.
1. top management
2. middle management
3. supervisors
4. stockholders
____ systems record day-to-day transactions such as customer orders, bills, inventory levels, and production output.
1. transaction processing
2. management information
3. decision support
4. executive support
The ____ activity records the customer requests for goods or services.
1. payroll
2. sales order processing
3. inventory
4. general ledger
Money collected from or owed by customers is called
1. accounts payable
2. inventory
3. accounts receivable
4. sales order processing
The buying of goods and services is referred to as
1. sales order processing
2. accounts receivable
3. inventory
4. purchasing