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Questions Related to accounting software

If an auditor is using test data in a client's computer system to test the integrity of the system's output, which of the following type of controls is the auditor testing.

  1. General controls

  2. User controls

  3. Quantitative test controls

  4. Application controls


Correct Option: D

Which of the following would not be an appropriate procedure for testing the general control activities of an information system?

  1. Inquiries of client personnel

  2. Inspecting computer logs

  3. Testing for the serial sequence of source documents

  4. Examination of the organizational chart to determine the segregation of duties


Correct Option: C

____________ are a set of computer programmes, which are designed to perform certain supporting operations.

  1. operating system

  2. utility programmes

  3. application software

  4. language processors


Correct Option: B

__________ are user oriented programmes designed and developed for performing certain specified tasks.

  1. Operating system

  2. language processors

  3. utility programmes

  4. application software


Correct Option: D

_____________ are set of programmes which control internal functions.

  1. operating system

  2. application software

  3. system software

  4. connectivity software


Correct Option: C

The __________ is processed and organised to create information that is relevant and can be used for decision-making.

  1. data

  2. connectivity

  3. procedures

  4. people


Correct Option: A

A software which checks the language syntax and eventually translates the source programme into machine language is called __________.

  1. operating software

  2. utility programmes

  3. application software

  4. language processors


Correct Option: D

A set of programmes which create and control a connection between a computer and a server so that the computer is able to communicate and share resources of server and other connected computers is called _____________.

  1. operating system

  2. connectivity software

  3. system software

  4. language processors


Correct Option: B

The _________ device is assigned the task of translating the processed data from machine coded form to a human readable form.

  1. output

  2. input

  3. software

  4. hardware


Correct Option: A

___________ is entrusted with the responsibility of controlling and coordinating the activities of all other units of the computer system.

  1. Arithmetic and Logic unit

  2. Memory unit

  3. Control unit

  4. Both a and b


Correct Option: C