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Which statement is true regarding file systems?

The correct label for Shape 3 in the flowchart below is

The Director of Information Technology for the city of Tampa, Florida formed a company to sell computer supplies and software. All purchases made on behalf of the City were made from her company. She was later charged with fraud for overcharging the City, but was not convicted by a jury. The control issue in this case arose because the Director had both ________ and ________ duties.

Best Friends, Incorporated is a publicly traded company where three BFF’s (best friends forever) serve as its key officers. This situation

Kekoa Konani is chairman of the Chatty Chihuahua Club, where he maintains a database of registered purebred Chihuahuas and their breeding history. One table will store the name, birth date, and other characteristics of all of the registered Chihuahuas. Each Chihuahua is uniquely identified by a registration number. A second table will contain data that link each Chihuahua to its male and female parents by means of their registration numbers. The entities described by the first table are

In a data flow diagram of the customer payment process, “update receivables” will appear above or in

ERP stands for

Terrell and Monique Anderson run an antique store in their hometown of Dayton, Ohio. To find items to sell in their shop, they travel around the United States and Europe buying unique artifacts. Within an hour of making a purchase, they use their smartphone to take a picture of the item and post a short tweet about the item on Twitter. Which symbol should be used to represent the preparation of data for their tweet in a context diagram of this process?

A document that shows all projects that must be completed and the related IT needs in order to achieve long-range company goals is known as a

Kai Keoni has created custom statues made out of scrap metal for over ten years. He lives above his shop in Martha’s Vineyard, Maryland. Kai is an accounting fanatic and has kept detailed records of every statue he has ever created. For every sale, he obtains the customer’s name and address, a description of the statue, and a picture of the statue sold to the customer. His unique style has recently attracted the attention of several celebrities. Ready to take his business to the next level, Kai has hired you to construct an accounting information system, which he wants modeled after his paper records. As you look over his records, you realize that sometimes the same customer is recorded by a slightly different name. For example, Mike Mulligan bought a horse statue, M. Mulligan bought a pig statue, and Mike M. all seem to be the same person. This is an example of what type of problem in the existing records?