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 The following statements have been made about using external information: 

(1) External information is usually more reliable than internal information. 

(2) External information can be general and vague, and may not really help an organisation with decision making. 

Which of the above statement is/are true? 

A

 (1) only 

B

 (2) only 

C

 Neither (1) nor (2) 

D

 Both (1) and (2) 

 Which of the following sources of information would be considered internal? 

A

 Interviewing potential customers 

B

 Reading business magazines 

C

 Receiving updates from tax authorities 

D

 Looking through sales records for the last year 

Where would you most likely find information concerning the frequency of machine breakdowns causing lost production? 

A

 The fixed asset register 

B

 The machine maintenance schedule 

C

 Production output reports 

D

 The purchase ledger account for the supplier that provides replacement machine parts 

Which of the following could be described as an expert system? 

A

 An ATM dispensing cash provided there is enough money in the account 

B

 A stock management system, which highlights stock-outs 

C

 A marketing database holding records of past advertising campaigns and the sales generated by those campaigns 

D

 A tax calculator which predicts the level of tax payable in different scenarios 

 Which of the following is the most reliable source of information on a country’s inflation rate? 

A

 Spending on groceries by a family from one point of time to the next 

B

 Journalist reports concerning the difficulties local families are having making ends meet 

C

 Average house prices measured across the country from one point of time to the next 

D

 The government figures for RPI or CPI 

 The qualities of good information contained in reports are more easily remembered using the mnemonic ACCURATE. Which one of the following is not normally associated with a quality of good information? 

A

 Adaptable to the needs of the user 

B

 Acceptable to the user 

C

 Accurate 

D

 Understandable by the user 

Strategic reports have many features, which of the following would be most likely true of a strategic report? 

A

 Prepared regularly 

B

 Normally considered accurate and reliable 

C

 Highly summarised showing overall trends 

D

 Demonstrates current position 

 Local managers within organisations often use operational reports. Which of the following features of reports would be most true of an operational report?  

A

 Summarised information 

B

 Mainly external information on local competition 

C

 Accurate information on current position 

D

 Infrequent 

 A government department generates information which should not be disclosed to anyone who works outside of the department. There are many other government departments working within the same building. 

Which of the following would NOT be an effective control procedure for the generation and distribution of the information within the government department? 

A

 If working from home, departmental employees must use a memory stick to transfer data, as laptop computers are not allowed to leave the department. 

B

 All departmental employees must enter non-disclosed and regularly updated passwords to access their computers. 

C

 All authorised employees must swipe an officially issued, personal identity card at the entrance to the department before they can gain access. 

D

 All hard copies of confidential information must be shredded at the end of each day or locked overnight in a safe if needed again. 

 Which of the following methods would be LEAST effective in ensuring the security of confidential information? 

A

 Monitoring emails 

B

 Encryption of files 

C

 Dial back facility 

D

 Universal passwords