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ACC 564 Entire Course ACC 564 Week 1 DQ 1 Value
of Information and DQ 2 AIS ACC 564 Week 2 DQ 1
Evaluation of Documentation Tools and DQ 2 David
Miller ACC 564 Week 2 Assignment 1 Information
Needs for the AIS (2 Papers) ACC 564 Week 3 DQ 1
Attacks and DQ 2 Revamping the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
(SOX) ACC 564 Week 4 DQ 1 The Cloud Effect and
DQ 2 Securing Data ACC 564 Week 4 Assignment
Hacking the AIS (2 Papers)
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ACC 564 Final Exam Part 1 Question 1 . An
accounting information system (AIS) processes
________ to provide users with ________. Question
2 . Paid time-off policies, job descriptions, and
procedures manuals are examples of information
needed to support key decisions in what business
process? Question 3 . Which of the following is a
primary activity in the value chain?
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ACC 564 Final Exam Part 2 Question 1 In the
________ stage of an operational audit, the
auditor measures the actual system against an
ideal standard. Question 2 An auditor finds that
employee absentee rates are significantly higher
on Mondays and Fridays than on other work days.
This is an example collecting audit evidence
by Question 3 The ________ to auditing provides
auditors with a clear understanding of possible
errors and irregularities and the related risks
and exposures.
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ACC 564 Week 1 DQ 1 Value of Information and DQ 2
AIS Firms realize that in order to make money,
they have to invest money. This can be attributed
to the information that the firm relies on. As
discussed in the text, there are seven
characteristics of useful information. From the
first e-Activity and assuming that you are CFO
of University, identify the top-three
characteristics you would rely on the most for
improving the profitability of the firm. Provide
an example of how each characteristic would
directly help the firm in terms of profitability.
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ACC 564 Week 2 Assignment 1 Information Needs for
the AIS (2 Papers) In 1967, Russell Ackoff
presented a classical analysis of misinformation
in management (Ackoffs Management Misinformation
Systems, Case 1-2, located in your Blackboard
course shell). Now, you need to fast-forward to
the present. After reading the case, craft your
own version of misinformation in management by
developing five (5) key incorrect assumptions
that management makes about its accounting
information systems.
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ACC 564 Week 2 DQ 1 Evaluation of Documentation
Tools and DQ 2 David Miller On the other hand,
resources, such as accountants, business
analysts, and I/T specialists who rely on
documentation tools, will need proper training on
these tools. You have been given the
responsibility of familiarizing your team with
these tools. Evaluate which techniques, in terms
of their appropriateness, you would use to get
your team ready for its first assignmentthe
evaluation of a firms internal control
structure.
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ACC 564 Week 3 DQ 1 Attacks and DQ 2 Revamping
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)   We know that the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act was created as the result of
several high-profile fraud cases. Now that the
act is over 10 years old, many think that it
needs to be updated to reflect the changing
times. From the e-Activity, identify and discuss
at least three changes that should be made to the
act, indicating why these changes are necessary.
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ACC 564 Week 3 Quiz 1 A well-designed AIS can
improve the decision-making function within the
organization. Which statement below would
describe a limitation, rather than a benefit, of
an efficient AIS?
The transaction cycle that includes the
events of hiring employees and paying them is
known as the Paid time-off policies, job
descriptions, and procedures manuals are examples
of information needed to support key decisions in
what business process?

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ACC 564 Week 4 Assignment Hacking the AIS (2
Papers) In todays technology environment,
hackers present a substantial risk to a firms
accounting or business system. As the result of
these attacks, firms suffer huge losses, ranging
from financial losses to losses in confidence by
consumers, creditors, and suppliers. Firms may
have made a significant investment in financial
and non-financial resources to secure these
systems.
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ACC 564 Week 4 DQ 1 The Cloud Effect and DQ 2
Securing Data Many firms are relying on cloud
computing, also known as the cloud, to perform
key business functions. By moving transactional
processing to the cloud, firms are exposing
themselves to additional attacks as well as to
tighter scrutiny from regulators and
stakeholders. From the e-Activity, assume that
you are the CFO of Amazon.com. Create an argument
indicating how your firm will be able to balance
the needs of security with the desire of being a
dominant player in the global market.
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ACC 564 Week 5 DQ 1 Integrity vs. Availability
and DQ 2 The 21st Century Auditor In the global
enterprise, firms are insistent that their
accounting information systems (AIS) and other
key systems are available 100 of the time, and
that these systems are the highest in integrity.
Evaluate how a firm manages the balance of high
availability with high integrity in these days of
tight budgets and additional oversight from
regulators.
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ACC 564 Week 5 Quiz 2 Question 1
Illegally obtaining and using confidential
information about a person for economic gain is
known as Question
2 The deceptive method by which a
perpetrator gains access to the system by
pretending to be an authorized user is called
Question 3
Developers of computer systems often include a
user name and password that is hidden in the
system, just in case they need to get into the
system and correct problems in the future. This
is referred to as a
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ACC 564 Week 6 DQ 1 Revenue Cycle and DQ 2
Expenditure Cycle From the e-Activity, examine
the steps necessary to complete a sale and
discuss how the sales order process is integrated
with other processes (credit and collections,
delivery, etc.). Indicate your overall
satisfaction with the process.From the
e-Activity, recommend at least one improvement in
the Websites sales order process you would
implement to make it more efficient in order to
improve the customer experience.
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ACC 564 Week 7 Assignment 3 Fraud in the AIS (2
Papers) Imagine that the company that you
researched uses a third-party accounting system.
Evaluate the effectiveness of the firms
stakeholder in the event that a third-party
accounting system suffers a breach. Include an
assessment of the level of responsibility of the
software provider to the business and its
clients. Provide support for your rationale.
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ACC 564 Week 7 DQ 1 Professional Service
Organizations and DQ 2 General Ledger and
Reporting Systems   Using the information from
the e-Activity, identify the key elements of a
plan to outsource your firms payroll function.
For each element of the plan, describe the impact
of each element. Be sure that the elements
address the necessary controls needed to
safeguard your firms personnel data. Provide
specific examples to support your rationale.
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ACC 564 Week 8 DQ 1 Relational Databases and DQ 2
The REA Data Model From the e-Activity, assess
the advantages and disadvantages of the continued
use of the traditional relational database and
then decide if businesses should be moving toward
relational databases in the cloud. Justify your
decision and provide specific examples to support
your response. Determine whether a company has an
ethical obligation to share with external clients
that key information about them is being stored
in the cloud.
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ACC 564 Week 8 Quiz 3   Question 1 A
validity check is an example of a(n)
Question 2
________ involves copying only the data items
that have changed since the last partial backup.
Question 3
Data matching is an example of a(n)
Question 4 This tests a
numerical amount to ensure that it does not
exceed a predetermined value nor fall below
another predetermined value.
 
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ACC 564 Week 9 DQ 1 Systems Analysis and DQ 2
AIS You have been selected as the change agent
for the implementation of a AIS system that will
ultimately affect the way all employees complete
their daily tasks. The AIS system will also
require online approvals for all source
documents. This will result in significant cost
savings for the firm however, in the past,
employees have been resistant to radical changes
such as this. Evaluate the risks and rewards of
such a move by the firm. Provide specific
examples to support your response.
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ACC 564 Week 9 Quiz 4 Shandra Bundawi is a new
graduate who has been hired by an old-line,
family-owned furniture manufacturing company in
the northeast. She has been asked to analyze the
company's accounting information system and to
recommend cost-effective improvements. After
noting that the production and sales departments
use database systems that are entirely separated,
she recommends that they be combined.
Implementation of her recommendation would
benefit the company by contributing to data

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ACC 564 Week 10 Assignment 4 Changing the AIS (2
Papers) Migrating to a accounting information
system is not an easy task. Many firms have
struggled with this process, even though our
textbook makes the process seem quite
straightforward. Recently, IBM recapped some of
the lessons learned in migrating to a accounting
information system within the federal government.
These lessons can be applied to any accounting
information system project. Others have developed
their own recommendations for best practices and
lessons learned involving implementing accounting
information systems.
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ACC 564 Week 10 DQ 1 Implementation and DQ 2
Operation You are the manager of a payroll
system. Your company is going to replace the
legacy payroll system with a more robust,
Web-based version. Suggest two approaches that
would minimize downtime and interruption to the
payroll process. Provide specific examples to
support your response. Propose a process for
evaluating the success of the system and a
procedure for implementing software fixes and
enhancements. Provide specific examples to
support your response.
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ACC 564 Week 11 DQ 1 Looking Back and DQ 2
Looking Ahead   The AICPA would like for you to
deliver a speech at one of its upcoming
conferences on the future of accounting
information systems. From the first e-Activity,
select one conference and formulate the takeaway
message and key points that you would want your
audience to remember from your speech. After
delivering your speech, you have been approached
by representatives from Oracle (Oracle
Financials) and Microsoft (Microsoft Dynamics)
regarding your key points. From the second
e-Activity, evaluate how your message can be used
to enhance their product line and vision.
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