CH 13: Business System Reporting – Flashcards
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Most reports are what?
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Periodic
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What does the acronym TPS mean?
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Transaction Processing Report
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TPS systems are based in what application software?
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Database
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What provides the groundwork for all other reports and can also be summarized?
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TPS
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What kind of decision is long-term?
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Strategic
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What kind of decision requires specific actions?
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Tactical
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Reports produced whenever needed are called what?
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Demand
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Demand reports are sometimes called what?
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Ad Hoc
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The purpose for business reports is to do what?
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Make decisions
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Which report has the highest level of detail?
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TPS Report
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TPS Reports support what type of decisions?
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Tactical
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Completely summarized reports support what types of decisions?
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Strategic
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Distilling a detailed report results in what?
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Summarization
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What reports are visual in nature?
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Graphical Reports
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Reporting tendencies in business is called what?
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Trend Reporting
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Subtracting Previous from Actual yields what?
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Variance
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Subtracting Forecast from Actual yields what?
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Variance
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What level uses the most summarized reports?
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Executive
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What level uses the most detailed reports?
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Laborers
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Reports with the most detail are for what types of decisions?
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Tactical
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Reports with the most summarization are for what types of decisions?
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Strategic
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Which level report(s) use internal and external data?
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Executive and Managers
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Which level report(s) use internal data?
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Supervisors and Laborers
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Reports with only internal data are used for what type of decisions?
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Tactical
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Supervisory reports are considered what?
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Highly Detailed
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What kind of reporting is highly detailed and generated directly from the transaction processing system and is rarely used for decision-making?
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Supervisory
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Who are interested in the big picture, with reports that offer complete summarization and are highly graphical?
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Executives
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What system collects and stores data (typically in a database) regarding an organization's daily sales?
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TPS
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What refers to the level of detail or level of summarization in a report?
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Reporting Summarization Levels
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What describes informational output from an information system to facilitate decision-making?
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Business System Reporting
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Level of detail or level of summarization in a report.
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Reporting Summarization Levels
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___________ reports exclusively use internal information.
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Management
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________ figures show what transpired over time.
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Previous
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___________ decisions are specific actions that serve a larger purpose.
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Tactical
