Accounting Information Systems
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Chapter 4, Problem 5SP
Narrative 1: Freshplace Grocery
At Freshplace Grocery, customers give their purchases to a sales clerk along with cash. The sales clerk enters the sale in a cash register and puts the money in the register drawer. At the end of the day, the sales clerk gives the cash and the register tape to the cashier. The cashier reconciles the cash and the tape to make sure all of the cash is present.
Use the narrative(s) on pg. 136, as selected by your instructor, to prepare a systems flowchart of the process. If you completed any of the previous short problems, use that information to help you construct the diagram.
- a. Use Microsoft Visio, any other diagramming software, or another Microsoft office product such as Excel to create the diagram you drew in Short Problem 4-5.
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cash sale.
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1. A special journal contains columns for Cash, Purchases Discounts and Accounts Payable. This journal is a
(an)
A. Invoice Register
B. Sales Journal
C. Cash Receipts Journal
D. Cash Disbursements Journal
2. Which of the following is true of a voucher system?
A. All major expenditures, including cash transactions for payment of rent and utilities expense,
would first be credited to Vouchers Payable before payment is made.
B. Transactions are first entered in the check register, and later, when payment is made, in the
voucher register.
C. The check register replaces the cash receipts journal.
D. The voucher register contains a debit column for Vouchers Payable
3. An accounting clerk would take first which of the following steps?
A. Post individual amounts to the subsidiary ledgers.
B. File source documents
C. Journalize the business transaction
D. Post to the general ledgers.
4. The book of original entry that will accommodate entries which cannot be appropriately recorded in any of
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Chapter 4 Solutions
Accounting Information Systems
Ch. 4 - Prob. 1RQCh. 4 - Prob. 2RQCh. 4 - Describe each symbol used in constructing DFDs.Ch. 4 - Prob. 4RQCh. 4 - Prob. 5RQCh. 4 - Prob. 6RQCh. 4 - What is a logical DFD?Ch. 4 - Prob. 8RQCh. 4 - When is a set of DFDs balanced (i.e., leveled)?Ch. 4 - Prob. 10RQ
Ch. 4 - Prob. 11RQCh. 4 - Prob. 12RQCh. 4 - Prob. 13RQCh. 4 - Prob. 14RQCh. 4 - Prob. 15RQCh. 4 - Prob. 16RQCh. 4 - How will systems documentation differ between...Ch. 4 - Prob. 1DQCh. 4 - Prob. 2DQCh. 4 - Prob. 3DQCh. 4 - Prob. 1SPCh. 4 - Prob. 2SPCh. 4 - Narrative 1: Freshplace Grocery At Freshplace...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4SPCh. 4 - Narrative 1: Freshplace Grocery At Freshplace...Ch. 4 - Prob. 6SPCh. 4 - Prob. 1PCh. 4 - Prepare a narrative to describe the system...Ch. 4 - Prob. 3PCh. 4 - Narrative 1: Good Buy, Inc (good-buy.com) Good...Ch. 4 - Prob. 5PCh. 4 - Prob. 6PCh. 4 - Narrative 1: Good Buy, Inc (good-buy.com) Good...Ch. 4 - Prob. 8P
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