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An account is a part of the financial information system and is described by all except which one of the following? An account may be part of a manual or a computerized accounting system. An account has a title. An account is a source document. An account has a debit and credit side.
Answer: An account is a source document.
A source document is an original record which contains the details that support a transaction that will be (or has been) recorded in an accounting system. In other words, it’s a physical or electronic document that lists the details of a transaction and is used by the accounts department to recognize accounting transactions through journal entries.
Examples of source documents include sales receipts, checks, purchase orders, invoices, bank statements,time cards etc.