ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS

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Problem

11.8   As an internal auditor for the state auditor’s office, you are assigned to review the implementation of a new computer system in the state welfare agency. The agency is installing an online computer system to maintain the state’s database of welfare recipients. Under the old system, applicants for welfare assistance completed a form giving their name, address, and other personal data, plus details about their income, assets, dependents, and other data needed to establish eligibility. The data are checked by welfare examiners to verify their authenticity, certify the applicant’s eligibility for assistance, and determine the form and amount of aid.

         Under the new system, welfare applicants enter data on the agency’s Web site or give their data to clerks, who enter it using online terminals. Each applicant record has a “pending” status until a welfare examiner can verify the authenticity of the data used to determine eligibility. When the verification is completed, the examiner changes the status code to “approved,” and the system calculates the aid amount.  

         Periodically, recipient circumstances (income, assets, dependents, etc.) change, and the database is updated. Examiners enter these changes as soon as their accuracy is verified, and the system recalculates the recipient’s new welfare benefit. At the end of each month, payments are electronically deposited in the recipient’s bank accounts.

         Welfare assistance amounts to several hundred million dollars annually. You are concerned about the possibilities of fraud and abuse.

         a.      Describe how to employ concurrent audit techniques to reduce the risks of fraud and abuse.

         b.      Describe how to use computer audit software to review the work welfare examiners do to verify applicant eligibility data.  Assume that the state auditor’s office has access to other state and local government agency databases.

1. create teaching session about smoking cessation
2. Using evidence-based research findings that you apply to your topic, develop the following:
   1. Learning objectives
      1. Identify your students/audience; what information is most important for them to know/incorporate into their clinical practice?
      2. Consider the topic; what are the focused, critical learning components you must assure your students take away from your session? What “clinical pearls” can you teach them that would benefit their patient populations?
      3. Research your topic, define the key areas of information you wish to relate to your audience about this topic. Contemplate the value of the information and the time-frame in which you have to deliver this content when creating your outline. While you may want to share a considerable amount of valuable information with your students/audience, you must refine your content in order to provide them with useful content that stimulates critical thinking
      4. 1. Teaching strategies
            1. Consider your students and available resources when designing your teaching strategies. Look to the literature for ideas. Think about the types of learners in your classroom, are they visual, kinesthetic, or perhaps auditory learners, or are they a combination learner? Would the use of technology or simple lecture be most valuable for imparting information to this group? You may not have all the resources you wish to apply in this setting however you should minimally mention ones that you would use if available when crafting your summative report.
         2. Evaluation method
            1. How will you evaluate learning outcomes? Think about the brief amount of time you will have to present your topic, this time must include a method of evaluation for assessing learning- what method could you incorporate into your lesson to ensure that your audience grasped the key concepts you are trying to impart?

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A bag of marbles contains 3 white and 4 black marbles. A marble will be drawn from the bag randomly three times and put back into the bag. Relative to the outcomes of the first two draws, the probability that the third marble drawn is white is:

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A parking lot has 100 red and blue cars in it.

• 40% of the cars are red.
• 70% of the red cars have radios.
• 80% of the blue cars have radios.

What is the probability that the car is red given that you already know that it has a radio?

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Which of the following methods produces a particularly stiff penalty in periods with large forecast errors?

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What is meant by the term culture? In what way can measuring attitudes about the following help to differentiate between cultures: centralized and decentralized decision making, safety and risk, individual or group rewards, high or low organizational loyalty, cooperation or competition? Use these attitudes to compare the US, Germany, and Japan. Based on your comparisons, what conclusions can you draw regarding the impact of culture on motivation, leadership and human resource management of MNCs? Use REFERENCES do back up your answer.

Students, you will create a Disease Diary. The Disease Diary will contain 3 entries.One entry for each of the following systems: Cardiovascular System Lymphatic System Respiratory SystemInstructions and requirements for each entry (system): Name of disease & description a graphic (picture/illustration) of some aspect of the disease  causes & risk factors signs & symptoms diagnosis prevention prognosis treatment  How the disease affects the system? What was the most interesting part of the disease? What was something new you learned about the disease? Which aspect of the disease would you like to learn more about? Was there anything about the disease that confused you? If so, explain. You must use at least 10 bold terms from the chapter that pertains to your disease. Make sure those terms are in bold and underlined in each entry. For instance, if you are doing cellulitis, you would probably include the following bold terms from chapter 5 (integumentary system): epidermis, dermis, subcutaneous tissue, true skin, corium, integumentary, skin signs, anti-inflammatory agents. Please cite resources (at least 3) for each entry

Students, you will create a Disease Diary. The Disease Diary will contain 3 entries.One entry for each of the following systems: Cardiovascular System Lymphatic System Respiratory SystemInstructions and requirements for each entry (system): Name of disease & description a graphic (picture/illustration) of some aspect of the disease  causes & risk factors signs & symptoms diagnosis prevention prognosis treatment  How the disease affects the system? What was the most interesting part of the disease? What was something new you learned about the disease? Which aspect of the disease would you like to learn more about? Was there anything about the disease that confused you? If so, explain. You must use at least 10 bold terms from the chapter that pertains to your disease. Make sure those terms are in bold and underlined in each entry. For instance, if you are doing cellulitis, you would probably include the following bold terms from chapter 5 (integumentary system): epidermis, dermis, subcutaneous tissue, true skin, corium, integumentary, skin signs, anti-inflammatory agents. Please cite resources (at least 3) for each entry h

Explain the routine laboratory techniques and tests (microscopy, bacterial culture media and conditions, biochemical tests and serology) used to isolate and identify N.meningitidis. (This section should contain descriptions and explanations of methods.) [1/2 page]

A. Rewrite the query select * from section natural join classroom without using a natural join but instead using an inner join with a using condition.

B. Explain the difference between integrity constraints and authorization constraints.