Control Process
Information Systems
Financial Tools For Control
Facts about URI
Questions about Professor McCarthy
100

In order for controls to work in today’s economy, they need to be rigid. 

1. True

2. False

False.

100

There are support systems that help health care providers make accurate diagnoses.

1. True 

2. False

1. True

100

Ransomware attacks are a nuisance but do no real harm to companies or systems.

  1. True 

  2. False 

2. False

100

What is the URI mascot?

Ram

100

What is professor McCarthy's first name?

Jessica

200

Controls are implements to ensure people make decisions faster. 

1. True

2. False 

False.

200

Which type of system incorporates people, technology, and information?

  1. Statistical quality control

  2. Financial controls

  3. Management information system

  4. Big-data analytics

3. Management Information System

200

Anything a company owns that could be converted to cash is considered which of the following?

  1. Liabilities 

  2. Assets

  3. Revenue

  4. Losses 

2. Assets

200

What is the president of URI's name?

Marc Parlange

200

Is professor McCarthy teaching this course next year?

No

300

Which control process involves evaluating performance after a task?

1. Feedback control
2. Feedforward control
3. Financial controls
4. Concurrent control

1. Feedback control

300

Which type of system helps managers analyze data to make better business decisions?

    1.    Transaction processing system

    2.    Decision support system

    3.    Executive support system

    4.    Supply chain management system

    2.    Decision support system

300

Which is used to predict how much money will be earned and spent?

  1. Supply chain 

  2. Budget 

  3. Inventory 

  4. Income statement 

2. Budget

300

When was URI founded?

1892

300

Where did professor McCarthy just go on vacation?

Key West

400

Which is the first step in the control process?

  1. measure performance

  2. corrective action

  3. comparing performance

  4. setting standards

4. setting standards

400

You want to be able to look at what is happening daily including sales, inventory, and payroll. Which system do you want to use?

  1. Transaction processing 

  2. Executive support 

  3. Decision support 

  4. Machine learning

1. Transaction processing

400

When a company takes a look at their own financial standing, they are conducting a(n) ______.

  1. Internal audit 

  2. External audit 

  3. Balance sheet 

  4. Budget process 

1. Internal Audit
400

What's the newest dorm building?

Brookeside

400

Where did professor McCarthy get her MBA?

Vanderbilt University

500

What are the 3 main types of control?
1. Feedforward, Concurrent, Feedback
2. Preventive, Reactive, Corrective
3. Planning, Organizing, Leading
4. Input, Process, Output

1. Feedforward, Concurrent, Feedback

500

5. Which of the following best describes a Decision Support System (DSS)?

1. A system that automatically processes financial transactions
2. A computer-based system designed to assist in making business decisions
3. A tool used exclusively for managing inventory levels
4. A program that analyzes employee performance for HR management

2. A computer-based system designed to assist in making business decisions

500

On your company's balance sheet, you review the open credit lines used to purchase equipment last year to determine how much you still owe. What you still owe is considered a(n) ______.

  1. Asset

  2. Liability

  3. Audit

  4. budget

2. Liability

500

Do the URI chant.

If you don't do it you don't get the points.
500

What is the name of professor McCarthy's business?

Brand Energy Marketing and PR Firm