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ACC 210 Week 1 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.acc210mentor.com   How does information flow
between departments at your organizations? Why
do some organizations continue to use both manual
and computerized systems? What are the problems
associated with dependence on human information
processing and paper documentation?
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ACC 210 Week 1 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.acc210mentor.com   What do you foresee for el
ectronic billing and payments in the future?  How 
safe do you think your organization's information 
on the internet?  Why?  How does an employer balan
ce its right to control and monitor e-mail and int
ernet use against the employee's right to privacy?
  What are some of the challenges facing the accou
nting profession when doing business on the intern
et?
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ACC 210 Week 1 DQ 3 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.acc210mentor.com   What are some examples of 
structured and unstructured problems?  What are th
e differences between automated decision-making an
d decision support?  What information is provided 
by the executive support systems (ESS) that aid in
 decision making? 
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ACC 210 Week 1 Individual Assignment The Effects
of Technology on the Accounting Profession
Paper FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.acc210mentor.com
  Individual Assignment The Effects of Technolog
y on the Accounting Profession PaperWrite a 700-
 to 1,050-word paper describing how information sy
stems are changing various aspects of the accounti
ng profession. Include a description of several ne
w technologies and their effects on accounting pro
cesses.
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ACC 210 Week 1-5 Entire Course FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.acc210mentor.com   ACC 210 Week 1 DQ 1
ACC 210 Week 1 DQ 2 ACC 210 Week 1 DQ 3 ACC 210 We
ek 1 Individual Assignment The Effects of Technolo
gy on the Accounting Profession Paper  ACC 210 Wee
k 2 DQ 1 ACC 210 Week 2 DQ 2 ACC 210 Week 2 DQ 3 A
CC 210 Week 2 Team Assignment Accounting Informati
on Systems Paper
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ACC 210 Week 2 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.acc210mentor.com   From an accountants
perspective, separation of duties is
self-explanatory. How do small companies that
have minimal accounting staff deal with this
issue? How might you, as owner of a small
business, ensure the integrity of your financial
records and systems are well maintained?
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ACC 210 Week 2 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.acc210mentor.com   What are some of the
hardware components of your PC at work?  How are
they different from the components of your PC at
home?  Besides hardware and software, what
aspects of your information systems architecture
at work affect the total cost of ownership?
 Explain your answer.
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ACC 210 Week 2 DQ 3 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.acc210mentor.com   Internal controls for
every organization are different however, they
may be divided into three major groups
preventive, detective, and corrective. What are
two examples of each group, and in what
circumstance would they be required?  Why is it
important for a company to have an internal
control system?  What is the difference between a
general control and an application control?
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ACC 210 Week 2 Team Assignment Accounting
Information Systems Paper FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.acc210mentor.com   Learning Team Assignment
Accounting Information Systems PaperAccess
Virtual Organizations to obtain company
information on Riordan Manufacturing, or select
an organization that you and your Learning Team
are familiar with. You must obtain your
instructors approval for your company
selection.Review the various types of
information systems and hardware and software
applications utilized by this company.
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ACC 210 Week 3 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.acc210mentor.com   What are the steps in the
systems development life cycle?  Which step is
most important?  Why? What are the ramifications
of skipping one of the steps?
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ACC 210 Week 3 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.acc210mentor.com   How often do systems
implementations fail?  Think of an organization
that experienced a systems implementation
failure.  What are the major reasons for the
failure? 
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ACC 210 Week 3 DQ 3 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.acc210mentor.com   What role does it play, an
d what members of the organization must be members
 of the steering committee? Is every groups input
 required to complete every task? Why or why not?
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ACC 210 Week 3 Individual Assignment Internal
Controls Paper FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.acc210mentor.com   Resource University of
Phoenix Material Accessing Company
FinancialsChoose a publicly traded company from
the list belowGoogle Inc.Dell Inc.Qualcomm
Inc.
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ACC 210 Week 4 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.acc210mentor.com   How do primary keys
eliminate redundant data between tables and
ensure the integrity of the data?  What are some
examples of primary keys?  How are they used or
applied to data?
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ACC 210 Week 4 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.acc210mentor.com   What are the functions of
a database administrator? How does he or she
interact with other departments? What types of
controls should be in place to limit access to a
companys database?
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ACC 210 Week 4 DQ 3 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.acc210mentor.com   How does the database
management and design process ensure that your
organizations data is maintained accurately,
efficiently, and securely?  Why is it important
for accounting information to be accurate and
timely? How may this be achieved?
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ACC 210 Week 4 Team Assignment The Systems
Development Life Cycle Paper FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.acc210mentor.com   Learning Team
Assignment The Systems Development Life Cycle
PaperYou are a systems development team for a
company you are familiar with. The company wants
to implement a new accounting information system.
Your team has been asked to review the process
prior to implementation.Write a 700- to-
1,050-word paper discussing the following
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ACC 210 Week 5 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.acc210mentor.com   Computer crime is a
serious issue for any organization from an
internal and external standpoint.  Describe, in
detail, the steps you might take to limit systems
access to your employees.  Whey do you think this
process might work?
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ACC 210 Week 5 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.acc210mentor.com   Describe, in detail, the
steps an organization should take to protect
itself from a computer virus or hacker attack. 
Is this simply a software issue, or should
hardware be considered?  Explain your answers.
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ACC 210 Week 5 DQ 3 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.acc210mentor.com   Identity theft is an
issue that affects many people.    What steps can
an individual take to prevent identify
theft?  What safeguards should a company have in
place to protect its customers?
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ACC 210 Week 5 Individual Assignment Entity
Relationship Diagram and Relational Database
Creation FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.acc210mentor.com   ACC 210 Week 5 Individual
Assignment Entity Relationship Diagram and
Relational Database Creation
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ACC 210 Week 5 Individual Assignment Technology
Risks Presentation FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.acc210mentor.com   Select your company or a
company that you are familiar with.Create a 5-
to 7-slide Microsoft PowerPoint presentation
with speaker notes illustrating the
followingLimitations of technology in that
industry
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