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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? Explain your
response. What are the advantages and
disadvantages of using real-time versus batch
accounting information architecture?
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ACC 210 Week 1 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.acc210mentor.com What do you foresee for elec
tronic billing and payments in the future?  How sa
fe do you think your organization's information on
 the internet?  Why?  How does an employer balance
 its right to control and monitor e-mail and inter
net use against the employee's right to privacy?  
What are some of the challenges facing the account
ing profession when doing business on the internet
?
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ACC 210 Week 1 DQ 3 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.acc210mentor.com What are some examples of st
ructured and unstructured problems?  What are the 
differences between automated decision-making and 
decision support? 
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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 Indi
vidual Assignment The Effects of Technology on th
e Accounting Profession PaperWrite a 700- to 1,0
50-word paper describing how information systems a
re changing various aspects of the accounting prof
ession. Include a description of several new techn
ologies and their effects on accounting processes.

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ACC 210 Week 1-5 Entire Course FOR MORE CLASSES
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 1 Individual Assignment The Effects of Technology
 on the Accounting Profession 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? 
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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.
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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, and 
what members of the organization must be members o
f the steering committee? Is every groups input r
equired 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.
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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?
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ACC 210 Week 4 Team Assignment The Systems
Development Life Cycle Paper FOR MORE CLASSES
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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.
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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
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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
industryRisks of using technology
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