FREE EDPT (Electronic Data Processing Test) Questions and Answers

Question 1

Which of the following can be utilized in an online computer system to verify that users have the right authorization to carry out a task?

Accepted Answer

Passwords

Answer

Limit tests

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Check digits

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Control totals

Question 2

Data clerks add up the employee gross pay amounts for each batch of payroll transactions for control purposes. Which of the following summaries best sums up the final result?

Accepted Answer

Financial total

Answer

Hash total

Answer

Record count

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Parity total

Question 3

Inadvertently, a customer places an order for part number 1234-8 rather than 1243-8. Which of the subsequent controls would pick up this problem when it was being processed?

Accepted Answer

Check digit

Answer

Limit check

Answer

Financial total

Answer

Hash total

Question 4

Which of the subsequent controls would stop the condition below? Because he typed ABC, an invalid code, instead of CAB in his department identification code, the employee's paycheck was processed improperly.

Accepted Answer

Table-lookup procedure

Answer

Internal label check

Answer

Control total

Answer

Limit test

Question 5

When master files are kept on what, can the son-father-grandfather backup strategy be used?

Accepted Answer

Both Magnetic disk and Magnetic tape

Answer

Magnetic disk

Answer

Magnetic tape

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Neither Magnetic disk nor Magnetic tape

Question 6

The following details are revealed via an analysis of an EDP system. Which of these might have weak internal control?

Accepted Answer

Users must orally consent to all application program updates.

Answer

The backup master files are kept in a different place.

Answer

System applications and data files are only accessible to computer operators.

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Vacations are essential for computer workers.

Question 7

Data clerks add up the employee Social Security numbers in each batch of payroll transactions for control purposes. Which of the following summaries best sums up the final result?

Accepted Answer

Hash total

Answer

Financial total

Answer

Parity total

Answer

Record Account