Which of the Following Should Be Classified as an Extraordinary

question 12

Multiple Choice

Which of the following should be classified as an extraordinary item?

• A) Effects of major casualties not infrequent in the area.
• B) Write-off of a significant amount of receivables.
• C) Loss from the expropriation of facilities by a foreign government.
• D) Losses due to a bitter, lengthy labor strike.

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Definitions:

Summary Report

A report generated by a management information system that provides a consolidated picture of detailed data; these reports usually include some calculation or visual displays of information.

Transactions

In computing and database management, a transaction is a sequence of information exchange and work done in database systems that are treated as a single unit of work; it must either complete entirely or not at all.

MIS

Short for Management Information Systems, these are computerized databases of financial information organized and programmed in such a way that they produce regular reports on operations for every level of management in a company.

Data Mart

Small slices of a data warehouse grouped together and separated from the main body of data in the data warehouse so that related sets of data can be analyzed.