Mill Company Uses a Batch Processing Method to Process Its

question 85

Multiple Choice

Mill Company uses a batch processing method to process its sales transactions. Data on Mill's sales transaction tapes are electronically sorted by customer number and are subjected to programmed edit checks in preparing its invoices, sales journals, and updated customer account balances. One of the direct outputs of the creation of these tapes most likely would be a

• A) Report showing exceptions and control totals.
• B) Printout of the updated inventory records.
• C) Report showing overdue accounts receivable.
• D) Printout of the sales price master file.

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Definitions:

Fundamental Attribution Error

The tendency to attribute others' behaviors to their character rather than to external factors.

Cognitive Dissonance

The discomfort in one's psyche caused by the coexistence of several contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values.

Attribution

Attribution involves the process of explaining the causes or reasons behind behaviors or events, including the inference of personal traits or external circumstances.

Attitude

A psychological tendency expressed by evaluating a particular entity with some degree of favor or disfavor.