The Major Benefits of Using the REA Model as the Basis

question 48

Multiple Choice

The major benefits of using the REA model as the basis for designing an AIS include all of the following except

• A)the REA data model integrates non-financial and financial data in the AIS.
• B)the REA data model makes both non-financial and financial data easily accessible to management.
• C)the REA data model provides the basis for building the kind of flexible AIS that is responsive to management's changing information needs.
• D)the REA data model reduces the need for accountants to understand the underlying accounting journals and ledgers.

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Definitions:

Projection

A defense mechanism where an individual ascribes their own unacceptable thoughts, feelings, or motives to another person.

Repression

A defense mechanism where unpleasant thoughts, memories, or desires are excluded from conscious awareness.

Defence Mechanism

Psychological strategies used by individuals to cope with reality and maintain self-image by unconsciously denying or distorting reality.

Repression

A defense mechanism where an individual unconsciously pushes disturbing thoughts, desires, or experiences out of conscious awareness.