At a Minimum,a Switch to IFRS from GAAP Will Affect

question 79

Multiple Choice

At a minimum,a switch to IFRS from GAAP will affect companies' accounting information system by

• A)requiring companies to increase the processing power of their existing accounting information systems.
• B)requiring IT departments to hire programmers that are fluent in languages besides English.
• C)requiring the creation of additional fields in research and development (R&D)records to capture information about the stage of research and development that costs are incurred in.
• D)requiring firms to completely redesign their existing accounting information systems because current systems are not compatible with IFRS accounting principles.

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Definitions:

Standard Error of Estimate

It measures the accuracy with which a sample represents a population, specifically the standard deviation of the observed values from the values predicted by a regression model.

Significance Level

The likelihood of incorrectly dismissing the null hypothesis during a statistical test when it is in fact correct; an assessment of the chance of committing a Type I error.

Negatively Linearly Related

A relationship between two variables where an increase in one variable results in a decrease in the other, represented by a downward sloping line on a graph.

Linear Relationship

A linear relationship describes a straight-line relationship between two variables, where a change in one variable is proportional to a change in the other.