Melissa Is a Senior Accountant at a Consulting Firm

question 60

Multiple Choice

Melissa is a senior accountant at a consulting firm. She brings to her manager's notice the considerable amount of time that is wasted when accounting tasks are performed manually, and proposes that the department automates these tasks. Melissa's accounting department is in need of a(n) ________.

• A)application software
• B)system software
• C)firmware
• D)operating system

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Definitions:

Osmosis

The movement of water molecules through a selectively permeable membrane from a region of lower solute concentration to one of higher concentration.

Protein

Large biomolecules, or macromolecules, composed of one or more long chains of amino acid residues, crucial for the structure, function, and regulation of the body's tissues and organs.

Malpighian Tubules

Excretory structures in certain arthropods like insects and spiders, involved in the removal of waste materials.

Osmosis

The movement of water molecules through a semipermeable membrane from a region of lower solute concentration to a region of higher solute concentration.