Problem 1.
1. Access restricted i. To protect intellectual property, a company
encrypted the data, stored it in a very secure
facility, and limited its use to five people
2. Accurate e. A report was checked by three different
people to make sure it was correct.
3. Available b. A manager working on the weekend needed
information about a customer’s production
requests and found it on the company’s network.
4. Reputable f. An accounts receivable aging report is used in
credit-granting decisions.
5. Complete d. An accounts receivable aging report included
all customer accounts.
6. Concise k. After a lengthy, rambling presentation, a CEO
insisted future presentations contain only
pertinent facts and last no more than 30 minutes.
7. Consistent l. A new manager insisted that monthly reports
look the same so she could compare a new
month’s results to previous months.
8. Current m. After making a decision based on outdated
data, a new CFO required all analysis to be
conducted with up-to-date data.
9. Objective n. Reluctant to rely on his personal feelings
about a decision, a manager sought the opinion
of an outside expert.
10. Relevant h. Needing help with a decision, a manager
sought the opinion of a highly regarded expert.
11. Timely g. An account receivable aging report was
received before the credit manager had to
decided whether to extend credit for a customer.
12. Useable j. Tired of keying supplier prices into a database,
a purchasing manager insisted the data be sent in
machine readable form.
13. Understandable a.A report was carefully designed so that its data
was easily comprehended by the reader.
14. Verifiable c. Before production reports are accepted, two
clerks working independently must produce the
same information.