ISTM Chapter 13

Most reports are what?

What does the acronym TPS mean?

TPS systems are based in what application software?

What provides the groundwork for all other reports?

What kind of decision is long-term?

What kind of decision requires specific actions?

Reports produced whenever needed are called what?

Demand reports are sometimes called what?

The purpose for business reports is to do what?

Which report has the highest level of detail?

TPS Reports support what type of decisions?

Completely summarized reports support what types of decisions?

Distilling a detailed report results in what?

What reports are visual in nature?

Reporting tendencies in business is called what?

Subtracting Previous from Actual yields what?

Subtracting Forecast from Actual yields what?

What level uses the most summarized reports?

What level uses the most detailed reports?

Reports with the most detail are for what types of decisions?

Reports with the most summarization are for what types of decisions?

Which level report(s) use internal and external data?

Which level report(s) use internal data?

Reports with only internal data are used for what type of decisions?

Supervisory reports are considered what?

What kind of reporting is highly detailed and generated directly from the transaction processing system and is rarely used for decision-making?

Who are interested in the big picture, with reports that offer complete summarization and are highly graphical?

Subtracting a "Forecast" figure from an "Actual" figure produces what kind of figure?

Subtracting a "Previous" figure from an "Actual" figure produces what kind of figure?

Because of their visual nature, what reports are sometimes much more appropriate and can point out trends that numeric reports cannot?

Analysis reports use what as a foundation and also can be summarized?

What is the underlying application software in a Transaction Processing System?

What system collects and stores data (typically in a database) regarding an organization's daily sales?

What refers to the level of detail or level of summarization in a report?

What describes informational output from an information system to facilitate decision-making?

Supervisory reporting is highly detailed and generated directly from the transaction processing system and is often used for high-level decision-making.

Management reports exclusively use internal information.

Variance figures show the sum of Actuals and Previous figures.

Previous figures show what transpired over time.

Actual figures show what actually happened.

Graphical reports are sometimes much more appropriate and can point out trends that numeric reports cannot.

Transaction processing systems and the data they provide are independent of all other reports.

TPS data stored in a large database.

Almost all businesses have a TPS report.

Reporting Summarization Levels refers to the level of detail or level of summarization in a report.

Tactical decisions are specific actions that serve a larger purpose.

Tactical decisions refer to long-term planning designed to achieve a specific goal.

Most reports are demand or "ad-hoc."

Reporting is output specifically with paper products.

Business System Reporting describes informational output from an information system to facilitate decision-making.

Managerial reports

Supervisory reports