Question

Cornick, Inc. sells office products to businesses in the eastern region of the United States. Each month, the IT division at Cornick prints monthly statements and sends them to the accounts receivable (AR) department, where a clerk mails them to the customers. Cornick’s customers mail their payments back to Cornick, where a clerk in AR batches the checks and sends them to the cashier. The AR clerk then uses the payment stub to enter the payments into the computer, where the AR master data are updated to record the payment.

a. Prepare a table of entities and activities

b. Use Microsoft Visio, any other diagramming software or another Microsoft office product such as Excel to create a context diagram. Use the information from the first question to help you construct it.

c. Use Microsoft Visio, any other diagramming software, or another Microsoft office product such as Excel to create a physical DFD using information from the first two parts to help you construct it.

d. Use Microsoft Visio, any other diagramming software, or another Microsoft office product such as Excel to create a logical DFD using information from the preceding parts to help you construct it.

e. Use Microsoft Visio, any other diagramming software, or another Microsoft office product such as Excel to create a systems flowchart of the process using information from the preceding parts to help you construct it.

Answer 1