Question

What is one potential drawback in the design and implementation of database systems for accounting? A) Double-entry accounting relies on redundancy as part of the accounting process but well-designed database systems reduce and attempt to eliminate redundancy. B) Relational DBMS query languages will allow financial reports to be prepared to cover whatever time periods managers want to examine. C) Relational DBMS provide the capability of integrating financial and operational data. D) Relational DBMS can accommodate multiple views of the same underlying data; therefore, tables storing information about assets can include data about both historical and replacement

Answer 1

A. Double-entry accounting relies on redundancy as part of the accounting process but well-designed database systems reduce and attempt to eliminate redundancy

Step-by-step explanation:

With the design and implementation of database system in accounting comes perfection, or some thought. Double entry accounting is a form of record keeping whereby every entry into an account requires an equivalent and opposite entry into a different account. It is made up of the debit and credit records. The database system is aimed at reducing redundancies in accounting operations, but the double entry needs or rather relies on those redundancies. Hence why its a potential drawback to database system design and implementation.

Answer 2

A) Double-entry accounting relies on redundancy as part of the accounting process; well-designed database systems reduce and attempt to eliminate redundancy.