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mrsjacobs44

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The principal difference between an executive information system (EIS) and a decision support system (DSS) is that an EIS:
 a. suggests to the user the best choice from among alternative courses of action whereas the DSS merely provides information that could assist in making the decision
  b. is primarily about collecting and presenting information without doing additional processing or calculations
  c. uses both external and internal data whereas a DSS does not
  d. employs decision models whereas a DSS does not

Question 2

Which of the following is a true statement about a government financial reporting entity?
 
  a. if it includes discrete component unit(s) it cannot also include blended component unit(s)
  b. if it includes blended component unit(s) it cannot also include discrete component unit(s)
  c. it cannot include more discrete component units than blended component units
  d. it can include both blended and discrete component units


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Reply #1 on: Jul 5, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

d


mrsjacobs44

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Reply 2 on: Jul 5, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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