Question 31

Some sensitive computer systems are particularly attractive to cyber criminals. Passwords may be used as one element of restricting access to legitimate users, but the password systems should be designed with great care.
Which of the following methods would enhance a password access system?
  • Question 32

    Kate is a management accountant. Her immediate superior plans to apply for a promotion and his strongest competitor is the sales manager. Kate's superior has ordered her to set unattainable sales targets in a sales budget in order to reduce the sales manager's promotion prospects. He told her not to tell anybody.
    Kate asked the finance director for advice. He told her that he wanted her immediate superior to get the promotion and so she should set the unattainable budget as instructed.
    Kate set the budget as instructed.
    Which THREE fundamental ethical principles has Kate breached?
  • Question 33

    K is a large mining company. In its risk report it states that there is a risk of accidents and injury because of the nature of the industry. It states that it has staff training in place and complies with all Health and Safety regulations but in spite of this there will still be a residual risk that accidents and injuries may occur.
    Which of the following statements are correct?
  • Question 34

    H manufactures and sells healthy dietary supplements. The company recruits individuals as part-time agents to sell its products to friends and colleagues. These agents are required to buy H's products and to resell them at a small mark-up.
    For a fee, H will provide agents with training in persuasive selling techniques. Agents who pass exams at the conclusion of this training can become distributors. Distributors buy bulk quantities of H's products at a discount and can recruit their own sales agents. Those agents can also take training and can recruit agents of their own.
    At what stage does H stop being a legitimate business and become a pyramid selling fraud?
  • Question 35

    B uses a balanced scorecard to monitor the performance of its divisions.
    Classify each of the following decisions taken by a division's management team as either commercially sound or dysfunctional.