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Accountancy · 2024 · 4 marks
CBSE 2024 · Region 3 · Set 2 · Q33
Explain 'Password Security' and 'Data Audit' as security features of Computerised Accounting System.
Explain 'Password Security' and 'Data Audit' as security features of Computerised Accounting System.
OR
What is Data formatting ? What tools are used to format a given data ?
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Password security
Password security is a mechanism, which enables a user to access a system including
data. The system facilitates defining the user rights according to organization policy
consequently a person in the organization may be given access to a particular set of a
data while he may be denied access to another set of data.
Password is the key (code) to allow the access to the system.
Data Audit
This feature enables one to know as to who and what changes have been made in the
original data there by helping and fixing the responsibility of the person who has
manipulated the data and also ensures data integrity. Basically, this feature is similar to
audit trail
Q. What is Data formatting ………………………….
Ans.
Data formatting
It refers to setting up spread sheet in such a way that the user of information can read and
understand the information easily and quickly. Several tools and shortcuts are available to
format spread sheet effectively.
Following are the tools to format data.
1. Number formatting
• It includes adding %, decimal places, currency signs, date, time, scientific values etc.
• Various number formats are available.
2. Special format category– for which one has to select ‘special’ form category option.
3. Changing cell colours.
4. Adding text formatting.
5. Changing font size.
6. Changing cell borders.
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