A description of fourteen typical information processing routines is given here, along with ten numbered excerpts from systems flowcharts (see Figure 2.18).

Match the flowcharting segments with the descriptions to which they correspond. Four descriptions will be left blank.

a. Data on source documents are keyed to an offline disk.

b. A deposit slip and check are sent to a customer.

c. A printed output document is filed.

d. Output is sent to a computer screen at a remote location.

e. A clerk manually posts sales orders to the outstanding order data store.

f. A report is printed from the contents of a master data store.

g. Data stored on a disk is sorted and placed on another disk.

h. Data on a magnetic tape are printed during an offline operation.

i. Data are keyed from a terminal at a remote location.

j. A batch total is compared to the total reflected on an error and summary report.

k. Magnetic tape input is used to update master data kept on a disk.

l. The cash receipts summary report is sent by the accounts receivable department to the general ledger department.

m. Input stored on two magnetic disks is merged.

n. Programmed edits are performed on key input, the data entry clerk investigates exceptions and keys in corrections, then the master file is updated.