WAEC Financial Accounting 2006 Question 20

Question 20

Information Technology in Accounting

Whatever is fed into the computer is exactly what would be processed and produced as output. This is the concept of

  1. A.sorting out
  2. B.last in, first out
  3. C.first in, first out
  4. D.garbage in, garbage out.
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: D (garbage in, garbage out.)

Explanation

Garbage in, garbage out: wrong input gives wrong output.