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Oracle Vocab

Subjects : oracle, it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A promise to repay borrowed money on a particular date - often ten or twenty years in the future; most bonds involve a promise to pay a specified dollar amount of interest at predetermined intervals. Bonds are a mechanism used to obtain long-term fin






2. A type of Purchase Order that is issued to specify agreed-to prices - delivery periods or other terms for goods or services that will be ordered ( released) for actual delivery later. A BPA is normally issued to cover a long-term agreement period suc






3. An Inventory carried on accounting records as an asset whose stock items are valued at their unit cost times their quantity on hand - and the stock value is not expensed to a final user account until the material is issued to that user.






4. The authorized budget for a project or task - which is used for performance reporting and revenue calculation.






5. Expenditures related to the acquisition - expansion - or rehabilitatin of major fixed assets - such as land - buildings - structures - and certain types of equipment; remodeling/upgrades which improve or enhance the use of an existing facility or spa






6. To approve an award budget for use in reporting and accounting.






7. A grant - subsidy - revenue agreement - revenue contract - or specific funding which is allocated to an organization for a specific purpose(s) and can be used to fund one or more projects - An award is usually billed or invoiced to a Customer ( i.e.






8. Items stocked in an inventory and controlled by tracking the quantity and value of each item. Typically - each item is considered an 'asset' until it is issued or adjusted ( expensed) out of the inventory. The value of the item is equal to the curren






9. Contributions or gifts of cash or other assets from another government or agency to be used or expended for a specified purpose - activity or facility.






10. The electronic process of mainaining an itemized list of current inventory.






11. One of two classes of projects to be used by the County. Capital projects capture costs ( including depreciation) and revenue associated with the construction or acquisition of infrastructure ( i.e. road improvements bridges - etc) - buildings - othe






12. A large database containing data summarized from one or more transactional systems - optimized to support the analysis needs of the enterprise.






13. Does not include paid or unpaid leave - work performed on behalf of a busness entity which is required for that entity to fullfil its business purpose.






14. An anticipated expenditure as indicated by approval of requistion. Oracle Purchasing will send commitments to the General Ledger and Projects and Grants and it will be recorded as an encumbrance type.






15. A periodic - often annual - reconciliation of all inventory item physical counts with system on-hand quantities.






16. Use of an appropriation to purchse goods and services necessary to carry out the responsibilities of a department or organization. Expenditures are decreases in net financial resources.






17. The budget amounts for a project at the first successful Baselining of the project.






18. The financial plan in terms of the costs of activities to be undertaken to achieve specific goals and objectives - which form a department's operational components.






19. General - Special Revenue Funds - Capital Project Funds - Debt Service Funds






20. A legal authorization to make expenditures or to enter into obligations for specific purposes. An appropriation is usually limited in amount for each department or fund of the County and as to the time when it may be expended - normally only during t






21. The difference between budgeted amounts and all actual and anticipated expenditures.






22. Is a written record for goods or services provided or request for payment. A summarized list of charges and other information that is recorded in Account Receivalbe - can be printed - and can be sent to a customer to request payment or reimbursement.






23. The difference between a fund's assets and its liabilites. A surplus or deficit of assets over liabilites and reserves within a specific fund or organizational unit. A comparison of projected ependitures and revenues with related appropriations. Port






24. A type of purchasing document used to reference POs to a specific contract. It may include terms and conditions - agreed amounts - and an effective and expiration date.






25. Funds estalished to account for the accumulaton of resources for - and for the payment of - principal and interest on general long-term debt.






26. Budget authority that is set aside when a purchase order or contract is approved. A limitation - reserve or obligations placed on a budget appropriation to pay for good or services that have been ordered by means of contracts - purchase orders - IA -






27. The amount computed by dividing an aggregate balance by the number of calendar days in the related range.






28. An encumbrance category that allows you track you anticipated expenditures according to your purchase approval process. Types:commitments ( requisition encumbrances) and obligation ( PO encumbrances).






29. A method of accounting in which revenues are recorded only when cash is received and expenditures are recorded only when payment is made.






30. A special fund created to provide centralized budgeting for the accumulation and expenditures of funds for the capital needs of the County.






31. Those elements of cost necessary in the production of an article or the performance of a service but no an integral part of the finished product or service - such as rent - heat - light - supplies - management - supervision - etc.






32. Financial resources recieved from taxes - fees - and other charges - federal or State government - excluding interfund transfers fund balance - or debt issuance proceeds.






33. Annual pricipal and interest payments that a local government of fund owes on money that is has borrowed.






34. A classification of cost that is assigned to each expenditure items. Expenditure types are grouped into cost groups ( expenditure categories) and revenue groups ( revenue categories).






35. A standard procurement document issued for delivery of specified goods or services on specified dates at specified locations. A PO is normally a one-time transaction.






36. A separate fund established to account for services that are supported primarly by service charges. They are similar to private business enterprise - where the costs of providing goods or services to the general public or to customer departments on a






37. Elements of cost necessary in the production of an article of the performance of a services - but an integral part of the finished product or service - such a rent - heat light - supplies - management - second-level supervision. Can refer to Departme






38. The major fund in most government unit - the General Fund accounts for all activities not accounted for in other funds. Most functions such as Public Safety or Health Services and Human Resources are accounted for in the General Fund.






39. The additional to cash or other current assets of governmental funds( receipts) which do not increase any liability or reserve and do not represent the recovery of an expenditure from services to others ( reimbursements).






40. An internal request for goods or services. A requisiton can originate from an employee or from another process. Each requition can include many lines - generally with a distict item on each requisition line.






41. Is derived from taxes - licenses - fees - and investment earnings.






42. Units of work that can be broken down into one or more task to capture and related revenue.






43. The Generally Accepted Accounting Principles( GAAP) promulgated by te Governmental Accountng Standards Board - which guide the recording and reporting of financial information by state and local governments.






44. A method employed in the constructon and /or maintenance of projects and activities - wherby the County's own personnel are used to perform the services - instead of an outside contractor. This method may also call for the purchase or use of the Coun






45. A spending plan for improvements to or acquisition of land - facilities - and infrastructure. The capital budget balances revenues and expenditures - specifies the sources of revenues - and lists each project or acquisition.






46. The most recently baselined budget version of the budget.






47. Expiration in the service life of capital assets - other than wasting assets - attributable to wear and tear - deterioration - action of the physical elements - idadequacy - and obsolescence.






48. Determines whether a purchasing document line is for goods - services - freight - Amend A&C - etc.






49. An account that contains money set aside for a legaly restricted specifi future use.






50. It is business or individual that provides good and /or services in return for payment. Also known as a Vendor.