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Zeta Ltd processes its payroll once a month. All timesheets are collected, validated and processed together at month end to update the employee master file. Which type of processing does this describe?

This is batch processing, because transactions are collected over a period and then validated and processed together at one scheduled time. Real-time processing would instead update the records immediately as each transaction occurs, rather than waiting until month end.

  1. AReal-time processing
  2. BBatch processingCorrect
  3. COnline transaction processing
  4. DDistributed processing

Explanation

Transactions are grouped and processed together at a scheduled time, which is the definition of batch processing. Real-time or online processing would update records immediately as each transaction occurs, which is not happening here.

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