Exam 7: Controlling Information Systems: Introduction to Enterprise Risk Management and Internal Control

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Establishing a viable internal control system is the responsibility of ______________________________.

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The section of Sarbanes Oxley that requires a company's CEO and CFO to certify quarterly and annual reports is ______________________________.

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_____________ control plans relate to a multitude of goals and processes.

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place the capital letter of the control goal that best matches the situation described. HINT: Some letters may be used more than once. Conversely, some letters may not apply at all.
A batch of documents sent by the mail room to the accounts receivable department were lost in the intercompany mail and never recorded...
Ensure update accuracy.
The cost of the people and computers needed to process incoming checks is less than the benefit obtained from the incoming funds...
Ensure efficient employment of resources.
In a manual bookkeeping system, cash receipts recorded correctly in the cash receipts journal but some were inadvertently posted to the wrong customer accounts.
Ensure input validity.
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A batch of documents sent by the mail room to the accounts receivable department were lost in the intercompany mail and never recorded...
Ensure update accuracy.
The cost of the people and computers needed to process incoming checks is less than the benefit obtained from the incoming funds...
Ensure efficient employment of resources.
In a manual bookkeeping system, cash receipts recorded correctly in the cash receipts journal but some were inadvertently posted to the wrong customer accounts.
Ensure input validity.
In a manual bookkeeping system, an accounts receivable clerk failed to post an entire page of transactions from the cash receipts journal to the accounts receivable subsidiary ledger.
Ensure input completeness.
A mail room clerk fabricated a phony document for a friend to make it look like the friend had paid his account receivable balance. The phony document got recorded.
Ensure input accuracy.
An accounts receivable clerk made a copy of the company's accounts receivable master data and sold this customer information to a competing company.
Ensure effectiveness of operations.
The company's accounts receivable system was infiltrated by a hacker.
Ensure security of resources.
A flaw in the processing logic of a computer program resulted in cash received from customers being added to their accounts receivable balances rather than subtracted...
Ensure update completeness.
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A sale to a customer is entered into the system properly, but the event does not accurately update the customer's outstanding balance. This type of processing error would be classified as a user error.

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According to the COSO Fraudulent Financial Reporting 1998- 2007 update:

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The section of Sarbanes Oxley that prohibits audit firms from providing a wide array of nonaudit services to audit clients is ______________________________.

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Which of the following is not a requirement of SOX Section 404?

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The section of Sarbanes Oxley that provides for fines and imprisonment of up to 20 years to individuals who corruptly alter, destroy, mutilate, or conceal documents with the intent to impair the document's integrity or availability for use in an official proceeding, or to otherwise obstruct, influence or impede any official proceeding is:

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______________________________ are automated business process controls contained within computer programs.

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A deliberate act or untruth intended to obtain unfair or unlawful gain is a(n):

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Risk assessment is the entity's identification and analysis of relevant risks to the achievement of its objectives, forming a basis for determining how the risks should be managed.

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The third level of protection in the control hierarchy is:

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The section of Sarbanes Oxley that sets forth criminal penalties applicable to CEOs and CFOs of up to $5 million and up to 20 years imprisonment if they knowingly or willfully certify false or misleading periodic reports is ______________________________.

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The control goal called ensure ______________________________ is a measure of success in meting one or more goals for the operations process.

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The section of Sarbanes Oxley that requires each annual report filed with the SEC to include an internal control report is ______________________________.

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A batch of business events is accurately entered into a business event data store, but the computer operator fails to use the data to update master data. This type of processing error would be classified as an operational error.

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______________________________ provides guidance on how an organization's IT might affect any of COSO's five components of internal control. This standard guides auditors in understanding the impact of IT on internal control and assessing IT-related control risks.

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Expected gross risk is a function of the initial expected gross risk, reduced risk exposure due to controls, and cost of controls.

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______________________________ is software designed specifically to damage or disrupt computer systems.

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