Exam 4: Transaction Processing and the Internal Control Process

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Many aspects of computer processing tend to significantly

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Employees can check and verify the operations of other employees when the employees are forced to take a(n)________.

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A clerk accidentally posts a prenumbered sales invoice of $625 as $265 to a customer's account.What control would detect this error?

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The internal control premise that concerns the relative costs and benefits of controls is known as

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A structured form of analysis relevant to internal control reviews is an applications control matrix.

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Listed below is a list of terms relating to internal control processes, followed by definitions of those terms.
Match the appropriate term with each definition. Each answer will be used only once.
Check digit
These affect all transaction processing
Upstream resubmission
An internal control analysis technique
Exposure
A detective control used to determine if input is correct
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Check digit
These affect all transaction processing
Upstream resubmission
An internal control analysis technique
Exposure
A detective control used to determine if input is correct
Control register
A log indicating the disposition and control values of batches or transactions
Hash total
A detective control use to determine if processing is complete
Internal control questionnaire
The sum of a batch's preprinted check numbers is an example
Physical controls
Segregation of duties is an example
Preventive controls
A limited access area, for example
Run-to-run totals
Business interruption is an example
General controls
This is an example of a corrective control
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COSO's next report to be published will pertain to the monitoring of internal control systems in order to keep them current and effective.

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The chief goal of an information system is productivity.

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Typically,an organization's internal control process consists of five components.

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Someone who has personally observed the activities under review should complete an internal control questionnaire.

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The concept of internal control is based on ________ major premises: ________ and reasonable ________.

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Discuss three behavioral issues that should be considered when implementing an internal control plan.

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Presented below are ten control features, followed by ten statements describing either the achievement of a control feature (i.e., a system success) or a system deficiency.
Match each control feature with the most closely related system success or deficiency. Each letter will be used only once.
Backup and recovery
This helps control input accuracy by ensuring that dates are properly entered using the format MM/DD/YYYY.
Check digit
Many customer account numbers entered into the billing transaction file are invalid.
Batch balancing
This could help prevent the entry of inconsistent data elements, such as entering a tax code for a customer for whom sales should be nontaxable.
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Backup and recovery
This helps control input accuracy by ensuring that dates are properly entered using the format MM/DD/YYYY.
Check digit
Many customer account numbers entered into the billing transaction file are invalid.
Batch balancing
This could help prevent the entry of inconsistent data elements, such as entering a tax code for a customer for whom sales should be nontaxable.
Format check
In entering a batch of invoices into the computer, an operator made several errors in keying the invoice numbers. As a result, the computer program updated computer accounts with incorrect invoice information.
Suspense file
A new field salesperson omitted several data elements when completing the sales order forms.
Hash total
The vendor master file was damaged in yesterday's update, and cannot be used for today's update.
Password
A former employee gained access to the computer system and damaged the customer master file.
Turnaround document
A computer operator discovered that he had not input all items in a batch.
Forms design
This feature speeds up data entry because some of the input data is prerecorded on the source document and can be scanned.
Reasonableness test
A supervisor reviews this document frequently to dispose of partially processed transactions.
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Detective controls are not considered transaction processing controls,but rather internal audit controls.

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Businesses without an IT department or IT expertise can rely on outside ________ ________ ________ for their accounting,software and IT needs.

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The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 explicitly deals with the non-audit services which auditors can provide to their audit clients.Certain non-audit services may be permissible,without prior approval of a company's audit committee,if the non-audit services

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________ tend to reduce ________,but they rarely affect the causes.

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Listed below are various controls found in a system of internal control. Required: Label each of the following controls as preventive (P),detective (D),or corrective (C). ________ 1.Transaction trail ________ 2.Rotation of duties ________ 3.Reconciliation ________ 4.Visual verification ________ 5.Batch controls ________ 6.Endorsement ________ 7.Redundant processing ________ 8.Training of Personnel ________ 9.Batch balancing ________ 10.Automatic error correction

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Organizational structure is part of which component of internal control?

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Financial accounting is concerned with the prevention and detection of fraud and white-collar crime.

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