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WorksheetsBT Ch-9 Control, Security and Audit
Total questions: 62
Worksheet time: 1hrs 24mins
Control is the result of proper planning, ............................. And ................................
A. Organizing
B. Marketing Polices
C. Employment Tasks
D. Directing of Management
E. Auditing.
A and B
C and D
B and E
A and D
The internal control system comprise of the ........................... And ..................................
Control Accounting & Control Auditing
Control Auditing & Control Procedures
Control Procedures & Control Accounting
Control Procedures & Control Environment
Internal Control may be incorporated within the................................... System
Management reporting
Computerized Accounting
Staff Attendance
Taxation
Which of the following are the key objectives of Internal Control System?
Select the best answer.
A. Prevention and Detection of Fraud and Error
B. The timely preparation of reliable financial information system
C. The accuracy and completeness of the accounting records
D. The safeguarding of Assets
E. All of the above.
A, B and C
B, C and D
A, C and D
All of the above
The Control environment is the overall .................... , ................ And .................... Of Directors and management regarding internal control and their importance in the entry -
A. Awareness
B. Attitude
C. Action
D. Reaction
E. Interest
A,B and C
B, C and D
C, D and E
B, D and E
......................... Provide the background against which the various other controls are operated.
Management Control
Risk Control
Control Environment
Auditor Control
.................. Are those policies and procedures in addition to the control environment which are established to achieve the entity’s specific objectives.
Control Accounting
Control Auditing
Control Procedures
Control Environment
Which of the following are the Classifications of internal control procedure?
Select the best answer.
A. Administration
B. Accounting
C. Prevent
D. Detect
E. Correct
F. All of the above
G. None of the above.
A,B. and C
B, C and D
F
G
Control Design to prevent errors from happening in the first place. I.e. Checking invoices from suppliers against goods received notes before paying the invoices. This is the example of ..................... Control.
Correct
Detect
Prevent
Administrative.
Designed identify errors once they have happened. I.e. Bank reconciliation and physical checks of inventory against inventory records. Are example of .............................. Control procedure.
Detect
Prevent
Correct
Discretionary
...................... Controls are designed to minimize or negate the defect of errors...
E.g. back up of computer input at the end of the day.
Backup
Correct
Accounting
Detect
.......................... Control is required by law and imposed by external authorities.
General
Mandated
Discretionary
Voluntary
.................... Controls are provided automatically by the system and cannot be overridden. E.g. entering a pin in ATM
Financial
Manual
General
Non- Discretionary
A .................... Is a list that is drawn up before any processing takes place?
Post list
Pre List
Total List
Job list
Acknowledgment of work means Person who carries out a particular job should acknowledge their work by getting the signature of its senior manager
True
False
Funds and property of the company should be kept under proper custody. Access to assets should be limited to........................
Directors
None Executive Directors
Authorized personal
Bankers or lenders
................. Is a part of internal control system?
External Audit
Management investigation
Special Checking team
Internal Audit
Internal Audit need is depending on the following (state which is the wrong one.)
Problem with the internal Control system
An increased number of unexplained or unacceptable events
Cost benefit considerations
When management is satisfied with the internal control system
Internal Auditors seeks to monitor the financial activity of a company only.
True
False
Operation Audit is also known as management, efficiency or value for money audit.
True
False
........................ Objective is to monitoring of management's performance at every level to ensure optimal functioning according to pre determine data.
Management Investigation
Operational Audit
System Audit
Transactions Audit
........................ Is based on a testing and evaluation of the internal controls within an organization so that those controls may be relied on to ensure that resources are being managed effectively and information provided accurately.
System Audit
Value of Money
Operational Audit
Social Audit
Which of the following is not a type of Internal Audit?
A. Management Investigation
B. Operational Audit
C. Legal Audit
D. Transactions Audit
E. Social Audit.
F. System Audit.
Operational Audit
Transactions Audit
Legal Audit
Management Investigation
............................ Seeks evidence that the internal controls are being applied as prescribed.
Compliance Test
Substantive Test
Error detection Test
Productivity test
........................... Test is used to check the entries in the figures in accounts. They are used to discover errors and omissions.
Error and Omission
Accounts
Casting
Substantive
A Transactions or Probity Audit aims to detect fraud and uses only substantive tests.
True
False
Internal Auditors are Answerable and Accountable to...................
Senior Manager
Senior Auditor
Company Financial Head
Highest Executive Level
This is wrong Perception that Independence is vital for the work and productivity for Internal Auditors.
True
False
External Auditor has a much wider scope then the Internal Auditors.
True
False
External Auditors works relates to the Operations of the Organization.
True
False
The external auditors do not have a specific duty to detect fraud.
True
False
A .............. Can be maintained of unauthorized attempts to gain access to a computer system.
Database
Log
Password
Register
It is in practice.................... To prevent all threats cost effectively.
Impossible
Possible
Logical
Practical
Physical access control is design to prevent...................... Getting near to computer equipment or storage media.
Managers
IT Workers
Intruders
Operators
An ................... Is a record showing who has accessed a computer system and what operations he has perform.
A Fraud Trial
Password Trial
Computer Trial
Audit Trail
The internal auditors are not required to consider fraud.
True
False
The intention of the Audit Trial is to ..................... And.....................
A. Detect Fraud
B. Detect input and output record
C. Identify User
D. Identify errors
E. System performance.
A & E
A & C
C & D
A & D
An Audit trial should be provided so that every transaction on a file contain a...........................
Audit Mark
Unique Reference
Internal control ref.
Software Ver. Detail
Archiving provide a legally acceptable ......................... While freeing up.......................
A. Accountability
B. Password
C. Business History
D. Employees time
E. Hard disk space.
A & C
B & C
D & E
C & E
Archiving mean moving data from primary storage to..........................
Short term storage
Paper Storage
Computer logs
Portable media or long term Storage
A Contingency is an unscheduled interruption of computing services that requires measures outside the day to day routine operation procedure.
True
False
A …………………………….. Audit aims to detect fraud and uses only substantive tests.
Transactions or probity
Compliance
Working Audit
Tax Audit
To whom is the external auditor primarily accountable?
The directors of the company
The Company as a separate entity
The shareholders of the company
The employees of the company
An organization has a policy of checking all invoices from suppliers against goods received notes before paying the invoices. This is an example of what type of control procedure?
Accounting controls
Correct controls
Detect controls
Prevent controls
Below are few factors that influenced the control environment. Which of the following one is incorrect?
Management attitude toward control
Organization Structure
Stakeholder perception
Values and ability of employee’s
Control Environment.
Which of the two control classifications are related to reduce of risk associated to computer environment?
A. General
B. Application
C. Manual
D. Voluntary
General & Voluntary
General & Application
General & Manual
Manual & Voluntary
……………………….are the controls which are subject to human discretion.
General
Application
Manual
Discretionary
Arithmetical internal check includes the following three steps. Which of the following is not correct?
Pre-list
Post-list
Segregate tasks
Control total
The main responsibility of the external auditor is to ensure that the financial statements of the client are -
Accurate and free from bias.
Should reach the Govt. Authorities on time
Should have a detail report on the performance of internal auditors performance
Gave a true and fair view of the company activities.
External auditor should also see whether the management and the directors has act on the recommendations of the internal auditors in their report about the weakness and other areas of the company.
True
False
One of the main responsibilities of the external auditor is to ensure that company complies with the regulations relating to preparing the financial statement on time and submit the copy to the govt. authorities.
True
False
Substantive test are tests by an auditor to establish whether a figure in the financial statement is correct or not.
True
False
Physical threats to computer security may be natural or man made.
True
False
Destruction of data can be even more costly than the destruction of hardware. Company data is more important than hardware.
True
False
Physical access of intruders to the computer equipment and data can be control by the following way. State the one incorrect?
Personal control like security guards or watch man etc.
Door locks and Cameras
Sign of no entry
Intruders Alarms
Modern computer equipment's are safe from theft due to their extra large size.
True
False
Which of the following two are the most important aspect of physical access control to the computer equipment.
A. Personal control like security guards or watch man etc.
B. Door locks
C. Card entry system
D. Intruders Alarms
A and B
B and C
B and D
C and D
…………………….in the context of security is preserved when data is the same as in source documents and has not been accidentally or intentionally altered destroyed or disclosed.
System integrity
Risk control
Data redundancy.
Data integrity
…………………………….. Mean a same data in two or more places. System database through data integration reduce/delete duplicate data.
System integrity
Risk control
Data redundancy
Data integrity
Back-up control in computer data protection aims to maintain system and data integrity.
True
False
A ……………………….can provide a restorable history from one day to several years, depending on the needs of the business.
Old unused computer
Tape rotation scheme
Physical hard copies of record
Company accountant
The key objective of the internal Audit is to protect and report for the benefits of the stakeholders.
True
False
