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BT Ch-9 Control, Security and Audit

Total questions: 62

Worksheet time: 1hrs 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Control is the result of proper planning, ............................. And ................................

A. Organizing

B. Marketing Polices

C. Employment Tasks

D. Directing of Management

E. Auditing.

a)

A and B

b)

C and D

c)

B and E

d)

A and D

2.

The internal control system comprise of the ........................... And ..................................

a)

Control Accounting & Control Auditing

b)

Control Auditing & Control Procedures

c)

Control Procedures & Control Accounting

d)

Control Procedures & Control Environment

3.

Internal Control may be incorporated within the................................... System

a)

Management reporting

b)

Computerized Accounting

c)

Staff Attendance

d)

Taxation

4.

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)

A, B and C

b)

B, C and D

c)

A, C and D

d)

All of the above

5.

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)

A,B and C

b)

B, C and D

c)

C, D and E

d)

B, D and E

6.

......................... Provide the background against which the various other controls are operated.

a)

Management Control

b)

Risk Control

c)

Control Environment

d)

Auditor Control

7.

.................. Are those policies and procedures in addition to the control environment which are established to achieve the entity’s specific objectives.

a)

Control Accounting

b)

Control Auditing

c)

Control Procedures

d)

Control Environment

8.

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)

A,B. and C

b)

B, C and D

c)

F

d)

G

9.

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.

a)

Correct

b)

Detect

c)

Prevent

d)

Administrative.

10.

Designed identify errors once they have happened. I.e. Bank reconciliation and physical checks of inventory against inventory records. Are example of .............................. Control procedure.

a)

Detect

b)

Prevent

c)

Correct

d)

Discretionary

11.

...................... Controls are designed to minimize or negate the defect of errors...

E.g. back up of computer input at the end of the day.

a)

Backup

b)

 Correct

c)

Accounting

d)

Detect

12.

.......................... Control is required by law and imposed by external authorities.

a)

General

b)

Mandated

c)

Discretionary

d)

Voluntary

13.

.................... Controls are provided automatically by the system and cannot be overridden. E.g. entering a pin in ATM

a)

Financial

b)

Manual

c)

General

d)

Non- Discretionary

14.

A .................... Is a list that is drawn up before any processing takes place?

a)

Post list

b)

Pre List

c)

Total List

d)

Job list

15.

Acknowledgment of work means Person who carries out a particular job should acknowledge their work by getting the signature of its senior manager

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Funds and property of the company should be kept under proper custody. Access to assets should be limited to........................

a)

Directors

b)

None Executive Directors

c)

Authorized personal

d)

Bankers or lenders

17.

................. Is a part of internal control system?

a)

External Audit

b)

Management investigation

c)

Special Checking team

d)

Internal Audit

18.

Internal Audit need is depending on the following (state which is the wrong one.)

a)

Problem with the internal Control system

b)

An increased number of unexplained or unacceptable events

c)

Cost benefit considerations

d)

When management is satisfied with the internal control system

19.

Internal Auditors seeks to monitor the financial activity of a company only.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Operation Audit is also known as management, efficiency or value for money audit.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

........................ Objective is to monitoring of management's performance at every level to ensure optimal functioning according to pre determine data.

a)

Management Investigation

b)

Operational Audit

c)

System Audit

d)

Transactions Audit

22.

........................ 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.

a)

System Audit

b)

Value of Money

c)

Operational Audit

d)

Social Audit

23.

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.

a)

Operational Audit

b)

Transactions Audit

c)

Legal Audit

d)

Management Investigation

24.

............................ Seeks evidence that the internal controls are being applied as prescribed.

a)

Compliance Test

b)

Substantive Test

c)

Error detection Test

d)

Productivity test

25.

........................... Test is used to check the entries in the figures in accounts. They are used to discover errors and omissions.

a)

Error and Omission

b)

Accounts

c)

Casting

d)

Substantive

26.

A Transactions or Probity Audit aims to detect fraud and uses only substantive tests.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

Internal Auditors are Answerable and Accountable to...................

a)

Senior Manager

b)

Senior Auditor

c)

Company Financial Head

d)

Highest Executive Level

28.

This is wrong Perception that Independence is vital for the work and productivity for Internal Auditors.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

External Auditor has a much wider scope then the Internal Auditors.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

External Auditors works relates to the Operations of the Organization.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

The external auditors do not have a specific duty to detect fraud.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

A .............. Can be maintained of unauthorized attempts to gain access to a computer system.

a)

Database

b)

Log

c)

Password

d)

Register

33.

It is in practice.................... To prevent all threats cost effectively.

a)

Impossible

b)

Possible

c)

Logical

d)

Practical

34.

Physical access control is design to prevent...................... Getting near to computer equipment or storage media.

a)

Managers

b)

IT Workers

c)

Intruders

d)

Operators

35.

An ................... Is a record showing who has accessed a computer system and what operations he has perform.

a)

A Fraud Trial

b)

Password Trial

c)

Computer Trial

d)

Audit Trail

36.

The internal auditors are not required to consider fraud.

a)

True

b)

False

37.

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)

A & E

b)

A & C

c)

C & D

d)

A & D

38.

An Audit trial should be provided so that every transaction on a file contain a...........................

a)

Audit Mark

b)

Unique Reference

c)

Internal control ref.

d)

Software Ver. Detail

39.

Archiving provide a legally acceptable ......................... While freeing up.......................

A. Accountability

B. Password

C. Business History

D. Employees time

E. Hard disk space.

a)

A & C

b)

B & C

c)

D & E

d)

C & E

40.

Archiving mean moving data from primary storage to..........................

a)

Short term storage

b)

Paper Storage

c)

Computer logs

d)

Portable media or long term Storage

41.

A Contingency is an unscheduled interruption of computing services that requires measures outside the day to day routine operation procedure.

a)

True

b)

False

42.

A …………………………….. Audit aims to detect fraud and uses only substantive tests.

a)

Transactions or probity

b)

Compliance

c)

Working Audit

d)

Tax Audit

43.

To whom is the external auditor primarily accountable?

a)

The directors of the company

b)

The Company as a separate entity

c)

The shareholders of the company

d)

The employees of the company

44.

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?

a)

Accounting controls

b)

Correct controls

c)

Detect controls

d)

Prevent controls

45.

Below are few factors that influenced the control environment. Which of the following one is incorrect?

a)

Management attitude toward control

b)

Organization Structure

c)

Stakeholder perception

d)

Values and ability of employee’s

46.

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

a)

General & Voluntary

b)

General & Application

c)

General & Manual

d)

Manual & Voluntary

47.

……………………….are the controls which are subject to human discretion.

a)

General

b)

Application

c)

Manual

d)

Discretionary

48.

Arithmetical internal check includes the following three steps. Which of the following is not correct?

a)

Pre-list

b)

Post-list

c)

Segregate tasks

d)

Control total

49.

The main responsibility of the external auditor is to ensure that the financial statements of the client are -

a)

Accurate and free from bias.

b)

Should reach the Govt. Authorities on time

c)

Should have a detail report on the performance of internal auditors performance

d)

Gave a true and fair view of the company activities.

50.

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.

a)

True

b)

False

51.

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.

a)

True

b)

False

52.

Substantive test are tests by an auditor to establish whether a figure in the financial statement is correct or not.

a)

True

b)

False

53.

Physical threats to computer security may be natural or man made.

a)

True

b)

False

54.

Destruction of data can be even more costly than the destruction of hardware. Company data is more important than hardware.

a)

True

b)

False

55.

Physical access of intruders to the computer equipment and data can be control by the following way. State the one incorrect?

a)

Personal control like security guards or watch man etc.

b)

Door locks and Cameras

c)

Sign of no entry

d)

Intruders Alarms

56.

Modern computer equipment's are safe from theft due to their extra large size.

a)

True

b)

False

57.

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)

A and B

b)

B and C

c)

B and D

d)

C and D

58.

…………………….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.

a)

System integrity

b)

Risk control

c)

Data redundancy.

d)

Data integrity

59.

…………………………….. Mean a same data in two or more places. System database through data integration reduce/delete duplicate data.

a)

System integrity

b)

Risk control

c)

Data redundancy

d)

Data integrity

60.

Back-up control in computer data protection aims to maintain system and data integrity.

a)

True

b)

False

61.

A ……………………….can provide a restorable history from one day to several years, depending on the needs of the business.

a)

Old unused computer

b)

Tape rotation scheme

c)

Physical hard copies of record

d)

Company accountant

62.

The key objective of the internal Audit is to protect and report for the benefits of the stakeholders.

a)

True

b)

False