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WorksheetsChapter 20: Audit of payroll and personnel cycle
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 6mins
Which procedure is primarily a test of control?
Reconcile the monthly payroll total for direct manufacturing labor labor cost distribution
Trace the hours from the employee time cards to job tickets to make sure that the total reconciles and trace each job ticket to the job-cost record
Examine the time card for the approval of a supervisor.
Compare the employee name, date, check number, and amounts on cancelled checks with the payroll journal.
A weak internal control system allows a department supervisor to “clock in” for a fictitious employee and then approve the employee’s time card at the end of the pay period. This fraud would be detected if other controls were in place, such as having an independent party:
distribute paychecks.
recompute hours worked from time cards.
foot the payroll journal and trace postings to the general ledger and the payroll master file.
compare the date of the recorded check in the payroll journal with the date on the canceled checks and time cards.
What are the two transaction-related audit objectives affected by the control:
All inventory products are stored in warehousing areas that are segregated from other
storage areas used to house equipment and supplies.
Classification
Occurrence
Accuracy
Completeness
Tests of controls and tests of details of balances are the auditor's most important means of verifying account balances in the payroll and personnel cycle.
True
False
A surprise payroll payoff in which employees must pick up and sign for their pay check is one means of:
identifying employees who do not have proper work credentials.
establishing a tightly controlled, fraud-free work environment.
testing for nonexistent employees.
identifying employees who have not submitted proper W-2 forms.
Which of the following types of audit procedures is ordinarily emphasized the least when auditing payroll?
Tests of controls
Tests of transactions
Analytical procedures
Tests of details of balances
When performing the tests of details of balances for expense accounts, ________ is (are) generally not necessary.
extensive additional testing
analytical procedures
tests of controls
substantive tests of transactions
When examining payroll transactions, an auditor is primarily concerned with the possibility of:
incorrect summaries of employee time records.
overpayments and unauthorized payments.
under-withholding of amounts required to be withheld.
posting of gross payroll amounts to incorrect salary expense accounts.
In auditing payroll, which of the following procedures will normally require the least amount of auditor time under normal circumstances?
Tests of controls
Substantive tests of transactions
Analytical procedures
Tests of details of balances
Records that include data such as employment date, performance ratings, and pay rates are the:
personnel records
employee screening forms
summary payroll reports
employee folders
Verification of the legitimacy of year-end unpaid bonuses to officers and employees can be accomplished by comparing the recorded accrual to the amount?
in the expense account
used in the prior period
authorized in the minutes of the board
paid in the subsequent period
The two major balance-related audit objectives in testing payroll liabilities are accuracy and completeness?
True
False
Which of the following procedures for reviewing the procedures to ensure payroll files and documents are kept secure and confidential?
Tests of controls
Substantive tests of transactions
Analytical procedures
Tests of details of balances
At Tyne Ltd, potential employees are interviewed by the production manager, who then forwards successful candidates’ details, the job title, and the rate of pay to the company’s personnel manager for an employment offer to be made.
Which two of the following controls could be most effective at ensuring that wages are paid accurately?
Payments should be authorised by a director before being submitted for processing
Employees should be interviewed by the production manager and a responsible personnel official
Hours paid should be reconciled to timesheets
Reconciliations should be performed between the payroll and the company’s cash records
Which department should be authorized to add and delete employees from the payroll or change pay rates and deductions?
The supervising department
The accounting department
The human resource department
The treasurer’s department
