AUDITING & ASSURANCE SERVICES CONNECT AC
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Author: MESSIER
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Chapter 12, Problem 12.18MCQ
To determine
Concept Introduction:
Payroll expenses take major part of the company’s earnings and hence these are one the major expenses for an organization. There are chances of misstatements in payroll accounting due to high human involvement. The auditor plans separately for the audit of payroll transactions.
To choose: The purpose of segregation of duties of hiring personnel and distributing payroll checks.
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The purpose of separating the duties of hiring personnel and distributing payroll checks is toseparate thea. Authorization of transactions from the custody of related assets.b. Operational responsibility from the record-keeping responsibility.c. Human resources function from the controllership function.d. Administrative controls from the internal accounting controls.
Which control activity is the entity implementing when the system verifies that all payroll payments have a valid employee
identification number as entered by the HR department
Select one:
O a. Adequate separation of duties
b. Physical control over assets and records
Oc. Proper authorization of transactions and activities
O d. Adequate documents and records
What is the purpose of the following control procedures (i.e., what threats is it designed to mitigate)?
h. Encryption of payroll data both when it is electronically sent to a payroll service bureau and while at rest in the HR/payroll database.
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AUDITING & ASSURANCE SERVICES CONNECT AC
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