GEN COMBO LL PRINCIPLES OF AUDITING & OTHER ASSURANCE SERVICES; CONNECT AC
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Author: Ray Whittington, Kurt Pany
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Chapter 13, Problem 32COQ
Which of the following is an internal control weakness related to factory equipment?
- (1) Checks issued in payment of purchases of equipment are not signed by the controller.
- (2) All purchases of factory equipment are required to be made by the department in need of the equipment.
- (3) Factory equipment replacements are generally made when estimated useful lives, as indicated in
depreciation schedules, have expired. - (4) Proceeds from sales of fully depreciated equipment are credited to other income.
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A weakness in internal control over recording purchased equipment may cause the auditor to:
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Review the subsidiary ledger to ascertain whether depreciation was taken on each item of equipment during the year.
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Inspect certain items of equipment in the plant and trace those items to the accounting records.
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GEN COMBO LL PRINCIPLES OF AUDITING & OTHER ASSURANCE SERVICES; CONNECT AC
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