AIS FINALS Flashcards
______________ include the tasks involved in identifying inventory needs, placing the order, receiving the inventory, and recognizing the liability.
Purchases procedures
When inventories drop to a predetermined reorder point, a ___________________
is prepared and sent to the prepare purchase order function to initiate the purchase process.
Purchase requisition
The next event in the expenditure cycle is the receipt of the inventory. Goods arriving from the vendor are reconciled with the _________ of the PO.
blind copy
contains no quantity or price information about the products being received. The purpose is to force the
receiving clerk to count and inspect inventories prior to completing the receiving report.
Blind copy
TORF: The blind copy is an important device in reducing exposure in this cycle
TRUE
Upon completion of the physical count and inspection, the receiving clerk prepares a ___________________
stating the quantity and condition of the inventories.
receiving report
TORF: One copy of the receiving report accompanies the physical inventories to either the raw materials store room or finished goods warehouse for safekeeping.
Another copy is filed in the open/closed PO file to
close out the PO.
A third copy of the receiving report is sent to the AP department, where it is filed in the
AP pending file.
A fourth copy of the receiving report is sent to inventory control for updating the inventory records.
Finally, a copy of the receiving report is placed in the receiving report file
TRUE
Organizations that use a ______________________ carry their inventories at a predetermined standard value regardless of the price actually paid to the
vendor.
Posting to a inventory ledger requires only information about the quantities received. Because the receiving report contains quantity information, it serves this purpose.
Standard cost system
Updating an _________________________________________________ requires additional financial information, such as a copy of the supplier’s invoice when it arrives.
Actual cost inventory ledger
Once the reconciliation is complete, the transaction is recorded in the purchases journal and posted to the supplier’s account in the _______________________________
AP subsidiary ledger
After recording the liability, the AP clerk transfers all source documents (PO, receiving report, and
invoice) to the _____________. Typically, this file is organized by payment due date and scanned daily to
ensure that debts are paid on the last possible date without missing due dates and losing discounts.
open AP file
TORF:
Finally, the AP clerk summarizes the entries
in the purchases journal for the period (or batch) and prepares a journal voucher for the general ledger
function. Assuming the organization uses the periodic inventory method, the journal
entry will be:
DR Inventory—Control (Purchases if perpetual) 6,800.00
CR Accounts Payable—Control 6,800.00
False. The debit entry for perpetual is DR Inventory-control, while it is “Purchases” for periodic inventory method
Rather than using the AP procedures described in the previous section, many firms use a _____________________________. Under this system, the AP department uses cash disbursement vouchers and maintains a
voucher register. After the AP clerk performs the three-way match, he or she prepares a cash disbursement voucher to approve payment.
vouchers payable system
__________ provide improved control over cash disbursements and
allow firms to consolidate several payments to the same supplier on a single voucher, thus reducing the
number of checks written.
Vouchers
TORF: Each voucher is recorded in the voucher storage system
False. voucher register
The______________
reflects the AP liability of the firm.
voucher register
The AP clerk files the cash disbursement voucher,
along with supporting source documents, in the ___________________
vouchers payable file
TORF: The general ledger function posts from the
journal voucher to the inventory and AP control accounts and reconciles the inventory control account
and the inventory subsidiary summary. The approved journal vouchers are then posted to the journal
voucher file. With this step, the purchases phase of the expenditure cycle is completed
TRUE
The _________________________________ processes the payment of obligations created in the purchases system.
The principal objective of this system is to ensure that only valid creditors receive payment and that
amounts paid are timely and correct.
cash disbursements system
TORF: The cash disbursements process ends in the AP department by identifying items that have come due.
False. the process begins
Each day, the AP function reviews the open AP file (or vouchers payable file) for such items and sends payment approval in the form of a ________________ (the voucher and/or supporting documents) to the cash disbursements department.
.
voucher packet
TORF: For each disbursement, the clerk prepares a check and records the check number, dollar amount, voucher number, and other pertinent data in the check register, which is also called the cash disbursements journal.
TRUE
Finally, the cash disbursements clerk summarizes the entries made to the check register and sends a jour- nal voucher with the following journal entry to the general ledger department:
DR Accounts Payable
CR Cash
TORF: The voucher packet is filed in the closed voucher file.
TRUE
Subsystems under Transaction Authorization
Purchase subsystem
Cash Disbursement subsystem
Subsystems under Segregation of Duties
Segregation of Inventory control from the Warehouse
Segregation of the General Ledger and Accounts Payable from Cash Disbursements
Close supervision reduces the chances of two types of exposure:
(1) failure to properly inspect the assets
(2) the theft of assets
What happens if you provide the receiving clerks with quantity information via an open PO, instead of a blind copy?
They may be tempted to transfer this information to the receiving report without performing a physical count.
TORF: Inspecting and counting the items received protect the firm from incomplete orders and damaged goods. Supervision is not critical at this point to ensure that the clerks properly carry out these important duties.
False. Supervision is critical.
TORF: A receiving clerk should take custody of the packing slip while supervisors count and inspect the goods.
FALSE. It´s the opposite.
TORF: The control objective of accounting records is to maintain an audit trail adequate for tracing a transaction from its source document to the financial statements.
TRUE
Subsystems of Independent Verification
Independent Verification by Accounts payable
Independent Verification by the General Ledger Department
When inventories drop to a predetermined reorder point, the clerk prepares a purchase requisition. One copy of the requisition is sent to the purchasing department, and one copy is placed in the ___________.
open purchase requisition file
TORF: Note that to provide proper authorization control, the purchasing department is seg- regated from the inventory control department, which executes the transaction.
FALSE. It´s the opposite.
who receives the purchase requisitions and sorts them by vendor, and prepapres a multipart PO for each vendor?
Purchasing Department
Vendor mailing information is retrieved from the ___________ to produce hard copy purchase requisition documents, which go to the purchasing department.
valid vendor file
TORF: The greatest advantage of the automated system over its manual counterpart is improved ability to manage inventory needs.
TRUE
TORF: The automated system promotes effective cash management by scanning the voucher file every input for items due, thus avoiding early payments and missed due dates.
False. it scans daily
addresses many of the operational weaknesses associated with the automated system. Specifically, the improvements in this system are that (1) it uses real-time procedures and direct access files to shorten the lag time in record keeping, (2) it eliminates routine clerical procedures by dis- tributing terminals to user areas, and (3) it achieves a significant reduction in paper documents by using digital communications between departments and by digitally storing records.
The Reengineered System
TORF: In automated expenditure system, segregation of duties is not needed, thus optional
False. These documents describe the automated actions taken by the system and allow management to spot errors and any unusual events that warrant investigation.
TORF: Sarbanes-Oxley legislation requires organization management to implement adequate control security measures to protect accounting records from unauthorized access and destruction.
TRUE
_____________ is actually a special-case purchases system
Payroll processing/system
The personnel department prepares and submits ____________________to the prepare payroll function. These documents identify employees authorized to receive a paycheck and are used to reflect changes in hourly pay rates, payroll deductions, and job classification.
personnel action forms
Production employees prepare two types of time records:
job tickets
time cards
capture the time that individual workers spend on each production job.
Job tickets
capture the time the em- ployee is at work.
Time cards
TORF: After cost accounting allocates labor costs to the WIP accounts, the charges are summarized in a labor distribution summary and forwarded to the general ledger function.
TRUE
A clerk in payroll performs the following tasks:
1.Prepares the payroll register
2. Enters the info into the employee payroll records
3. Prepares employee paychecks
4. Sends the paychecks to the distribute paycheck function
5. Files the time cards, personnel action form, and coy of the payroll register.
TORF: A form of payroll fraud involves submitting time cards for nonexistent employees. To prevent this, many companies use a payexpert to distribute the paychecks to employees.
False. paymaster
Upon receipt of the voucher packet, the cash disbursements function prepares a single check for the entire amount of the payroll and deposits it in the __________
payroll imprest account
A form of payroll fraud involves submitting time cards for employees who no longer work for the firm. How to prevent this?
the personnel action form helps payroll keep the employee records current
TORF: The time-keeping function and the personnel function should be separated.
TRUE
Sometimes employees will clock in for another worker who is late or absent. __________ should observe the time-keeping process and reconcile the time cards with actual attendance.
A. employees
B. manager
C. HR
d. supervisor
d. supervisor
The assets associated with the payroll system are:
labor and cash
The following are examples of independent verification controls in the payroll system:
- Verification of time
- Paymaster
- Accounts payable
- General ledger
or moderate-sized and large organizations, payroll processing is often integrated within the __________________
human resource management (HRM) system
TORF: The paymaster system captures and processes a wide range of personnel-related data, including employee benefits, labor resource planning, employee relations, employee
skills, and personnel actions (pay rates, deductions, and so on), as well as payroll.
False. HR system
TORF: HRM systems need to
provide real-time access to personnel files for purposes of direct inquiries and recording changes in employee status as they occur.
TRUE
_____________________ makes changes to the employee file in real time via terminals. These changes
include additions of new employees, deletions of terminated employees, changes in dependents, changes
in withholding, and changes in job status (pay rate)
The personnel department
____________________ enters job cost data (real time or daily) to create the __________________
The cost accounting department; labor usage file
Upon receipt of the approved time cards from the supervisor at the end of the week, the time-keeping
department creates the current __________________
attendance file
are the property, plant, and equipment used in the operation of a business.
Fixed assets
A firm’s
_______________________ processes transactions pertaining to the acquisition, maintenance, and disposal of its
fixed assets.
fixed asset system
_______________ usually begins with the departmental manager (user) recognizing the need to obtain a new asset or replace an existing one.
Asset Acquisition
_________________ typically have authority to approve purchases below a
certain materiality limit.
Department managers
________________ involves adjusting the fixed asset subsidiary account balances as the assets (excluding
land) depreciate over time or with usage.
Asset Maintenance
Common depreciation methods in use are:
straight line,
sum-of-the-years’ digits, double-declining balance,
and units of production.
TORF: Depreciation calculations are transactions that the fixed asset system must be designed to anticipate
internally when no external event (source document) triggers the action. An important record used to initiate this task is the depreciation agenda.
False. depreciation schedule.
it shows when and how much depreciation to record. It also shows when to stop
taking depreciation on fully depreciated assets. This information in a management report is also useful for
planning asset retirement and replacement
depreciation schedule
TORF: When an asset has reached the end of its useful life or when management decides to dispose of it, the
asset may be optionally removed from the fixed asset subsidiary ledger.
False. It must be absolutely removed.
TORF: Fixed asset acquisitions should be formal and explicitly authorized.
TRUE
Periodically, the _________________________ should review the asset acquisition and approval procedures to determine
the reasonableness of factors used in the analysis. These include the useful life of the asset, the original financial cost, the proposed cost savings as a result of acquiring the asset, the discount rate used, and the
capital budgeting method used in the analysis.
internal auditor
The conversion cycle consists of both ________________________ related to manufacturing products for sale.
physical and information activities