CH 10 - IT

Question 1

What is the relationship between logic tests, input controls, and application controls?

Answer 1

All logic tests are input controls and all input controls are application controls

Question 2

What are application controls?

Answer 2

Input, output, and processing controls

Question 3

What are general controls?

Answer 3

System wide, pervasive controls over the IT system, Designed to ensure that and orgs IT control environment.

Question 4

What are examples of system administration jobs?

Answer 4

Network managers
web administrators
help desk personnel

Question 5

What type of controls are Batch and hash totals?

Answer 5

Input controls

Question 6

What type of controls are limit tests and closed loop verification?

Answer 6

Input controls and application controls but not general controls

Question 7

What is a parity check?

Answer 7

type of control that involves adding a “1” or “0” to the end of every 8 bit byte such that the total number of ones in the byte is always either odd or even

Question 8

Define application controls?

Answer 8

Concern the accuracy, validity an completeness of data processing in specific application programs.

Question 9

What is the record count

Answer 9

number of records in the batch the needs to be processed

Question 10

What is a hash total?

Answer 10

Meaningless total other than for the pupose of a control