Exam 2 Flashcards

1
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Audits are…

A

Detective activities

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2
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Required vacations are…

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Detective activities

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3
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Separation of duties are…

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Preventative activities

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4
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Background investigations are…

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Detective activities

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5
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Use of passwords are…

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Preventative activities

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6
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Required authorizations are…

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Preventative activities

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7
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Rotation of duties are…

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Detective activities

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8
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Required approvals are…

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Preventative activities

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9
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Alarm systems are…

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Preventative activities

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10
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Use of locks are…

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Preventative activities

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11
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Variance analysis are…

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Detective activities

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12
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Reconciliations are…

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Detective activities

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13
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Security guards and cameras are…

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Preventative activities

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14
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Educations, training and monitoring of employees are…

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Preventative activities

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15
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Physical inventories are…

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Detective activities

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16
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Which of the following does not support business process management?

A

Systems

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17
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Business process management is supported by…3

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1 approaches

2 techniques

3 measures

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18
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An example of a detective control activity would be…

A

Reconciliations

19
Q

In relation to the internal control process, control sufficiency is…

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Group of controls with a variety of degrees of precision necessary to achieve control objective

20
Q

Control precision 2

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1 Alignment between risk and control activity

2 designed to mitigate risk

21
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Control sufficiency 2

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1 group of controls with variety of degrees of precision

2 necessary to achieve control objective

22
Q

When production levels increase but stay in the relevant range,
What happens to total fixed costs?

2) Total fixed costs per unit?

A

Total fixed costs remain unchanged

2 total fixed costs per unit stay the same

23
Q

If after tax savings are $100,000 and depreciation is $50,000 per year, what is the before tax cash savings with a 40% tax rate?

A

$100,000 - $50,000 x 0.4 = $80,000

$80,000/0.6

24
Q

Technique for managing Just in time inventory developed by the Japanese?

A

Kanban

25
Q

Economic exposure, define, give example

A

Represents impact of exchange rate fluctuations on firm’s future cash flow

26
Q

Which of the following areas of responsibility are normally assigned to systems programmer in a computer systems environment?

A

Operating systems and compilers

27
Q

the best set of controls for a payroll system includes, batch and…

A

Hash totals

28
Q

the best set of controls for a payroll system includes record…

A

Record counts of each run

29
Q

the best set of controls for a payroll system includes proper…

A

Separation of duties

30
Q

the best set of controls for a payroll system includes passwords…

A

And user codes

31
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the best set of controls for a payroll system includes backup copies of…

A

Activities and master files

32
Q

COBIT applies to…

A

Information technology

33
Q

Expected market value when protected with frost 80,000
- expected market value when not protected with frost 40,000
Change in EMV when protected from frost. 40,000

What is the probability to being indifferent to spending $10,000 for frost protection?

A

Cost of protection = probability if frost x change in EMV

probability of frost = 10,000/40,000

34
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Check digit is an example of…

A

An input control

35
Q

Purchase of the firm’s treasury stock increases…

A

A firm’s financial leverage

36
Q

Treating dividends as an active policy strategy assumes that…

A

Dividends provide information to the market

37
Q

The method that should be used to estimate a unique product is…

A

Learning curve analysis

38
Q

What kind of inflation occurs when cost of production inputs such as materials or labor increase?

A

Cost push inflation

39
Q

In event of a flood near a data center employees may…

A

Not be able to report to work

40
Q

If one country has a 20% tax rate and another has a 40% tax rate, a multinational corporation should have the highest transfer price set in…

A

The country with the 20% tax rate

41
Q

Calculate overhead applied and overhead rate equations?

A

Overhead rate =
estimated annual overhead/estimated annual direct labor

Applied overhead = overhead rate x estimated annual direct labor

42
Q

Management reporting systems rely on…

A

Both internally and externally reported data

43
Q

Margin of safety equation

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Margin of safety = budgeted sales - break even sales

44
Q

The working capital financing policy that subjects the firm to the greatest risk of being unable to meet the firm’s maturing obligations is the policy that finances…

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Permanent current assets with short term debt