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Mgt and Internal Control 1.4 Flashcards

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The purpose of the Federal Managers’ Financial Integrity Act of 1982 are to prvent waste or misuse of agency funds or property and to asure the accountability of what?

A

Assets

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What is the name of the Department’s internal control effort?

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Managers’ Internal Control Program

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What do intrnal controls reasonably ensure?

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Programs achieve intended results.
Resources are used efficiently
Programs/resources are protected from waste, fruad, and mismanagement.
Laws and regulations are followed.
Financial reporting is reliable and accurate.

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What agency issues “Standards for internal Control in the Federal Government”?

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Government Accountability Office (GAO)

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Segregation of duties is a part of which internal control standard?

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Control Activities

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The Integrity Act report must include agency plans to correct what type of weakness?

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Material weakness.

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Who decides whether a weakness is material enough to warrnt reporting as a “material weakness” to the next higher level?

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It is a Management Judgment.

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What should be the last milestone of the corrective action plan for each material weakness?

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Correction Validation

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The DoD coponent head’s Statement of Assurance must take one of how many forms?

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Three

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How many standards are there in GAO Standards of Internal Control?

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Five

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For what program is the full scope of management responsibility defined in DoD instruction 5010.40?

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DoD’s Managers’ Internal Control Program

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When a DoD component head provides a Statement of Assurance that the component’s controls are in place and achieving their intended objectives, is this a statement of absolute assurance or reasonable assurance?

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Reasonable Assurance

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What circular has the title Management’s Responsibility for Internal Control?

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OMB Circular A-123

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What is the title of OMB Circular A-136?

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Financial Reporting Requirements.

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Under the concept of internal controls, Internal control is a system of guidance, instructions, regulations, procedures rules or other organization instructions intended to determine the method to be employed to do what?

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to carry out mission or operational actions or objectives and ensure that programs achieve intended results.

Ref 1.4.5

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The first line of defense in safeguard assets and prventing and detecting errors and fraud is called what?

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Internal controls

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The plan or organization, methods and procedures adopted by management under the concept of internal controls provides what?

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Reasonable assurance that the objectives of 31 USC 3512 FMFIA are met.

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What is FMFIA?

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Also known as 31 USC 3512 Federal Manager’s Financial Integrity Act of 1982.

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Under OMB Circular A-123, internal controls should be what part of the entire cycle of planning, budgeting, management, accounting and auditing?

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Internal controls are an integral part of the entire FM cycle.

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Internal controls should support the _____ and the ____ of every step of the process and provide _______feedback to management?

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effectiveness; integrity; continual feedback.

Ref 1.4.5 Concepts of Internal Control

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DoDI 5010.40 Title is what?

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Managers’ Internal Control Program.

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What two requirements for the head of each executive agency are part of an annual report on internal controls under Section 2 of the FMFIA?

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1) a statement on whether there is reasonable assurance that the agency’s controls are achieving their intended objectives and 2) a report on material weaknesses in the agency’s controls.

ref 1.4.7

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Under FMFIA, who is responsible for establishing guidless for executive agencies to apply in evaluating their systems o internal accounting and administrative control?

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Director of the Office of Management and Budget

23
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Under FMFIA, who is required to evaluate internal accounting and administrative control annually and submit a report to Congress?

A

Head of Each Agency

Ref 1.4.7

24
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What is the title of OMB Circular A-123?

A

Management’s Responsibiity for Internal Control

Ref 1.4.8

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OMB Circular A-123 responsibilities include developing and _______ internal controls.

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Develop and implement internal control.

Ref 1.4.8

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OMB Circular A-123 responsibility includes assessing the __________ of internal controls.

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Adequacy

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Managements Responsibility is to ______needed improvements to internal control under which circular?

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Identify OMB A-123 Management’s Responsibility for Internal Control.

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What kind of action is part of Internal Control Responsibility?

A

corresponding corrective action.

Ref 1.4.8

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OMB Circular A-123 emphasizes that internal controls is a means of managing ______ associated with Federal Programs and operations.

A

Risk.

ref 1.4.9

30
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Internal Control Objectives provide reasonable assurance that program achieve _____ results

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Intended

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Internal Controls objective provide reasonable assurance that resources are used ______.

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Efficiently.

Ref 1.4.10

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Internal Control Objectives provide reasonable assurance that what are followed?

A

Laws and regulations

Ref 1.4.10

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Financial reporting is reliable and accurate is a ________ _________ under the objectives of internal control?

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Reasonable Assurance.

Ref 1.4.10

34
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GAO governs ________ for Internal Control

A

Standards

Ref 1.4.11

35
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GAO standards for Internal Control is known by which acronym?

A

CRIME:

Control Activites, 
Risk Assessment, 
Information and Communications, 
Monitoring, and 
Environmental Controls
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What GAO Standard for Internal Control is the foundation of all other standards?

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Positive control environment because it provides discipline and structure and establishes the climate influencing the quality of the internal control.

Ref 1.4.11

37
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In assessing and improving internal controls, management evaluates and reports deficiencies based on what criteria?

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general internal control or financial reporting internal controls.

Ref 1.4.13

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What are the two categories of general internal control deficiencies?

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Reportable Condition (internally tracked) and Material Weakness (reported outside agency)

Ref 1.4.14

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Name the three Financial Reporting internal control deficiencies categories.

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Control Deficiency (control does not allow prevention or detection on a timely basis), Reportable Condition (control effects the reliability of meeting gaap or contributes to mistatement ), and Material Weakness (high likelihood that a control did not prevent or detect misstatements in financial statements). Ref 1.4.15

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Who decides if a matter is a material weakness under the general criteria?

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Agency Head and this is a judgement call and happens when agency head decides to report the weakness outside of the agency.

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How does OMB define a general material weakness?

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One for which the agency head determines is significant enough to report outside the agency.

Ref 1.4.17

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When should managers consider reporting a weakness to the next-high level?

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If higher level can help resolve the problem

Ref 1.4.17

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DoD Instruction 5010.40 covers 5 ______ for managing internal controls.

A

Procedures

Ref 1.4.21

44
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Name the five procedures covered in DoD Instruction 5010.40

A 
Establish Internal Control Process
Segment into Assessable Units
Evaluate Effectiveness of Internal Controls
Correct Material Weaknesses
Report on Internal Control Program

Ref 1.4.21

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What is the concluding step to the control process procedure of establishing an internal control process?

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reporting of management opinion about the effectiveness of its internal controls.

Ref 1.4.21

46
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What is an assessable unit WRT control procedures?

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Any division along org, functional, programmatic, or other lines capable of being evaulated.

ref. 1.4.21

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