Exam 2 Flashcards

(44 cards)

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Audits are…

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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?

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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…

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Reconciliations

19
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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
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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
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When production levels increase but stay in the relevant range,
What happens to total fixed costs?

2) Total fixed costs per unit?

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Total fixed costs remain unchanged

2 total fixed costs per unit stay the same

23
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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?

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

$80,000/0.6

24
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Technique for managing Just in time inventory developed by the Japanese?

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Economic exposure, define, give example
Represents impact of exchange rate fluctuations on firm's future cash flow
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Which of the following areas of responsibility are normally assigned to systems programmer in a computer systems environment?
Operating systems and compilers
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the best set of controls for a payroll system includes, batch and...
Hash totals
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the best set of controls for a payroll system includes record...
Record counts of each run
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the best set of controls for a payroll system includes proper...
Separation of duties
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the best set of controls for a payroll system includes passwords...
And user codes
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the best set of controls for a payroll system includes backup copies of...
Activities and master files
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COBIT applies to...
Information technology
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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?
Cost of protection = probability if frost x change in EMV | probability of frost = 10,000/40,000
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Check digit is an example of...
An input control
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Purchase of the firm's treasury stock increases...
A firm's financial leverage
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Treating dividends as an active policy strategy assumes that...
Dividends provide information to the market
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The method that should be used to estimate a unique product is...
Learning curve analysis
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What kind of inflation occurs when cost of production inputs such as materials or labor increase?
Cost push inflation
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In event of a flood near a data center employees may...
Not be able to report to work
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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...
The country with the 20% tax rate
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Calculate overhead applied and overhead rate equations?
Overhead rate = estimated annual overhead/estimated annual direct labor Applied overhead = overhead rate x estimated annual direct labor
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Management reporting systems rely on...
Both internally and externally reported data
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Margin of safety equation
Margin of safety = budgeted sales - break even sales
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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...
Permanent current assets with short term debt