...Christopher Todaro ACCT 555 – External Auditing Professor Havens Week 5 Homework February 5, 2015 Chapter 12 12-17: The following questions concern the characteristics of IT systems. Choose the best response. a. Effective management of information technologies in an organization embraces the viewpoint that (1)most technologies reduce existing risk conditions. (2)technologies reduce some types of risks while introducing new types of risks to be managed. (3)technologies generally increase an organization’s overall net risks. (4)the objective of technology implementations is to increase profitability on a net basis. b. Which of the following is generally not considered a category of IT general controls? (1)Controls that determine whether a vendor number matches the pre-approved vendors in the vendor master file. (2)Controls that restrict system-wide access to programs and data. (3)Controls that oversee the acquisition of application software. (4)Controls that oversee the day-to-day operation of IT applications. c. As general IT controls weaken, the auditor is most likely to (1)reduce testing of automated application controls done by the computer. (2)increase testing of general IT controls to conclude whether they are operating effectively. (3)expand testing of automated application controls used to reduce control risk to cover greater portions of the fiscal year under audit. (4)ignore obtaining knowledge about the design of general IT controls and whether they have been implemented...
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...BMGT220 Week 1 to 7 homework solutions Click Link Below To Buy: http://hwaid.com/shop/bmgt220-week-1-7-homework-solutions/ Problem 1 Record the following journal entries below. The first two are done for you as examples. Date Event 1/2/2010 Amanda Smith invested $20,000 cash in capital stock of newly formed corporation 1/4/2010 Purchased equipment on account for $15,000. Note that when you see on account it means the customer will pay later. 1/12/2010 Received $30,000 from customers for services rendered. 1/15/2010 Received a bill for construction supplies used in the amount of $4,000. 1/18/2010 Provided $6,400 of services on account. 1/20/2010 Paid employees $4,600 for wages earned. 1/22/2010 Collected the amount due for work provided on January 18. 1/23/2010 Paid the amount due on equipment purchased on January 4. 1/25/2010 Purchased (and used immediately) construction supplies for cash in the amount of $1,200. 1/31/2010 The company paid Amanda Smith a $3,000 dividend PROBLEM 2 Record the following journal entries below. Hint - some transactions do not require a journal entry Date Event 6/2/2011 Jose Alverado invested $50,000 cash in the capital stock of a new corporation 6/3/2011 Paid rent for June in amount of $2,000. 6/6/2011 Hired an assitant to be paid $6,000 per month. 6/7/2011 Signed contract with Alpha Company to provide services for $15,000. 6/8/2011 Purchased on account and immediately used...
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