John Is Auditing MegaCorp

question 4

Multiple Choice

John is auditing MegaCorp.He finds an accounts payable for 1,000 reams of photocopy paper.He checks to make sure the paper actually arrived and that the receiving department had signed and dated the invoice.He also checks the original purchase order to make sure the purchase was properly authorized.This illustrates:

• A) tracing.
• B) vouching.
• C) following.
• D) monitoring.

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Definitions:

Canada Call

A provision in some bonds that allows the issuer to redeem the bond early, specifically in the Canadian market.

Maturity Date

The specified date on which the principal amount of a bond or other debt instrument is due to be paid in full.

Default Probability

The likelihood that a borrower will be unable to make required debt payments, leading to a default.

Strip Bond

A bond that has had its coupon payments and principal repayment separated, creating zero-coupon securities from a regular bond.