What Is the Rationale for the Internal Control Principle, Segregation

question 33

Multiple Choice

What is the rationale for the internal control principle, segregation of duties?

• A) History has shown that employees are generally dishonest and thus cannot be entrusted with performing related duties.
• B) The work of one employee should, without duplication of effort, provide a reliable basis for evaluating the work of another employee.
• C) Control is most effective when only one person is responsible for a give task.
• D) Segregation of duties causes companies to hire more employees and thus it supports the economy.

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Definitions:

Convergent Boundary

A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other, often resulting in mountain building, earthquakes, and volcanism.

Slab Pull

A plate-driving force generated by the sinking action of a relatively dense, subducted slab.

Ridge Push

A plate-driving force that results from the tendency of an oceanic plate to slide down the sloping lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary near a mid-ocean ridge.

Upwelling Mantle

Refers to the process where hotter, less dense mantle material ascends towards the Earth's surface, typically at mid-ocean ridges or hotspots.