Essential to Both Management and Auditors Is a Chain of Evidence

question 46

Multiple Choice

Essential to both management and auditors is a chain of evidence in the accounting system provided by coding, cross references, and documentation connecting account balances and other summary results with original data. This chain of evidence is referred to as the:

• A) control trail.
• B) vouching or tracing trail.
• C) system reference trail.
• D) audit or transaction trail.
• E) accounting trail.

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Definitions:

Economies of Scale

Financial advantages gained by firms due to their operational size, where a greater volume of production usually correlates with a lower cost for each output unit.

Per-unit Costs

The cost incurred for producing or acquiring a single unit of a product or service.

Natural Monopoly

A market condition where a single firm can supply a good or service to an entire market at a lower cost than two or more firms due to economies of scale.

Competitive Market

A market structure characterized by a large number of buyers and sellers, where no single participant can significantly influence price.