Listed Below Are Three Procedures Followed by Caleb's Disc Emporium

question 222

Essay

Listed below are three procedures followed by Caleb's Disc Emporium, a disc golf shop owned by Caleb James. Indicate whether each procedure is an example of a strong internal control or a weak internal control, and why.
1. Ben Paul collects cash from customers at the cash register. At the end of the day, Ben deposits cash at the bank.
2. Josh Michaels collects cash from customers at the cash register. At the end of the day, Laura Asaph prepares a journal entry to enter the sales into the accounting system.
3. Stan Borkowski prepares a check to pay a vendor, signs the check, and mails it.

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Definitions:

Private Acceptance

A genuine inner belief that others are right.

Public Compliance

Outwardly going along with the group but maintaining a private, inner belief that the group is probably wrong.

Juvenile Delinquent

A young person, typically under the age of 18, who has committed a criminal act or is considered problematic by legal authorities.

Mode

The value that appears most frequently in a data set, a measure of central tendency in statistics.