A Weak Internal Control System Allows a Department Supervisor to "Clock

question 107

Multiple Choice

A weak internal control system allows a department supervisor to "clock in" for a fictitious employee and then approve the employee's time card at the end of the pay period. This fraud would be detected if other controls were in place, such as having an independent party

• A) distribute paychecks.
• B) recompute hours worked from time cards.
• C) foot the payroll journal and trace postings to the general ledger and the payroll master file.
• D) compare the date of the recorded check in the payroll journal with the date on the canceled checks and time cards.

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Spinal Cord

The long, thin, tubular structure made up of nervous tissue, which extends from the medulla oblongata in the brainstem to the lumbar region of the vertebral column.

Neurons

The basic units of the nervous system; cells that receive, integrate, and transmit information in the nervous system. Neurons operate through electrical impulses, communicate with other neurons through chemical signals, and form neural networks.

Sensory Information

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Presynaptic Neurons

Neurons that transmit signals to a synapse, the junction between two nerve cells, to communicate with postsynaptic neurons.