Internal Controls Over Year-End Cash Balances in the General Account

question 53

Essay

Internal controls over year-end cash balances in the general account can be divided into two categories. List the two below.

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Definitions:

Minimize Costs

Minimizing costs involves strategies and actions taken to reduce expenses and improve efficiency in operations, aiming to increase profitability.

Expected Value

The projected value of a variable, calculated as an average weighted by probabilities in statistical analysis.

Expected Monetary Value

A statistical technique to calculate the average outcome when the future includes scenarios that may or may not happen.

State of Nature Node

A decision analysis tool used to represent possible future events or outcomes in decision making under uncertainty.