A Control Plan to Ensure Input Accuracy in Payables Processing

question 29

Multiple Choice

A control plan to ensure input accuracy in payables processing is:

• A) requisition confirmation to originating department
• B) match invoice, purchase order, and receiving report
• C) tickler file of payments due
• D) independent authorization to make payment

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Definitions:

Break-even Point

The point at which total costs and total revenues are exactly the same, yielding neither a profit nor a loss.

Degree of Operating Leverage

The degree of operating leverage is a financial ratio that measures the sensitivity of a company's operating income to its sales, indicating how earnings before interest and taxes are affected by sales volume.

Fixed Expenses

Costs that do not vary with the level or amount of goods or services produced or sold.

Contribution Margin

The difference between sales revenue and variable costs, used to cover fixed costs and profits.