A Payroll Clerk Accidentally Entered an Employee's Hours Worked for the Week

question 67

Multiple Choice

A payroll clerk accidentally entered an employee's hours worked for the week as 380 instead of 38.The data entry control that would best prevent this error would be

• A)a limit check.
• B)a check digit.
• C)batch total reconciliation.
• D)a field check.

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Definitions:

Mean

The arithmetic average of a set of numbers, found by dividing the sum of these numbers by the count of the numbers in the set.

Function

A relationship between a set of inputs and a set of permissible outputs, where each input is related to exactly one output.

Probability

The measure of the likelihood that an event will occur.

Function

A mathematical relation between a set of inputs and a set of permissible outputs with the property that each input is related to exactly one output.