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Consider the following short case as you respond to the question: Abruzzi's Italian Kitchen is a small family restaurant with an administrative staff of four people.Giuseppi Abruzzi is the chief executive officer; his wife Maria is the chief financial officer.Their son Antonio is responsible for all transactions dealing with kitchen supplies, including the raw materials for menu items; their son Carlo is responsible for all transactions dealing with dining room supplies, such as eating utensils.The restaurant's administrative practices have developed over the ten years of its existence with minimal reliance on information technology and formal procedures and a stronger emphasis on interpersonal relationships with a few reliable vendors.Once a month, Antonio places orders for kitchen supplies with one of four vendors based on price; the supplies are usually received within ten calendar days.On receipt of the supplies, Antonio pays the vendor with a company check.Carlo follows a similar process for dining room supplies, but works with a set of three vendors, none of which sell kitchen supplies.Which of the following statements about internal control at Abruzzi's Italian Kitchen is most true?

Definitions:

Monetary Valuation

The process of determining the financial value of an asset, a company, or an intangible property.

Bailor

A bailor is someone who temporarily hands over control of property to another, known as the bailee, but retains its ownership.

Bailee

A person or entity that temporarily holds property belonging to another under a bailment agreement, often with a duty to care for it.

Personal Property

Any property that is not land or permanently affixed to the land.