Processing Controls Include the Following Tests

question 135

Essay

Processing controls include the following tests:
Validation
Sequence
Data Reasonableness
Completeness
Describe what each control is designed to do.

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Definitions:

Inventory Accounting

A method of accounting that deals with valuing and accounting for changes in inventoried assets, impacting how businesses report their cost of goods sold and value of inventory in financial statements.

Just-In-Time Systems

Inventory management systems that produce or provide items exactly when needed, minimizing inventory costs.

Stock-Outs

Stock-outs occur when an item is no longer available for sale, typically because inventory levels have been depleted.

Periodic Inventory System

A method of inventory valuation where inventory counts and cost of goods sold calculations are made periodically at the end of a reporting period, instead of after each sale.