Question: 1
The online data entry control called reformatting is
Question: 2
A catalog company has been experiencing an increasing incidence of problems in which the wrong products have been shipped to the customer. Most of the customer orders come in over the telephone, and an operator enters the data into the order system immediately. Which of the following control procedures, if properly implemented, would address the problem?
i. Have the computer automatically assign a sequential order number to each customer order.
ii. Implement a self-checking digit algorithm for each product number and request entries by product number.
iii. Request entries by product number, have the computer program identity the product and price, and require the operator to orally verify the product description with the customer.
Question: 3
Which one of the following input controls or edit checks would catch certain types of errors within the payment amount field of a transaction?
Question: 4
Which of the following should the auditor recommend as the most economical point at which to correct input errors in an online system?
Question: 5
The most common computer-related problem confronting organizations is
