Fraud Examination
5th Edition
ISBN: 9781305079144
Author: W. Steve Albrecht, Chad O. Albrecht, Conan C. Albrecht, Mark F. Zimbelman
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 5, Problem 14MCQ
To determine
The most common symptom of a fraudulent letter is.
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Provide an appropriate response based on the following scenarios.
Assume that the accounting clerk posts a customer’s payment for the wrong amount, giving the customer credit for less than he or she actually paid. How will this error be detected? How might this error have been prevented?
Assume that the employee who opens the mail steals a customer payment. How will this theft be detected? How might this theft have been prevented?
1. What does it mean to say that internal control has limitations and what are these limitations?
2. Provide an appropriate response based on the following scenarios.
Assume that the accounting clerk posts a customer’s payment for the wrong amount, giving the customer credit for less than he or she actually paid. How will this error be detected? How might this error have been prevented?
Assume that the employee who opens the mail steals a customer payment. How will this theft be detected? How might this theft have been prevented?
3. What is petty cash and what purpose(s) does it serve?
4. What types of controls should be in place to make sure people in the office don't just take from petty cash (for their own personal use) whenever they feel like it? In your opinion, what is an appropriate amount to have in petty cash?
5. Prepare the necessary journal entries for each of the following:
(a) On March 1, issued a check to establish a petty cash fund of $1,410
(b)…
What internal control or procedure(s) would provide protection against the following threats?
A company is late in paying a particular invoice. Consequently, a second invoice is sent, which crosses the first invoice’s payment in the mail. The second invoice is submitted for processing and also paid.
A clerical employee obtains a blank check and writes a large amount payable to a fictitious company. The employee then cashes the check
A fictitious invoice is received and a check is issued to pay for goods that were never ordered or delivered
A purchasing agent adds a new record to the supplier master file. The company does not exist. Subsequently, the purchasing agent submits invoices from the fake company for various cleaning services. The invoices are paid.
Cash disbursement department updates account payable once payment is due.
Chapter 5 Solutions
Fraud Examination
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