Answer the following questions as True or False
- Good Internal control procedures include restricting access of systems specialists to software programs but providing unrestricted access to computer programmers.
- Good internal control procedures include controlling computer access by placing the computer in an unsecured room but allowing only authorized personnel to enter and operate the room.
- Risk assessment involves examining the risks associated with each objective allowing management to develop the means to control these risks.
- Good internal control procedures include using passwords to access sensitive company data.
- According to the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission, there are four elements of an internal control structure.
- The control environment is the basis for all other elements of the internal control structure.
- The Board of Directors hold ultimate responsibility for establishing and maintaining an effective internal control structure.
- Computerized financial records require the same internal control principles of separation of duties and control over access as a manual accounting system.