Question

Indicate whether the following represent IT input controls, processing controls, or output controls.

•In the payroll system, work hours entered for a single employee for a week cannot exceed 70.

•In the purchasing system, list of vendor checks printed is scanned by the controller before checks are mailed.

•In a sales system, invoices would not be printed if total revenue doesn't match quantity times sales price.

•In the purchasing system, vendor invoices cannot be entered if the vendor name doesn't appear in the approved vendor master list.

•In the purchasing system, check numbers out of sequence are flagged in an exception report

Answer 1

•In the payroll system, work hours entered for a single employee for a week cannot exceed 70. Input control

Reason:-

Applied at the time of input

•In the purchasing system, list of vendor checks printed is scanned by the controller before checks are mailed. Processing controls

Reason:-

Applied at the time of processing

•In a sales system, invoices would not be printed if total revenue doesn't match quantity times sales price.   Output controls

Reason:-

Applied at the time of printing ie output

•In the purchasing system, vendor invoices cannot be entered if the vendor name doesn't appear in the approved vendor master list. Input control

Reason:-

Applied at the time of input of vendors name

•In the purchasing system, check numbers out of sequence are flagged in an exception report  Processing controls

Reason:-

Applied at the time of processing the checks

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