WGU C213 Focused on Financial Statements In Depth Review Study Aid and Accurate Scoring Criteria Latest Version 2024/2025
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WGU C213 Accounting For Decision Makers
WGU C213 Focused on Financial Statements In Depth Review Study Aid and Accurate Scoring Criteria Latest Version 2024/2025
The board of directors - Correct Answer The audit committee
The internal control structure of a company is a system of policies and procedures established to
Ensure acc...
WGU C213 Focused on Financial
Statements In Depth Review Study
Aid and Accurate Scoring Criteria
Latest Version 2024/2025
The board of directors - Correct Answer The audit committee
The internal control structure of a company is a system of
policies and procedures established to
Ensure accurate accounting records
Safeguard assets
All of these are correct
Promote operational efficiency - Correct Answer All of these are
correct
Which of the following categories of control activities is NOT
considered a preventative control?
Adequate segregation of duties
Proper procedures for authorization
Independent checks on performance
Physical control over assets and records - Correct Answer
Independent checks on performance
The purpose of the audit committee within an organization is to
- Examine the financial statements to determine if they are free
from material misstatement
,- Be responsible for the external and internal auditors
- Regulate the internal control system
- Monitor operating results and financial records - Correct
Answer Be responsible for the external and internal auditors
Which of the following is an example of a proper procedure of
authorization?
- John, a clerk, is authorized to perform transactions as large as
$5,000 but must maintain authorization from Andrea to perform
larger transactions.
- Every evening, Shellie makes a back-up file of all transactions
recorded in the computer that day, burns the back-up file onto a
CD and then locks the CD into a fire-proof vault for the night.
- Greg is in charge of recording receipt of payments made to
accounts receivable, while Susan is in charge of making deposits
to the bank.
- Every year, Doug is required to take one full week of vacation
time. - Correct Answer John, a clerk, is authorized to perform
transactions as large as $5,000 but must maintain authorization
from Andrea to perform larger transactions.
Control activities can be defined as
- The members of a company's board of directors who are
responsible for dealing with the external and internal auditors.
- The lines of authority and responsibility within a company.
- The policies and procedures used by management to meet their
objectives.
- The actions, policies, and procedures that reflect the overall
attitudes of top management about control. - Correct Answer
,The policies and procedures used by management to meet their
objectives.
Which of the following is an example of an independent check on
performance?
- Every year, Doug is required to take one full week of vacation
time.
- Greg is in charge of recording receipt of payments made to
accounts receivable, while Susan is in charge of making deposits
to the bank.
- John, a clerk, is authorized to perform transactions as large as
$5,000 but must maintain authorization from Andrea to perform
larger transactions.
- Every evening, Shellie makes a back-up file of all transactions
recorded in the computer that day, burns the back-up file onto a
CD and then locks the CD into a fire-proof vault for the night. -
Correct Answer Every year, Doug is required to take one full
week of vacation time.
Earnings management - Correct Answer the strategic choice of
accounting estimates and judgements in order to meet pre-
determined financial statement targets
Reasons for earnings management - Correct Answer • Meet
internal targets (bonus threshold)
• Meet external expectations (analyst expectations)
• Income smoothing (stability vs. volatility)
• Window dressing for an IPO or a loan (cleaning business and
financial statements up)
- managers subject to an earnings-based bonus plan are more
likely to manage earnings upward if they are close to the bonus
threshold
- if you violate a loan covenant, you are in technical violation of
the loan conditions
Meet external expectations - Correct Answer missing analyst
expectations by a penny per share can cause a company's stock
price to drop by many dollars per share
- if you violate a loan covenant, you are in technical violation of
the loan conditions
- business press reports, public relation problems, PANIC
income smoothing - Correct Answer The practice of carefully
timing the recognition of revenues and expenses to even out the
amount of reported earnings from one year to the next
stability vs. volatility
- perceived riskiness
window dressing for an IPO or a loan - Correct Answer net
income is an extremely important input into the determination of
the IPO price (initial public offering)
- the IPO price is very important to the founders because this is
how much they get for their work un starting up the company
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