Internal Control
The Act
COSO Internal Control Model
100

The purpose of internal control 

What is "protecting companies and their assets by policies, rules, regulations, and laws"? (Michigan Tech) 

100

The real name for the Act

What is the Sarbenes-Oxley Act ?

100

The first level of The COSO Internal Control mode

What is Control Environment? 

200

The importance of internal control 

What is restoring trust into the American Capitalist system by recording and auditing any financial moves and holding management responsible for their actions and decisions in a company. 

200

The benefits of the Act 

What is restoring confidence of investors and stockholders in companies? 

What is holding management responsible for accurately reporting finances ? 

200

The second, and most important level of the COSO Internal Control Model


*Explain Why* 

What is Risk Assessment ? 


Allows you to identify hazards in the work place, reduce incidents, create awareness + sense of comfort in workplace.

300

Examples of internal control 

What is 

  • "Locking your office when you step away from your desk
  • Reviewing monthly comptroller’s statement to verify transactions
  • Requiring authorization on certain documents
  • Performing reconciliations on university account"?  (Marquette University) 
300

Year the Act was signed into place 

When is 2002? 

300

The third level of the COSO Internal Control Model 

What is Control Activities? 

400

Responsible for internal control 

Who is the organisation's management? 

400

The responsibility and evaluation  of these two are in the Act 

Who is The management and independent auditor ? 

400

The fourth level of the COSO Internal Control Model 

What is information and communication? 

500

The duties of an organisations when it comes to internal control

What is "


(1) protecting its resources against waste, fraud, and inefficiency; (2) ensuring accuracy and reliability in accounting and operating data; (3)

securing compliance with the policies of the organization; and (4) evaluating the level of performance in all organizational units of the organization. Internal controls are simply good business practices." ? (Delaware State University)


500

Tool used in order to organise procedures conducted through internal control 

What is COSO Internal Control Model ? 

500

The fifth level of the COSO Internal Control Model 

What is monitoring? 

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