A fictitious employee payroll record was added to the payroll master file
C. During data entry the hours worked on an employee's time card for one day were accidentally entered as 80 house instead of 8 house
D. A computer operator used an online terminal to increase her own salary.
E. A factory supervisor failed to notify the HRM department that an employee had been fine Consequently, paychecks continued to be issued for that employee The supervisor pocketed and cashed those paychecks.
F. A factory employee punched a friend's time card in at 1:00 P.M. and out at 5:00 P.M.while the friend played golf that afternoon.
G. A programmer obtained the payroll master file and increased his salary.
H. Some time cards were lost during payroll preparations consequently when paycheck were distracted several employees complained about not being paid
I. A large portion of the payroll master file was destroyed when the disk pack containing the file was used as a scratch file for another application.
13.2 You have been hired to evaluate the payroll syste for the Skip-Rope manufacturing company. The company processes its payroll in house. Prepare a list of questions to evaluate Skip door's internal control structure as it pertains to payroll processing for its factory employees. Each question should be phrased so that it can be answered with either a yes or a no all no answer should indicate potential internal control weaknesses. Include a third column listing the potential problem that could arise if that particular control were not in place
13.3 Although most medium and large companies have implemented sophisticated payroll and HRM systems like the one described in this chapter many smaller companies still maintain separate payroll and Hem systems that employ many manual procedures Typical of such small companies is the koala manufacturing company which employs about 50 production workers and has the following payroll procedures.