DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1. Distinguish between the sales, billing, and AR departments. Why can’t the sales or AR depart- ments prepare the bills?
2. Explain the risks associated with mail-room procedures.
3. How could an employee embezzle funds by issuing an unauthorized sales credit memo if the ap- propriate segregation of duties and authorization controls were not in place?
4. What task can the AR department engage in to verify that all checks sent by the customers have been appropriately deposited and recorded?
5. Why is access control over revenue cycle docu- ments just as important as the physical control devices over cash and inventory?
6. For a batch processing system using sequential files, describe the intermediate and permanent files that are created after the edit run has successfully been completed when processing the sales order file and updating the accounts receivable and inventory master files.