Which of the following control activities would best protect against the preparation of improper or inaccurate cash disbursement?
1. all checks must be signed by an officer designed by the board of directors.
2. all signed checks must be reviewed and compared to supporting documents by the treasurer before mailing.
3. all checks must be sequentially numbered and accounted for by the internal auditors.
4. all checks must be perforated or otherwise effectively canceled when they are returned from the bank.

:; )write a paragraph of two to three sentences and describe what will happen to a society that does not have a productive workforce?

In each of the cases below, assume division x has a product that can be sold either to outside customers or to division y of the same company for use in its production process. the managers of the divisions are evaluated based on their divisional profits. case a b division x: capacity in units 200,000 200,000 number of units being sold to outside customers 200,000 160,000 selling price per unit to outside customers $ 90 $ 75 variable costs per unit $ 70 $ 60 fixed costs per unit (based on capacity) $ 13 $ 8 division y: number of units needed for production 40,000 40,000 purchase price per unit now being paid to an outside supplier $ 86 $ 74 required: 1. refer to the data in case a above. assume in this case that $3 per unit in variable selling costs can be avoided on intracompany sales. a. what is the lowest acceptable transfer price from the perspective of the selling division? b. what is the highest acceptable transfer price from the perspective of the buying division? c. what is the range of acceptable transfer prices (if any) between the two divisions? if the managers are free to negotiate and make decisions on their own, will a transfer probably take place?

The servers at gerry frasier's busy ice cream shop decided that putting more ice cream in the sundaes and cones would bring back more customers. after three months, gerry was surprised to discover that his profit had