An accounts payable program posted a payable to a vendor not included in the online vendor master file. A control that would prevent this error is a:___. A. Validity check.
B. Parity check.
C. Range check.
D. Reasonableness test.



Option A: Validity check

Explanation:

Data are commonly known as facts and figures or a set of values, measurements or records of transactions that are raw and unprocessed while Information are data which has undergone processing thereby giving it a new meaning.

Data entry controls includes Field check, sign check, limit check, range check, validity check e.t.c.

Validity Check is simply known as an edit test. It is one where the use of an identification number or transaction code is compared with a table of valid identification numbers or codes that is stored or maintained in computer memory.