Answer:
b) False
Explanation:
One of the key features of a good internal control system is the segregation of duties (SoD).
The principle of the segregation of duties entails that an individual is not allowed to initiate a transaction, review and approve the same transaction. In other words, a good internal control system would not allow an individual carry out all processes for a transaction from initiation, to authorization to approval to recording.
A system in which these responsibilities are shared mitigates against the risk of fraud and error.
Hence, in a good system of internal control, the person who initiates a transaction should be NOT be allowed to effectively control the processing of the transaction through its final inclusion in the accounting records
Answer: $3000
Explanation: Allowance for doubtful accounts is the contra account to accounts receiveable when all the bad debts need to be accounted for. The bad debts reduces the accounts receivable line but all bad debts are actually deducted from the allowance for doubtful accounts.
The allowance for doubtful accounts for that year is calculated as 5% of the accounts receivable balance. This amounts to $8000 (160000 x 5%) before bad debts have been accounted for. Allowance for doubtful accounts moves in the opposite direction as accounts receivable because it is a contra account to this line item. At the end of the year before year end closing entries are done, and after the bad debts have been accounted for, the balance on the allowance for doubtful accounts is $5000.
This means that bad debts for that year is:
8000 (balance before bad debts have been accounted for)
- 5000 (balance after bad debts have been accounted for)
= $3000.
Answer:
(C) The Firm's stock is overvalued and one should consider selling the stock
Explanation:
Price Earnings Ratio is a measure of market price of stock in relation to it's earnings. It shows how well a company's stock is valued in the market.
Price Earnings Ratio = 
A high price earnings ratio would lead investors to believe that the firm's stock prices are higher than it's earnings which means the stock prices are overvalued.
This further means, the market price of those stocks is greater than their fair value and it would be beneficial to investors to sell such stocks as it would result into a gain.
Thus, a higher price earnings ratio will lead investors to infer that the firm's stock is overvalued and one should consider selling the stock.
