Accounting Multiple Choice Question – 9 December 2025

The following is an example of a computer control which operates in the payroll system at Big Staffie Ltd.

For the example below, select the type of computer control which it illustrates.

• Manual checks to ensure that timesheets are authorised before details are processed

Select ONE answer:

1. Application
2. Specific
3. Non-Specific
4. General

Show your workings to arrive at your answer, and explain and justify your reasons:

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This multiple-choice question is suitable for Accounting KS5 classes.

The answer is 1

1. Correct => Manual checks are an application control.
2. Not correct
3. Not correct
4. Not correct

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