Accounting Multiple Choice Question – 20 December 2025

ISA (UK) 315 states that an internal control system in an organisation consists of five components:

• the control environment
• the entity’s risk assessment process
• the information system
• the control activities
• the monitoring of controls

For each of the following examples, select the component which it illustrates:

-The entity’s organisational structure

Select ONE answer:

1. the control activities
2. the entity’s risk assessment process
3. the monitoring of controls
4. the control environment

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 4

1. Not correct
2. Not correct
3. Not correct
4. Correct => The entity’s organisational structure is part of the entity’s control environment.

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