By using action verbs, it frames what the learner needs to know and do in the teaching and learning implications of the A-M-T goals in order to acquire and understand.
As teachers we are looking for the ability of learners to transfer prior learning to new or novel-looking tasks or settings, with minimal to no prompting from the test or teacher.
Students are often asked to explain things in their own words because their explanations provide evidence of their ability to have sense of what they learned.
Although knowledge and skill are necessary for making connections and application, they are insufficient by themselves to cause the ultimate understanding or transfer needed for achieving the long term goal.
An internal auditor is considering a client's organizational structure as it affects the ethical climate established by company management. Each of the following considerations is valid in this regard, except:
a. The appropriateness of an entity's organizational structure depends in part on the nature of its activities.
b. A company that is highly centralized will have a more diverse ethical culture than a company that is decentralized.
c. A highly structured organization with formal reporting lines may be appropriate regardless of entity size.
d. A decentralized environment may increase the risk that unethical decisions could be made by unit managers.
Company management completes event identification and analyzes the risks. The company wishes to assess its risk after management's response to the risk. According to COSO, which of the following types of risk does this situation represent?
Within the COSO Internal Control—Integrated Framework, which of the following components is designed to ensure that internal controls continue to operate effectively?
A company that routinely performs background checks on its employees to ensure that there is no criminal history is applying the ideas from which principle of effective internal control over financial reporting?
A company that maintains a strong internal audit function that reports directly to the Board of Directors is applying the ideas from which principle of effective internal control over financial reporting?
The Enterprise Risk Management Integrated Framework states that an organization must identify events, both positive and negative, as part of its risk management program. Which of the following is true with regard to events?
a. Enterprise risk management is entirely focused on risks and ignores opportunities.
b. Event identification occurs after the development of objectives.
c. Event identification occurs prior to development of objectives.
d. Events serve as the basis for establishing objectives and thus occur simultaneously with development of objectives.
Knox, president of Quick Corp., contracted with Tine Office Supplies, Inc. to supply Quick's stationery on customary terms and at a cost less than that charged by any other supplier. Knox later informed Quick's board of directors that Knox was a majority stockholder in Tine. Quick's contract with Tine is:
a. Void because the disclosure was made after execution of the contract.
The Knight Corporation completed its annual retreat of board members and senior management and produced a document that links the organization's mission and vision with strategic and related objectives. The document includes an objective that the Knight Corporation will rank in the top quartile of quality for its industry. That objective would most likely be a:
The Justco Corporation completed its annual retreat of board members and senior management and produced a document that links the organization's mission and vision with strategic and related objectives. The document includes a commitment to conduct focus groups with customers and suppliers to determine the responsiveness of Justco to the needs of various parties. That commitment would most likely be a:
The Hartman Conglomerate completed its annual retreat of board members and senior management and produced a document that links the organization's mission and vision with strategic and related objectives. The document includes a commitment to develop a uniform chart of accounts for all divisions of the conglomerate. That commitment would most likely be a:
A not-for-profit organization periodically conducts focus groups of employees, service beneficiaries and governance board members to reevaluate its mission vision and values to determine the accuracy of the strategic statements to refine them where necessary. This activity relates to which component of internal control?