An internal control system consists of all policies and procedures used to protect assets, ensure reliable accounting, promote efficient operations, and urge adherence to company policies. Evaluate each of the following statements and indicate which are true and which are false regarding the objectives of an internal control system.
1. Separating the responsibility for a transaction between two or more individuals or departments will help prevent someone from creating a fictitious invoice and paying the money to herself or himself.
2. Separation of for assets from the custody over assets will likely increase theft and fraud.
3. The primary objective of internal control procedures is to grow the assets of the business.
4. Separation of recordkeeping for assets from the custody over assets will not prevent collusion between two or more employee to commit fraud.

Separating the responsibility for a transaction between two or more individuals or department known as segregation of duties will help to prevent creating of fictitious invoice for the benefit of an individual, As the role of on of these individuals is subjected to review and oversight by other people in that line of action, falsified records and actions can easily be discovered.

2.No

Separation of record keeping of assets from the custody over assets will not increase theft and fraud but rather prevent it . As different individuals are in charge of the records and the custody of the assets , it will be hard for theft and fraud of assets to take place unless there is a collusion between the people involved. If the custodian steals an assets , the record keeper can easily detect it , and a record keeper can not steal an asset as it is not in his custody

3. No

Even though the safe keeping of an asset is part of the objectives of internal control procedures , the primary objectives is not to grow assets but to safeguard the entire organization and ensure its economic, effectiveness and efficiency of its operation towards achieving its performance objectives.

4. Yes.

In as much as this is an internal control procedure to prevent fraud and theft , this can still be bypassed through collusion with employees involved to commit and cover up a fraud . While the custodian of assets release the assets , the record keeper adjusts his record to accommodate the theft of assets.