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Question - Silver Limited is a manufacturing company that produces furniture. To improve efficiency and usefulness, Silver Limited is constantly incorporating advanced, information technology into its business information systems. When Silver Limited does not have available production capacity, sometimes it purchases furniture from outside suppliers to fulfill customer orders.

First, Inventory Control prepares a purchase requisition when inventory approaches the reorder point and sends it to Purchasing and Accounts Payable. Then, Purchasing locates the authorized vendor in the vendor file, prepares a purchase order, and updates the purchase order file. Purchasing then sends the purchase order to Vendor, Receiving, and Accounts Payable. Accounts Payable prepares a summary of all purchase orders issued that day and forwards the total to General Ledger for posting to the GL file. Goods arrive at Receiving with a packing slip. Receiving prepares a receiving report and forwards it with the goods to Warehouse. Warehouse verifies that goods received match those listed on the receiving report.

Required -

1. Identify the accounting cycle described in the scenario. List four other types of accounting cycles.

2. List the departments responsible for authorization, custody, and recording for the accounting cycle describe in the scenario.

3. Recommend three controls of an accounting system.

4. Provide an explanation of an accounting information system.

5. List three unique risks associated with a computer-based business information system.