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Question

In the spring of each year, Steinbrook College's theater department puts on a contemporary play. Before the performance, the theater manager instructs student volunteers in their duties as cashier, ticket taker, and usher.

The cashier, who is located in a box office at the entrance to the auditorium, receives cash from customers and enters the number of tickets and the amount paid into a computer, which prints out serially numbered tickets. The cashier puts the cash in a locked cash drawer and gives the tickets to the customer.

Customers give their tickets to the ticket taker. The ticket taker tears each ticket in half, gives one half to the customer, and puts the other half in a locked box. When customers present their ticket stubs to an usher, the usher shows them to their seats.
  • Describe how the control activities (authorization; recording transactions; documents and records; physical controls; periodic independent verification; separation of duties; and sound personnel practices) apply to the cashier, ticket taker, and usher.
  • Could the cashier issue a ticket to a friend without taking in cash? Could the ticket taker allow friends to enter without a ticket? If so, how might they be caught?
In the spring of each year, Steinbrook College's theater department puts on a contemporary play. Before the performance, the theater manager instructs student volunteers in their duties as cashier, ticket taker, and usher.

The cashier, who is located in a box office at the entrance to the auditorium, receives cash from customers and enters the number of tickets and the amount paid into a computer, which prints out serially numbered tickets. The cashier puts the cash in a locked cash drawer and gives the tickets to the customer.

Customers give their tickets to the ticket taker. The ticket taker tears each ticket in half, gives one half to the customer, and puts the other half in a locked box. When customers present their ticket stubs to an usher, the usher shows them to their seats.

Explanation / Answer

The authoritative activities are divided iamong the four volunteers.


The cashier has the authority to make a note of the sales of the tickets.Demand for an extra amount according to the needs of the customers,and also maintain the records of the tickets being sold to work as a group.The cashier is also responsible for the financial criteria of the college.


The ticket taker is directly related to the cashier and the authority is to let people or restrict them for entry according to the valid tickets. the half tickets kept by him can also be used for totalling the number of sold tickets at the conclusion.


The usher has the duty to help people with the tickets to their respective seats or places and also to stop and protect any nuisance in the theater. The security rights cal also be bourne by the usher.