The following control procedures are used in Keaton Company for over-the-counter cash receipts. (a) For each procedure, explain the weakness in internal control and identify the control principle that is violated. Procedure Weakness Principle Violated 1. Each store manager is responsible for interviewing applicants for cashier jobs. They are hired if they seem honest and trustworthy. Select a weakness in internal control Select a control principle that is violated 2. All over-the-counter receipts are registered by three clerks who share a cash register with a single cash drawer. Select a weakness in internal control Select a control principle that is violated 3. To minimize the risk of robbery, cash in excess of $100 is stored in an unlocked briefcase in the stock room until it is deposited in the bank. Select a weakness in internal control Select a control principle that is violated 4. At the end of each day, the total receipts are counted by the cashier on duty and reconciled to the cash register total. Select a weakness in internal control Select a control principle that is violated 5. The company accountant makes the bank deposit and then records the day’s receipts.

2. the external environment (connect)choose whether each example belongs in the general, task, or internal environment.exampleenvironmenta worldwide recession task environment / general environment / internal environmentlocal mothers asking their community grocery store to carry no-salt cheerios-type cereal for their babies task environment / general environment / internal environmentchoose the phrase that best completes the following sentence.the relationship between the task environment and the general environment is best described as: a one-way system: changes in the task environment affect the general environment, but changes in the general environment do not affect the task environment.an open system: changes in the task environment affect the general environment, and changes in the general environment affect the task environment.a one-way system: changes in the general environment affect the task environment, but changes in the task environment do not affect the general environment.a closed system: changes in the general environment do not affect the task environment, and changes in the task environment do not affect the general environment.©bloomberg via getty imagesmanagement in the newsin april 2010, the explosion of british petroleum’s (bp) deepwater horizon oil drilling rig and the accompanying oil spill dramatically changed the external environment in which all oil companies operate. the explosion released more oil than any other accidental spill in history and had a huge impact on the waters and surrounding communities of the gulf coast. the conditions that led to the spill, the attempts to stop the spill, and the clean-up and aftermath of the spill prompted debates in the u.s. senate, concern on wall street, and attention from companies all over the world.match each oil spill event with a specific dimension of the general environment.eventgeneral environment dimensionbp stock prices falling 25% during the first month after the oil spill oil seeping into pelican nesting grounds, which will place the brown pelican back on the endangered species list people moving from louisiana to oklahoma to avoid the effects of the spill