Question 370
A finance implementation test at a regional manufacturing company is validating a change for this incident: Budget checks return an unexpected amount because budget fund availability excludes budget transfers that were already approved. What result establishes success?
Explanation
Correct Answer
After the budget transfer, the destination cost center has the correct available funds. This directly tests the intended correction: Review and configure the approved budget fund availability options to include applicable transfer movements. The underlying failure or control mechanism is: Fund availability definitions determine which budget register movement types are included.
Incorrect Answers
An executive within limit can proceed with audit evidence while ordinary users cannot bypass. That would verify a different case: Budget control warns on overspend but designated executive approvers may exceed budget up to a policy-defined amount. It does not verify the required corrective action: Review and configure the approved budget fund availability options to include applicable transfer movements.
Available funds reflect committed amounts only as intended, without double-counting the requisition and PO. That would verify a different case: A purchase order fails budget checking because the commitment is counted against both its requisition and the finalized purchase order. It does not verify the required corrective action: Review and configure the approved budget fund availability options to include applicable transfer movements.
The control evaluates the authorized annual allocation while retaining period rules for other budgets. That would verify a different case: A capital purchase can use available annual budget, but budget checking rejects it because funds availability is limited to the current month. It does not verify the required corrective action: Review and configure the approved budget fund availability options to include applicable transfer movements.