Question 590
An accounting team resolves the following issue: Financial close tasks are marked Complete even though the underlying journal batches have failures. Which observed record or result is decisive?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Task closure references posted journal IDs with zero unresolved job errors. This directly tests the intended correction: Require supporting batch status and successfully posted voucher evidence before accepting task completion. The underlying failure or control mechanism is: Workflow task completion is an administrative status independent of actual journal posting success.
Incorrect Answers
The consolidated cash figure reflects the finalized source trial balances and reconciliation totals. That would verify a different case: Group consolidation is run before a subsidiary posts its final bank revaluation and the consolidated cash figure is stale. It does not verify the required corrective action: Require supporting batch status and successfully posted voucher evidence before accepting task completion.
Settlement reports show only legitimately matched entries and the remaining balance is visible for action. That would verify a different case: An operating account balance remains unreconciled because an unmatched ledger settlement was forced to close the period. It does not verify the required corrective action: Require supporting batch status and successfully posted voucher evidence before accepting task completion.
The eligible counterpart transactions are marked settled without altering unmatched balances. That would verify a different case: Ledger settlement cannot find offsetting debit and credit transactions because the settlement criteria use a mismatched main account. It does not verify the required corrective action: Require supporting batch status and successfully posted voucher evidence before accepting task completion.