Illustrate your understanding of internal controls by providing an example of a control you have personally witnessed (at the gym, supermarket, a restaurant etc.) do not use a traditional business setting, such as those detailed in your textbook. In your example make sure you cover the following:

a. Describe the control in detail (including the setting).

b. What was the control trying to achieve (ie. prevent/safeguard)?

c. What specific general ledger account could the control be linked to?

d. What assertion could the control have been addressing (ie. safeguarding)?

e. How could an auditor test the control?