Excel Problem

Enter the data below into a spreadsheet, and then perform the following tasks:

Employee Number	Pay Rate	Hours Worked	Gross Pay	Deductions	Net Pay
12355	10.55	38	400.90	125.00	275.90
2178g	11.00	40	440.00	395.00	45.00
24456	95.00	90	8,550.00	145.00	8,405.00
34567	10.00	40	400.00	105.00	295.00

A.) Calculate examples of these batch totals:

A hash total

A financial total

A record count

B.) Assume the following rules govern normal data:

Employee numbers are five digits in length and range from 10000 through 99999.

Maximum pay rate is $25, and minimum is $9.

Hours worked should never exceed 40.

Deductions should never exceed 40% of gross pay.

Give a specific example of an error or probable error in the data set that each of the following controls would detect:

Field check

Limit check

Reasonableness test

Cross-footing balance test

C.) Create a control procedure that would prevent, or at least detect, each of the errors in the data set.