Each time a Trial or Live Financial Update is run, what should be performed?

• A. Inventory Check
• B. Financial Audit
• C. Budget Review
• D. Cash Reconciliation

Answer: (B)

Ensuring data integrity and proper internal controls is what you focus on when running a Trial or Live Financial Update. Performing a financial audit at this step verifies that the numbers entered reflect authorized transactions, are complete and accurate, and that there’s a traceable record of all changes. This helps catch errors or irregularities before finalizing the update and provides confidence that the financial data is trustworthy and compliant with policy.

Inventory checks verify physical assets and are about stock reconciliation, not the overall integrity of financial updates. A budget review looks at planning and projections rather than validating the correctness of the current financial data. Cash reconciliation compares cash accounts to bank records, which is important but narrower in scope than a full audit of the update process.