Section: Volume D

Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
Direct extraction from the source system involves management monitoring its own controls, instead of auditors/third parties monitoring management's controls. It is preferable over extraction from the system custodian.
Incorrect Answers:
B: Extracting data from the system custodian (IT) after system owner approval, involves auditors or third parties monitoring management's controls. Here, in this management does not monitors its own control.
C, D: These are not data extraction methods.

Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
The COSO ERM (Enterprise Risk Management) frame work is a 3-dimensional model. The dimensions and their components include:
Strategic Objectives - includes strategic, operations, reporting, and compliance.

Risk Components - includes Internal Environment, Objectives settings, Event identification, Risk

assessment, Risk response, Control activities, Information and communication, and monitoring.
Organizational Levels - include subsidiary, business unit, division, and entity-level.

The COSO ERM framework contains eight risk components:
Internal Environment

Objective Settings

Event Identification

Risk Assessment

Risk Response

Control Activities

Information and Communication

Monitoring

Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oley act specifies a three dimensional model- COSO ERM, comprised of Internal control components, Internal control objectives, and organization entities. All the items listed are components except Financial reporting which is an internal control objective.
Incorrect Answers:
A, C, D: They are the Internal control components, not the Internal control objectives.