Accredited ACH Professional (AAP) Practice Exam

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What does the Company/Batch Control Record contain?

Unique identifiers for each entry
Detail and addenda record counts, as well as hash totals
Transaction codes of the entries
Information related to the security of the data

The correct answer is: Detail and addenda record counts, as well as hash totals

The Company/Batch Control Record is an important component of the ACH file format that serves to provide control information for a specific batch of entries. One of its primary functions is to capture crucial summary data related to the entries within that batch. This includes detail and addenda record counts, which indicate how many individual entries and addenda records are included. Additionally, the record also contains hash totals, which are essentially a sum of selected fields from all the detail records in the batch. These totals help ensure the integrity of the data; if the hash totals at the end of processing do not match the calculated totals from the records, this indicates that there may have been an error in the data transmission. Unique identifiers for each entry, transaction codes, and information about data security, while relevant to ACH processing, are not specifically included in the Company/Batch Control Record. Unique identifiers can be found within the detail records, while transaction codes are assigned to individual transactions. Security-related information is handled through other protocols and processes in ACH systems but is not a part of the control record itself.