3: Compliance & Substantive Testing Flashcards
Compliance Testing
Involves verification of process
Substantive Testing
Involves verification of data or transactions
What Compliance Testing checks for
Compliance Testing checks for the presence of controls.
What Substantive Testing checks for
Substantive Testing checks for completeness, accuracy and validity of the data.
What sample is used for compliance testing
Attribute sampling
What sampling is used for substantive testing
Variable Testing
What testing is used to verify configuration of router for controls
Compliance testing
What testing is used for Physical inventory of tapes at the offsite storage location.
Substantive testing
In any given scenario, what are the order for testing?
compliance testing will be performed first. Substantive testing will be the next step
what forms the basis for planning of substantive testing
The outcome/result of compliance testing
What testing should be used to verify systems access rights
A. Substantive testing
B. Compliance testing
Answer :
B. Compliance testing
What testing should be used for review of firewall settings
A. Compliance testing
B. Substantive testing
Answer :
A. Compliance testing
What testing should be used to confirm the validity of inventory valuation calculations
A. Compliance testing
B. Substantive testing
Answer :
B. Substantive testing
What testing should be used to conduct a bank confirmation to test ending cash balances.
A. Substantive testing
B. Compliance testing
Answer :
A. Substantive testing
What testing should be used for examining trial balance and other financial statements
A. Compliance testing
B. Substantive testing
Answer :
B. Substantive testing
