Chapter 1 - Information System Auditing Process, Part B: Execution Flashcards
Steps to perform an audit:
Plan the audit engagement, build the audit plan, execute the plan, monitor project activity
Can be considered the bridge or interface between the audit objectives and the final report
Work papers
Sampling methodology:
Compliance testing/test of controls, substantive testing/test of details
An audit procedure designed to evaluate the the operating effectiveness of controls in preventing, or detecting and correcting, material weaknesses
Compliance testing/test of controls
An audit procedure designed to detect material weaknesses at the assertion level
Substantive testing/test of details
Evidence gathering for the purpose of testing an org’s compliance with control procedures
Compliance testing
Two general approaches to audit sampling:
Statistical & nonstatistical
Attribute samp