Chapter 9 [Salosagcol] Flashcards
This involves the application of the procedures to less than 100% of the items within an account balance or class of transactions. This enables the auditor to obtain and evaluate audit evidence about some characteristics of the selected items in order to form an opinion about the characteristics of all the items supporting an account balance or transaction class.
a. Audit techniques
b. Audit sampling
c. Selective testing
d. Specific identification
b
When designing audit procedures, the auditor should determine the appropriate means of selecting items for testing. The means available to the auditor would include:
a. 100% examination, Audit sampling, Selecting specific items
b. Audit sampling
c. Audit sampling, Selecting specific items
d. Selecting specific items
a
Which of the following constitutes audit sampling?
a. Selecting and examining specific items to determine whether or not a particular procedure is being performed.
b. Examining items to obtain information about matters such as the client’s business, the nature of transactions, accounting and internal control systems.
c. Examining items whose values exceed a certain amount so as to verify a large proportion of the total amount of an account balance or class of transactions.
d. Applying audit procedures to less than 100% of items within an account balance or class of transactions such that all sampling units have a chance of selection.
d
The auditor’s principal objective when using a sample of tests of details of balances is whether the
a) account balance being audited is fairly stated.
b) transactions being audited are free of misstatements.
c) controls being tested are operating effectively.
d) transactions and account balances being audited are fairly stated.
a
Audit sampling for substantive tests is appropriate when
a. Analytical procedures are used
b. The auditor wants to eliminate sampling risks
c. A population contains small number of large value items
d. Tests of details are performed
d
For which fo the following audit procedures is audit sampling inappropriate?
a. Review sales transactions for large and unusual amounts
b. Examine a sample of duplicate sales invoices for credit approval.
c. Compare the quantity on duplicate sales invoices with the quantity on related shipping documents.
d. Audit sampling is appropriate for each of the above procedures.
a
Audit sampling for test of control is generally appropriate when
a. Control leaves evidence of performance
b. Control leaves no evidence of performance
c. 100% of the transactions is tested
d. Examining specific high value items in the population
a
The possibility that the auditor’s conclusion based on a sample may be different from the conclusion reached if the entire population were subjected to the same procedure is called
a. Audit risk
b. Non-sampling risk
c. Sampling risk
d. Detection risk
c
Which of the following best illustrates the concept of sampling risk?
a. A randomly chosen sample may not be representative of the population as a whole on the characteristics of interest.
b. An auditor may select audit procedures that are not appropriate to achieve the specific objective.
c. An auditor may fail to recognize errors in the documents examined for the chosen sample.
d. The documents related to the chosen sample may not be available for inspection.
a
One of the ways to reduce sampling risk is to
a. Increase the sample size
b. Carefully design the audit procedures to be used
c. Provide proper supervision and instruction of the audit team
d. Use variables sampling rather than attribute sampling
a
Non-sampling errors can occur when audit tests do not uncover existing exceptions in the
a. Population
b. Planning stage
c. Sample
d. Financial statement
c
One of the causes of non-sampling error is
a. Failure to draw a random sample
b. Failure to draw a representative sample
c. The use of inappropriate or ineffective audit procedures
d. The use of attributes sampling instead of variables sampling
c
One of the ways to control non-sampling risk is through
a. Proper supervision and instruction of the client’s employees
b. Proper supervision and instruction of the audit team
c. The use of attributes sampling rather than variables sampling
d. Control which ensure that the sample drawn is random and representative
b
Which of the following is the risk that audit tests will not uncover existing exceptions in a sample?
a. Sampling risk
b. Nonsampling risk
c. Audit risk
d. Detection risk
b
One cause of nonsampling risk is
a. Ineffective use of audit procedures
b. Testing less than the entire population
c. Use of extensive tests of controls
d. Any of the above
a
Sampling risk may be controlled by
a. Increasing the sample size
b. Adequate supervision of audit personnel
c. Both A and B
d. Neither A nor B
c
Which of the following statements is most correct?
a. A sample of all items of a population will eliminate sampling risk but increase nonsampling risk
b. The use of an appropriate sample selection technique ensures a representative sample
c. The auditor’s failure to recognize an exception is a significant cause of sampling risk
d. The use of inappropriate audit procedures is a significant cause of nonsampling risk.
d
One of the ways to reduce sampling risk is to
a. Carefully design the audit procedures to be used
b. Use variables sampling rather than attributes sampling
c. Provide proper supervision and instruction of the audit team
d. Use an appropriate method of selecting sample items from the population
d
In assessing sample risk, alpha risks relate to the
a. Efficiency of the audit
b. Selection of the sample
c. Effectiveness of the audit
d. Audit quality controls
a
In performing substantive tests, the auditor is concerned with two risks or errors of sampling, the alpha error and the beta error.
a. The alpha error is of greater concern to the auditor than the beta error.
b. The beta error is of greater concern to the auditor than the alpha error
c. The beta error and the alpha error are of equal importance to the auditor
d. Neither the alpha error nor the beta error need be considered by the auditor
b
To determine if a sample is truly representative of the population, an auditor would be required to
a. Conduct multiple samples of the same population
b. Never use sampling because of the expense involved
c. Audit the entire population
d. Use systematic sample selection
c
While performing a substantive test of details during an audit, the auditor determined that the sample results supported the conclusion that the recorded account balance was materially misstated. Which of the following is the least likely auditor reaction to this discovery?
a. Perform expanded audit tests in the relevant areas.
b. Increase detection risk in the relevant areas
c. Increase the sample size for test of control
d. Take no action until tests of other audit areas are completed
a
In assessing sample risk, beta risks relate to the
a. Efficiency of the audit
b. Selection of the sample
c. Effectiveness of the audit
d. Audit quality controls
c
The acceptable risk of assessing control risk too low will normally be assessed at a ____ level when auditing a public company.
a. Higher
b. Compensating
c. Lower
d. Nominal
c