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Final Review Flashcards

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What is Big Data?

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Large & complex data sets

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4 Vs

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Volume
Variety (data sources of unstructured/structured data)
Velocity
Veracity (data quality - clean & credible)

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Pros/Cons of Structured Data

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Hard to collect
Limited Insights
Affordable
Active participation
Transparent

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Pros/Cons of Unstructured Data

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Easy to collect
Pricy
Unlimited Insights
Presence
Lack of transparency

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What is Analytics?

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ETL data to gain valuable insights to inform decision making
Requires critical thinking & judgement

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IMPACT

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I - Identify questions
M - Master the data
P - Perform the test plan
A - Address & refine results
C - Communicate insights
T - Track Outcomes

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Descriptive

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What happened?

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Diagnostic

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WHY did it happen? Root causes?

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Prescriptive

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What if scenarios
Optimize performance based on constraints

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Predictive

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What WILL happen (future outlook)? Probability? Forecasting

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MASTER THE DATA

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Appropriateness - can the data answer the questions
Accessibility - cost of acquisition, sources of data
Reliability - data integrity (accurate, valid, consistent)

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Financial Accounting Data Sources

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  • XBRL.gov
    -SEC EDGAR
    -Company websites/press releases
    -Fee based databases: Dow Jones, CRSP
    -Internal data - journal entries, general ledger, subledgers
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Audit Data Sources

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  • PCAOB (audit regulators)
  • Auditor Search
    -Audit Analytics (audit report, fees, restatement data)
  • Firm transparency reports - insight into audit culture
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Managerial Accounting Data Sources

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  • Budget Variance
  • Point of Sale Transaction
  • Potential cost drivers
  • Supply chain
  • CRM, HRM, ERM
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Other Relevant Data Sources

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  • Government Data (GDP, CPI, Census)
  • Sustainability Reports
  • Current & Historical Stock Prices
  • Earnings Forecast
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Alternative Data

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  • Social media
  • Cell phone location
  • Geospatial
  • Employee Sentiments (Glassdoor)
  • Foot traffic
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What is Blockchain?

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A decentralized digital ledger that records transactions

(Visibility for all parties on all transactions occurring on the same chain that is solidified by a hash - unable to go back to alter data)

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Benefits of Blockchain

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  • Verified transactions
  • Almost impossible to manipulate data
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Limitations of Blockchain (Benefits of Relational Databases)

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-Centralization of data
- Limitation of access to particular data tables
- Embedded checks through linking of tables with PK & FK

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Delimiter

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Smith | David or Smith, David

(Intentional separation of values for table column headings)

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Qualifier

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“Property, Plant and Equipment”
(Double quotes indicate keeping the text together)

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Categorical Data

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Data divided by grouping (composed of nominal and ordinal data)

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Nominal Data

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Gender, eye color, dates, account #

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Ordinal data

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Ranking (gold, silver, bronze)

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Numerical data

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Used for calculations (composed of interval & ratio)

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Interval Data

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No “absolute zero” –> temperature (0 degrees does not mean there is no temperature anymore)

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Ratio Data

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Defined zero value (sales, net income)

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Skewed right

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tail is to the right which is driven by outliers (mean > median)

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Skewed left

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tail is to the left (mean < median)

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Correlation

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measure relationship between 2 variables that ranges from -1 to 1

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p-value > 0.05

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fail to reject null hypothesis - not statistically significant

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p-value < 0.05

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reject null hypothesis - statistically significant

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R^2

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fit of data (increased R^2 = good fit)

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Regression Analysis

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Diagnostic Test (measure relationship) or Predictive Test (estimation of dependent variable value based on independent variable inputs)

35
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Linear Regression Formula

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y = B1X1 + y-intercept + error

36
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Descriptive Analytics Tests

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  • Sums, min/max, standard deviation, counts, difference in means
  • horizontal & vertical analysis
  • ratio analytics
  • Dupont analysis
  • IQR
37
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Diagnostic (Drill down or Root Cause) Tests

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  • Hypothesis Testing (Regression)
  • Clustering
    -Grouping/Filtering in PivotTables
  • Benford’s Law
  • Fuzzy Matching
  • Identify outliers/anomalies through IQR
38
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Prescriptive Tests

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-What-if scenarios
-Sensitivity analysis

39
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Predictive Tests

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-Regression Analysis

40
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Where in the audit process could you use ADA?

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-Risk assessment phase –> fraud risk/material misstatements
- Testing phase –> tests of controls, substantive tests

41
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Common Types of Analytics in Management Accounting

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Descriptive: KPI, Clustering suppliers, customers, locations
Diagnostic: Comparing KPIs, Budget Variance, Regression (cost behavior)
Prescriptive: sensitivity, capital budgeting, goal-seek
Predictive: forecasting

42
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Cost Behavior (Regression Analysis)

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Management’s attempt to understand how operating costs change in relation to a change in organizational activity

Variable (independent) + Fixed (y-intercept)

43
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Capital Budgeting

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process of analyzing/deciding which long-term investment to make using NPV or IRR

44
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NPV

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used to determine current value of all future cash flows generated by a project + initial capital investment

45
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IRR

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time-adjusted rate of return for an investment

(NPV = 0 or IRR > r –> making $ or break even)

46
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In a balanced scorecard, what should be aligned with strategic goals of the organization?

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Objectives

47
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Common Types of Analytics in Financial Accounting

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Descriptive: horizontal, vertical & ratio analysis
Diagnostic: benchmarking/comparative analysis, DuPont
Prescriptive: sensitivity analysis
Predictive: bankruptcy predictions

48
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XBRL

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tagging & reporting financial information in a computer readable format

49
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XBRL Taxonomy

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defines/describes each key element & relationship between each element

50
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Strengths of XBRL

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tagging allows data to be quickly transmitted & can extend taxonomy to include custom tags

51
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Weaknesses of XBRL

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Concerns regarding data quality (accuracy, consistency, reliability?)

52
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All of the following are ways XBRL tags can be useful except for:

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helping auditors assess where accounting errors may occur
helping financial analysts value a company
helping regulators determine if audit firms are in compliance with audit standards (correct)
helping regulators see if companies are in compliance with regulations

53
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Liquidity

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measures short-term ability of company to pay its maturing obligations & meet unexpected needs of $

54
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Current ratio

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short-term debt paying ability

55
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Cash debt coverage ratio

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short-term debt paying ability on a cash basis

56
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Receivables Turnover Ratio

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of times a company collects receivables a year

57
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Average Collection period

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converts RTR into days

58
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Inventory Turnover ratio

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of times a inventory was sold a year

59
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Days in Inventory

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Avg # of days inventory is held

60
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Solvency

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measures the ability of a company to survive for a long duration

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Debt to Assets Total Ratio

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% of total assets provided by creditors

62
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Times Interest Earned Ratio

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company’s ability to meet interest payments

63
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Cash Debt Coverage Ratio

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long-term debt paying ability on a cash basis

64
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Free cash flow

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cash available to pay dividends or expand operations

65
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Profitability

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measure income or operating success of a company

66
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Return on Stockholder’s Equity

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$ of net income earned/$ invested

67
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Return on assets

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overall profitability of assets

68
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Profit Margin ratio

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net income generated by each $ of sales

69
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Asset turnover

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how efficiently assets are used to generate sales

70
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Gross Profit Rate

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margin between selling price & COGS

71
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Earnings per Share

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net income earned on each dollar of common stock

72
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P-E Ratio

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increase means investors believe company future earnings will grow

73
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Payout Ratio

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% of earnings distributed in cash dividends

74
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Basic DuPont Model

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ROE = Profit Margin x Total Asset Turnover x Financial Leverage (higher value –> more risk as reliant on debt for funding)

75
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Increased ROE

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increase in PM, TAT or FL

76
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Decreased ROE

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decrease in PM, TAT, or FL

77
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Bankruptcy Classification (Altman’s Z-score)

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Z = 1.2X1 + 1.4X2 + 3.3X3 + 0.6X4 + 1.0X5

78
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Variable Meanings

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X1 = liquidity level
X2 = long-term profitability
X3 = short term profitability
X4 = solvency
X5 = asset efficiency (TAT)

79
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If Z < 1.80

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Significant risk of bankruptcy - “distress zone”

80
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If 1.8 <= Z >= 3.0

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At risk of bankruptcy - “gray zone”

81
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If Z > 3.0

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Not at risk - “safe zone”

82
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A data point with which of the following z-scores would likely alert an auditor to the existence of a potential outlier that warrants further scrutiny?

83
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RPA

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-Form of digital labor
-Software robots to automate repetitive tasks (scanning, reading docs, downloading/merging files, converting currency)
-Less flexible
-Does not make decisions
-Simple & quick implementations to deploy

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AI

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-Tasks that require human intelligence
-Capable of tasks that require cognitive abilities, recognizing patterns, and making predictions
-Adapt and learn from new data
-Complex/resource intensive
-Make decisions based on data analysis/learned patterns

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