MODULE 11: COMPLETING THE AUDIT Flashcards
- Which of the following matters do auditors need not communicate to the audit committee of a public company?
A. All critical accounting policies
B. Compensation arrangements related to the chief executive officer
C. Schedule of unadjusted differences
D. Management letter comments
B. Compensation arrangements related to the chief executive officer
- Analytical procedures are required to be performed during the
A. Planning and substantive test stage
B. Substantive test and overall review stages
C. Planning and overall review stages
D. Planning stage only
C. Planning and overall review stages
- Which of the following factors would least influence an auditor’s consideration of the reliability of data for purposes of analytical procedures?
A. Whether the data are processed in a computer system or in a manual accounting system
B. Whether sources within the entity are independent of those who are responsible for the amount being audited
C. Whether the data are subjected to audit testing in the current or prior year
D. Whether the data are obtained from independent sources outside the entity or from sources within the entity
A. Whether the data are processed in a computer system or in a manual accounting system
- Analytical procedure are
A. substantive tests designed to evaluate a system of internal control
B. tests of control procedures designed to evaluate the validity of management’s representation letter.
C. substantive tests designed to evaluate the reasonableness of financial information
D. tests of control procedures designed to detect errors in reported financial information
C. substantive tests designed to evaluate the reasonableness of financial information
- The auditor notices significant fluctuations in key element of the company’s financial statements, if management is unable to provide an acceptable explanation, the auditor should
A. consider the matter as a scope limitation
B. perform additional audit procedures to investigate the matter further
C. Intensify the examination with the expectation of detecting management fraud.
D. Withdraw from the engagement
B. perform additional audit procedures to investigate the matter further
- Who is responsible for establishing the process and controls for preparing accounting estimates?
A. The independent auditor
B. The internal auditor
C. The management
D. The controller
C. The management
- The auditor should adopt one or combination of the following approaches in the audit of an accounting estimate:
I. Review and test the process used by management to develop the estimate
II. Use an independent estimate for comparison with what the management prepares.
III. Review subsequent events which confirm the estimate made.
A. Any of them.
B. None of them
C. Either I or II
D. I only
A. Any of them.
- Which of the following is not one of the primary approaches that the auditors may use when evaluating the reasonableness of accounting estimates?
A. Review and test management’s process of developing estimates.
B. Confirm estimates directly with outsiders.
C. Independently develop an estimate of the amount to be compared to management’s estimate.
D. Review subsequent events or transactions that have been bearing on the estimate.
B. Confirm estimates directly with outsiders.
- The auditor should normally concentrate on the key factors and assumptions used by management including all of the following except those that are
A. Insignificant to the accounting estimates
B. Sensitive to variations
C. Deviations from historical patterns
D. Susceptibility to misstatements and biases
A. Insignificant to the accounting estimates
- In evaluating the assumptions on which the estimate is based, the auditor would need to pay particular attention to assumptions which are
A. Reasonable in light of actual results in prior periods.
B. Consistent with those used for other accounting estimates.
C. Consistent with management’s plans which appear appropriate.
D. Subjective or susceptible to material misstatement.
D. Subjective or susceptible to material misstatement.
- Which of the following statements that relates to subsequent events is inappropriately described?
A. The auditor is expected to conduct a continuing review of all matters to which previous applied procedures have provided satisfactory conclusions.
B. The auditor should consider the effect of subsequent events on the financial statements and on the auditor’s report.
C. The procedures to identify events that may require adjustments of, or disclosure in, the financial statements would be performed as near as practicable to the date of the auditor’s report.
D. The procedures that are designed to obtain sufficiently appropriate audit evidence that all events up to the date of the audit report that may require adjustment of, or disclosure in, the financial statements are in addition to routine procedures which may be applied to specific
transactions.
A. The auditor is expected to conduct a continuing review of all matters to which previous applied procedures have provided satisfactory conclusions.
- Subsequent events refer to
A. Only significant events that occur between the balance sheet date and the date of the auditor’s report which have been discovered by the auditor during the same period.
B. Only significant events that occur between the balance sheet date and the date of the auditor’s report irrespective of the date they have been discovered by the auditor.
C. Only significant events that occur between the balance sheet date and the date the audited financial statements have been released to the client, irrespective of the date of their discovery by the auditor.
D. All significant events that occur after the balance sheet date.
B. Only significant events that occur between the balance sheet date and the date of the auditor’s report irrespective of the date they have been discovered by the auditor.
- Which of the following is not correct concerning a type I and type II subsequent event?
A. A type I may require adjustments to financial statements while a type II would not.
B. Both a type I and a type II subsequent event may require note disclosure
C. A type I is an event that occurred prior to year end, but was discovered after, while a type II is one that arises subsequent to year end.
D. A type II event may require adjustment to the financial statements and a type I may require note disclosure.
D. A type II event may require adjustment to the financial statements and a type I may require note disclosure.
- The auditor’s formal review of subsequent events normally should be extended through the date of the
A. Auditor’s report
B. Next formal interim financial statements
C. Delivery of the audit report to client
D. Mailing of the financial statements to the stockholders.
A. Auditor’s report
- Which of the following procedures would an auditor most likely perform to obtain evidence about the occurrence of subsequent events?
A. Confirming a sample of material accounts receivable established after year-end.
B. Comparing the financial statements being reported on with those of the prior period.
C. Investigating personnel changes in the accounting department occurring after year-end.
D. Inquiring as to whether any unusual adjustments were made after year-end.
D. Inquiring as to whether any unusual adjustments were made after year-end.
- Which of the following appropriately describes the auditor’s procedures with respect to subsequent events?
A. The procedures to identify events that may require adjustments of, or disclosure in, the financial statements would be performed as early as practicable.
B. Those routine procedures that are applied to specific transactions occurring after the period ends are designed to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence that all events up to the date of the audit report have been identified.
C. When a component is audited by another CPA, the auditor would consider the other auditor’s procedures regarding events after period end and the need to inform the other auditor of the planned date of the audit report.
D. The auditor is responsible to inquire regarding the financial statements after the date of the auditor’s report.
C. When a component is audited by another CPA, the auditor would consider the other auditor’s procedures regarding events after period end and the need to inform the other auditor of the planned date of the audit report.