Wiley Test Bank - Professional Responsibilities Flashcards

1
Q

Requiring the identification of location of the auditor’s office that audited the client is required by:

A

International Standards on Auditing

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2
Q

The audit report for ______ includes section titles.

A

International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board

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3
Q

Under International Auditing Standards, the auditor of group F/S:

A

may not refer to the component auditor.

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4
Q

One purpose of establishing quality control policies and procedures for acceptance and continuance of client relationships and specific engagements is to:

A

Undertake engagements only that the accounting firm is competent to perform.

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5
Q

Within the context of quality control, a primary purpose of the engagement performance element is to help ensure that:

A

Engagements are adequately supervised.

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6
Q

Partners or managers are considered covered members if they:

A

provide ten or more hours of nonattest services.

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7
Q

Following International Auditing Standards ordinarily includes an opinion on:

A

Financial statements.

NOT internal control

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8
Q

IAASB is a Board within:

A

IFAC

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9
Q

Three impairments of independence are:

A
  • personal
  • external
  • organizational
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10
Q

In relation to the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct, the rules of the International Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants:

A

Have fewer definitive prohibitions.

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11
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Under International Standards on Auditing, the auditor may modify the opinion for:

A

an uncertainty about the client’s continued existence as a going concern.

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12
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Under International Standards on Auditing, as it applies to letters of audit inquiry to a client’s lawyer:

A

a lawyer’s letter must be obtained if the auditor assesses a related risk of material misstatement.

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13
Q

SASs, ISAs, and PCAOB standards allow:

A

a disclaimer of opinion in circumstances involving multiple uncertainties.

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14
Q

Confirmation of A/R is presumptively required under:

A

US PCAOB and ASB.

not ISAs.

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15
Q

Under International Auditing Standards (ISA), the time horizon for a going concern consideration is:

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At least 12 months from the date of the audit report.

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16
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AICPA independence requirements suggest that a CPA should evaluate whether a particular threat to independence would lead a reasonable person, aware of all the relevant facts, to conclude that:

A

an unacceptable risk of non-independence exists.

17
Q

In the case of a CPA posting to the general ledger, independence would be impaired under:

A

SEC, but NOT the AICPA.