Questions from Auditing and Assurance


Q: Whitehall Company records its liabilities in an accounts payable subsidiary ledger.

Whitehall Company records its liabilities in an accounts payable subsidiary ledger. The auditors have decided to select some of the accounts for confirmation by direct communication with vendors. The...

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Q: Vendors’ statements and accounts payable confirmations are both forms of documentary evidence

Vendors’ statements and accounts payable confirmations are both forms of documentary evidence created outside the client organization and useful in audit work on accounts payable. Which of these two r...

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Q: What is a dual-purpose test?

What is a dual-purpose test?

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Q: Lawsuits against CPA firms are most likely to allege that the auditors

Lawsuits against CPA firms are most likely to allege that the auditors were negligent in not detecting which of the following? (a) overstatement of liabilities and earnings, (b) understatement of asse...

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Q: Explain how the auditors coordinate the year-end cutoff of accounts

Explain how the auditors coordinate the year-end cutoff of accounts payable with their observation of the year-end physical inventory.

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Q: Identify three audit procedures (other than “Search for unrecorded accounts

Identify three audit procedures (other than “Search for unrecorded accounts payable”) that are concerned directly or indirectly with disclosing unrecorded accounts payable.

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Q: What do you consider to be the most important single procedure in

What do you consider to be the most important single procedure in the auditors’ search for unrecorded accounts payable? Explain.

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Q: What is the purpose of the auditors’ review of cash payments subsequent

What is the purpose of the auditors’ review of cash payments subsequent to the balance sheet date?

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Q: Most auditors are interested in performing as many phases of an audit

Most auditors are interested in performing as many phases of an audit as possible in advance of the balance sheet date. The verification of accounts payable, however, generally is regarded as somethin...

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Q: What documentary evidence created outside the client’s organization is particularly important to

What documentary evidence created outside the client’s organization is particularly important to the auditors in verifying accrued property taxes?

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