Questions from General Auditing


Q: Ingrid Shalansky, an audit senior, was given the task of

Ingrid Shalansky, an audit senior, was given the task of auditing Crabapple Ltd., an investment company. Her firm had not performed the audit before; however, from a discussion with the previous year’s...

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Q: You are performing the audit of Toledo Ltd. for the financial

You are performing the audit of Toledo Ltd. for the financial year ended December 31, 2020. Under the terms of a major loan contract, Toledo is required to maintain certain financial ratios. If the rati...

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Q: Your firm of accountants is the auditor of Oxford Ltd., a

Your firm of accountants is the auditor of Oxford Ltd., a reporting entity. Oxford’s consolidated financial statements incorporate the financial statements of its four subsidiaries. Three subsidiaries ar...

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Q: For each of the following statements identify the audit assertion to which

For each of the following statements identify the audit assertion to which it relates: a. All cash transfers are recorded in the correct period. b. All investment gains are recorded in the correct amo...

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Q: Chong and Pflugrath conducted a study of different audit report formats and

Chong and Pflugrath conducted a study of different audit report formats and their effects on the audit expectation gap. They investigated whether report length (long or short), the location of the aud...

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Q: Required: Access the CPA Canada Handbook and locate the following

Required: Access the CPA Canada Handbook and locate the following: a. What number is the CAS for audit documentation? b. How many sections are there to each CAS? c. What is the name of CSAE 3000? d. W...

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Q: You are a recently designated accountant. As a result of having

You are a recently designated accountant. As a result of having your designation, you have been hired as the controller at a national manufacturing company. Due to a recent economic slowdown, the comp...

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Q: One way of getting accounting expertise onto audit committees is to recruit

One way of getting accounting expertise onto audit committees is to recruit ex-audit firm partners and/or employees onto the board of directors. However, appointing former audit firm partners to board...

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Q: Bernard Madoff was convicted in 2009 of running a Ponzi scheme,

Bernard Madoff was convicted in 2009 of running a Ponzi scheme, the biggest in U.S. history. A Ponzi scheme is essentially the process of taking money from new investors on a regular basis and using t...

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Q: The financial statements for public companies are available through the website SEDAR

The financial statements for public companies are available through the website SEDAR (www.sedar.com). This is the official site that provides access to information filed by public companies and inves...

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