Question: Select the best answer for each of
Select the best answer for each of the following and explain fully the reason for your selection. a. A report on an attestation engagement should: (1) State the nature of the client’s control system. (2) State the practitioner’s conclusion about the subject matter or assertion. (3) Include a reasonable limitations section pertaining to data inputs. (4) Refer to the auditor’s assertion concerning the subject matter. b. When an accountant examines a financial forecast that fails to disclose several significant assumptions used to prepare the forecast, the accountant should describe the assumptions in the accountant’s report and issue a(n): (1) Qualified opinion. (2) Unqualified opinion with a separate explanatory paragraph. (3) Disclaimer of opinion. (4) Adverse opinion. c. Which of the following is not an objective of a CPA’s examination of a client’s MD&A? (1) The presentation includes, in all material respects, the required elements of the rules and regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission. (2) The presentation is in conformity with rules and regulations adopted by the SEC. (3) The historical amounts included in the presentation have been accurately derived, in all material respects, from the entity’s financial statements. (4) The underlying information, determinations, estimates, and assumptions provide a reasonable basis for the disclosures contained in the presentation. d. A CPA’s report relating to a SysTrust engagement is most likely to include: (1) An opinion on whether the system is electronically secure. (2) An opinion on management’s assertion that the system meets one or more of the Sys- Trust principles. (3) Negative assurance on whether the system is secure. (4) No opinion or other assurance, but a summary of findings relating to the system. e. When performing an examination, if a CPA finds one or more significant assumptions are not reasonable for a forecast, the most appropriate report is: (1) Adverse. (2) Disclaimer. (3) Qualified. (4) Unqualified with emphasis-of-matter paragraph. f. The accounting profession is currently developing assurance services related to which of the following international information formats? (1) C++. (2) Webmat. (3) Object language. (4) XBRL. g. CPA services performed under PrimePlus/ElderCare services may be: 
h. When reporting on a company’s compliance with a law, the CPAs may report on: 
i. Benchmarks that are objective and permit reasonably consistent measurement in an engagement performed under Statements on Standards for Attestation Services are referred to as: (1) Written assertions. (2) Suitable criteria. (3) Subject matter. (4) Generally accepted auditing standards. j. Which of the following is least likely to be the subject matter of an attestation engagement? (1) Behavior. (2) Historical events. (3) Suitable criteria. (4) Systems or processes. k. A restricted-use report on controls at a service organization related to security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and/or privacy is referred to as a: (1) SOC 1 report. (2) SOC 2 report. (3) SOC 3 report. (4) SOC 4 report. l. The assurance services that address user and preparer needs regarding issues of security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy within e-commerce and other systems are referred to as: (1) PrimePlus Services. (2) XBRL Services. (3) Risk Advisory Services. (4) Trust Services.
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> Match the following terms to the appropriate definition (or partial definition). Each definition is used once. Term Definition (or Partial Definition) a. Commitment b. Contingent llablity c. General risk 1. A contractual obligation to carry out a tr
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> The following flowchart depicts the activities relating to the purchasing, receiving, and accounts payable departments of Model Company, Inc. Assume that you are a supervising assistant assigned to the Model Company audit. Joe Werell, a beginning assis
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> This simulation, also available online, presents an Analytical Procedures/Risk Assessment Analysis document prepared by two members of your audit team—your responsibility is to evaluate various statements included in that document. Back
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> Auditors often observe the counting of their clients’ inventories. You are working in the area of inventory with a new assistant on the audit of Jilco Inc. The assistant has a number of questions concerning inventory and the observation of inventory. Ple
> The nonpublic company attestation standards provide guidance for three basic types of engagements. Required: a. Describe these three types of engagements. b. Describe the types of procedures performed for each of these three types of engagements. c. Dis
> Other types of assurance services provided by CPAs have developed as a natural extension of the audit function. a. Explain what is meant by the term assurance services. b. Describe the forces that have caused a demand for other types of assurance service
> Andrew Wilson, CPA, has assembled the financial statements of Texas Mirror Co., a small nonpublic company. He has not performed an audit of the financial statements in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. Wilson is confused about the st
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> You have been engaged by the management of Pippin, Inc., a nonpublic company, to review the company’s financial statements for the year ended December 31, 20XX. To prepare for the engagement, you consult the Statements on Standards for Accounting and Rev
> Occasionally, public accounting firms are engaged to report on specified elements, accounts, and items of financial statements. Required: a. Discuss types of reports that may be provided for a nonpublic company for specified elements, accounts, and item
> Schmich and Schmich, CPAs, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has completed the audit of XYM Co. for the year ended December 31, 20X1. The financial statements for this nonpublic client are prepared following the cash basis of accounting. Note 7 to the financial
> For each of the independent situations described below select the appropriate inherent risk factor described and the effect of the inherent risk factor on the company’s net income using the following: Inherent Risk Factor Effect o
> You have been asked by Ambassador Hardware Co., a small nonpublic company, to submit a proposal for the audit of the company. After performing an investigation of the company, including its management and accounting system, you advise the president of Am
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