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> The purpose of segregating the duties of hiring personnel and distributing payroll checks is to separate the a. Human resource function from the controllership function. b. Administrative controls from the internal accounting controls. c. Authorization o

> For an appropriate segregation of duties, journalizing and posting summary payroll transactions should be assigned to a. The treasurer’s department. b. General accounting. c. Payroll accounting. d. The timekeeping department.

> In meeting the control objective of safeguarding of assets, which department should be responsible for the following? Distribution of Paychecks Custody of Unclaimed Paychecks a. Treasurer Treasurer b. Рayroll Treasurer C. Treasurer Payroll d. Payrol

> Which of the following procedures would most likely be considered a weakness in an entity’s internal controls over payroll? a. A voucher for the amount of the payroll is prepared in the general accounting department based on the payroll department’s payr

> During the year being audited, the Matthews Corporation changed from a system of recording time worked on time sheets to an IT payroll system in which employees record time in and out with magnetic cards. The IT system automatically updates all payroll r

> When using confirmations to provide evidence about the completeness assertion for accounts payable, the appropriate population most likely would be a. Vendors with whom the entity has previously done business. b. Amounts recorded in the accounts payable

> Which of the following procedures is least likely to be performed before the balance sheet date? a. Test of internal control over cash. b. Confirmation of receivables. c. Search for unrecorded liabilities. d. Observation of inventory.

> Purchase cutoff procedures should be designed to test whether all inventory a. Purchased and received before the end of the year was paid for. b. Ordered before the end of the year was received. c. Purchased and received before the end of the year was re

> Ando Company, a diversified manufacturer, has six divisions that operate throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. Ando has historically allowed its divisions to operate autonomously. Ando does not have an internal audit department and corporate inte

> Which of the following audit procedures is best for identifying unrecorded trade accounts payable? a. Examination of unusual relationships between monthly accounts payable balances and recorded cash payments. b. Reconciliation of vendors’ statements to t

> To determine whether accounts payable are complete, an auditor performs a test to verify that all merchandise received is recorded. The population of documents for this test consists of all a. Vendor invoices. b. Purchase orders. c. Receiving reports. d.

> For effective internal control purposes, which of the following individuals should be responsible for mailing signed checks? a. Receptionist. b. Treasurer. c. Accounts payable clerk. d. Payroll clerk.

> In a properly designed purchasing process, the same employee most likely would match vendors’ invoices with receiving reports and a. Post the detailed accounts payable records. b. Re compute the calculations on vendors’ invoices. c. Reconcile the account

> Which of the following control activities is not usually performed in the accounts payable department? a. Matching the vendor’s invoice with the related receiving report. b. Approving vouchers for payment by having an authorized employee sign the voucher

> Internal control is strengthened when the quantity of merchandise ordered is omitted from the copy of the purchase order sent to the a. Department that initiated the requisition. b. Receiving department. c. Purchasing agent. d. Accounts payable departmen

> When goods are received, the receiving clerk should match the goods with a. The purchase order and the requisition form. b. The vendor invoice and the purchase order. c. The vendor shipping document and the purchase order. d. The vendor invoice and the v

> In a properly designed accounts payable system, a voucher is prepared after the invoice, purchase order, requisition, and receiving report are verified. The next step in the system is a. Cancelation of the supporting documents. b. Entry of the check amou

> In evaluating the adequacy of the allowance for doubtful accounts, an auditor most likely reviews the entity’s aging of receivables to support management’s financial statement assertion of a. Existence. b. Valuation and allocation. c. Completeness. d. Ri

> An auditor should perform alternative procedures to substantiate the existence of accounts receivable when a. No reply to a positive confirmation request is received. b. No reply to a negative confirmation request is received. c. The collectibility of th

> On February 14, 2013, former city comptroller and treasurer of Dixon, IL, Rita Crundwell was sentenced to 191̸2 years in prison for diverting $53 million from city funds for her own benefit. It appears that the fraud began in 1990 at a relatively small a

> The negative request form of accounts receivable confirmation is useful particularly when The Number of Consideration by the Recipient Is The Assessed Level of Control Risk Relating to Receivables Is Small Balances Is Low High Likely Unlikely Likely

> Negative confirmation of accounts receivable is less effective than positive confirmation of accounts receivable because a. A majority of recipients usually lack the willingness to respond objectively. b. Some recipients may report incorrect balances tha

> Which of the following is most likely to be detected by an auditor’s review of an entity’s sales cutoff? a. Unrecorded sales for the year. b. Lapping of year-end accounts receivable. c. Excessive sales discounts. d. Unauthorized goods returned for credit

> If the number of days’ sales in accounts receivable (365 days/receivables turnover) decreases significantly, which of the following assertions for accounts receivable most likely is violated? a. Existence or occurrence. b. Completeness. c. Rights and obl

> If accounts receivable turnover (credit sales/receivables) was 7.1 times last year compared to only 5.6 times in the current year, it is possible that there were a. Unrecorded credit sales in the current year. b. Unrecorded cash receipts last year. c. Mo

> Cash receipts from sales on account have been misappropriated. Which of the following acts would conceal this defalcation and be least likely to be detected by an auditor? a. Understating the sales journal. b. Overstating the accounts receivable control

> Smith Corporation has numerous customers. A customer file is maintained and includes a customer record with a name, an address, a credit limit, and an account balance. The auditor wishes to test this file to determine whether credit limits are being exce

> Which of the following internal controls would be most likely to deter the lapping of collections from customers? a. Independent internal verification of dates of entry in the cash receipts journal with dates of daily cash summaries. b. Authorization of

> Which of the following controls is most likely to help ensure that all credit revenue transactions of an entity are recorded? a. The billing department supervisor sends a copy of each approved sales order to the credit department for comparison to the cu

> For the control activities to be effective, employees maintaining the accounts receivable subsidiary ledger should not also approve a. Employee overtime wages. b. Credit granted to customers. c. Write-offs of customer accounts. d. Cash disbursements.

> Koss Corporation is a publicly traded company that designs and sells stereo headphones. The Koss family controls a majority of the Company’s stock. On November 17, 2010, Sujata “Sue” Sachdeva, the former Vice-President of Finance was sentenced to 11 year

> Which of the following would most likely be an advantage in using classical variables sampling rather than monetary-unit sampling? a. An estimate of the standard deviation of the population’s recorded amounts is not required. b. The auditor rarely needs

> In classical variables sampling, which of the following must be known in order to estimate the appropriate sample size required to meet the auditor’s needs in a given situation? a. The qualitative aspects of misstatements. b. The total dollar amount of t

> Which of the following statements concerning the auditor’s use of statistical sampling is correct? a. An auditor needs to estimate the dollar amount of the standard deviation of the population in order to use classical variables sampling. b. An assumptio

> An auditor is performing substantive procedures of pricing and extensions of perpetual inventory balances consisting of a large number of items. Past experience indicates that there may be numerous pricing and extension errors. Which of the following sta

> How would increases in tolerable misstatement and assessed level of control risk affect the sample size in a substantive test of details? Increase in Tolerable Misstatement Increase in Assessed Level of Control Risk Decrease sample size Decrease sam

> Which of the following statements concerning monetary-unit sampling is correct? a. The sampling distribution should approximate the normal distribution. b. Overstated units have a lower probability of sample selection than units that are understated. c.

> The risk of incorrect acceptance relates to the a. Effectiveness of the audit. b. Efficiency of the audit. c. Planning materiality. d. Allowable risk of tolerable misstatement.

> Considering each independently, a change in which of the following sample planning factors would influence the sample size for a substantive test of details for a specific account? Expected Misstatement Tolerable Misstatement a. No No b. Yes Yes C.

> A number of factors influence the sample size for a substantive test of details of an account balance. All other factors being equal, which of the following would lead to a larger sample size? a. Greater reliance on internal controls. b. Greater reliance

> Which of the following sampling methods would be used to estimate a numeric measurement of a population, such as a dollar value? a. Random sampling. b. Numeric sampling. c. Attribute sampling. d. Variable sampling.

> On September 2, 2010, the Securities & Exchange Commission brought an action against Sujata Sachdeva, vice president of finance, and Koss senior accountant and subordinate, Julie Mulvaney, who allegedly helped her cover up the fraudulent scheme. The SEC

> As a result of sampling procedures applied as tests of controls, an auditor incorrectly assesses control risk lower than appropriate. The most likely explanation for this situation is that a. The deviation rates of both the auditor’s sample and the popul

> Assume an auditor is evaluating a statistical attribute sample of 50 items that resulted in three deviations. What should the auditor conclude if the tolerable deviation rate is 7 percent, the expected population deviation rate is 5 percent, and the allo

> Which of the following statements is correct concerning statistical sampling in tests of controls? a. Deviations from controls at a given rate usually result in misstatements at a higher rate. b. As the population size doubles, the sample size should als

> The following table depicts the possible outcomes for the auditor’s estimated computed upper deviation rate based on a sample relative to the auditor’s tolerable deviation rate (i.e., the computed upper deviation rate

> Based on the information above, the planned allowance for sampling risk was a. 5½ percent. b. 4½ percent. c. 3½ percent. d. 1 percent.

> In the evaluation of this sample, the auditor decided to increase the level of the preliminary assessment of control risk because the a. Tolerable deviation rate (7 percent) was less than the computed upper deviation rate (8 percent). b. Expected populat

> Which of the following combinations results in the greatest decrease in sample size in an attribute sample for a test of controls? An auditor desired to test credit approval on 10,000 sales invoices processed during the year. The auditor designed a sta

> Samples to test internal controls are intended to provide a basis for an auditor to conclude whether a. The controls are operating effectively. b. The financial statements are materially misstated. c. The risk of incorrect acceptance is too high. d. Mate

> An auditor’s flowchart of an entity’s accounting system is a diagrammatic representation that depicts the auditor’s a. Program for tests of controls. b. Understanding of the system. c. Understanding of the types of fraud that are probable, given the pres

> Mincin, CPA, is the auditor of the Raleigh Corporation. Mincin is considering the audit work to be performed in the accounts payable area for the current year’s engagement. The prior year’s working papers show that confirmation requests were mailed to 10

> An auditor anticipates assessing control risk at a low level in an IT environment. Under these circumstances, on which of the following controls would the auditor initially focus? a. Data capture controls. b. Application controls. c. Output controls. d.

> Significant deficiencies are matters that come to an auditor’s attention that should be communicated to an entity’s audit committee because they represent a. Disclosures of information that significantly contradict the auditor’s going concern assumption.

> SOC 1, Type 2 reports issued by the service organization’s auditor typically a. Provide reasonable assurance that their financial statements are free of material misstatements. b. Ensure that the entity will not have any misstatements in areas related to

> The highest-quality and most reliable audit evidence that segregation of duties is properly implemented is obtained by a. Inspection of documents prepared by a third party but which contain the initials of those applying entity controls. b. Observation b

> Which of the following audit techniques would most likely provide an auditor with the least assurance about the effectiveness of the operation of a control? a. Inquiry of entity personnel. b. Re performance of the control by the auditor. c. Observation o

> Assessing control risk below high involves all of the following except a. Identifying specific controls to rely on. b. Concluding that controls are ineffective. c. Performing tests of controls. d. Analyzing the achieved level of control risk after perfor

> Regardless of the assessed level of control risk, an auditor would perform some a. Tests of controls to determine the effectiveness of internal controls. b. Analytical procedures to verify the design of internal controls. c. Substantive procedures to res

> After obtaining an understanding of an entity’s internal control system, an auditor may set control risk at high for some assertions because the auditor a. Believes the internal controls are unlikely to be effective. b. Determines that the pertinent inte

> Monitoring is a major component of the COSO Internal Control— Integrated Framework. Which of the following is not correct in how the company can implement the monitoring component? a. Monitoring can be an ongoing process. b. Monitoring can be conducted a

> Internal control is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the achievement of which objective? a. Effectiveness and efficiency of operations. b. Reliability of financial reporting. c. Compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

> Friendly Furniture, Inc., a manufacturer of fine hardwood furniture, is a publicly held SEC-registered company with a December 31 year-end. During May, Friendly had a flood due to heavy rains at its major manufacturing facility that damaged about $525,00

> Which of the following statements about internal control is correct? a. A properly maintained internal control system reasonably ensures that collusion among employees cannot occur. b. The establishment and maintenance of internal control is an important

> The substantive analytical procedure known as trend analysis is best described by a. The comparison, across time or to a benchmark, of relationships between financial statement accounts or between an account and nonfinancial data. b. Development of a mod

> The primary objective of final analytical procedures is to a. Obtain evidence from details tested to corroborate particular assertions. b. Identify areas that represent specific risks relevant to the audit. c. Assist the auditor in assessing the validity

> An audit document that reflects the major components of an amount reported in the financial statements is referred to as a(n) a. Lead schedule. b. Supporting schedule. c. Audit control account. d. Working trial balance.

> The permanent file section of the working papers that is kept for each audit client most likely contains a. Review notes pertaining to questions and comments regarding the audit work performed. b. A schedule of time spent on the engagement by each indivi

> The current file of the auditor’s working papers should generally include a. A flowchart of the accounting system. b. Organization charts. c. A copy of the financial statements. d. Copies of bond and note indentures.

> The assurance bucket is filled with all of the following types of evidence except a. Test of controls. b. The audit report. c. Substantive analytical procedures. d. Tests of details.

> An auditor would be least likely to use confirmations in connection with the examination of a. Inventory held in a third-party warehouse. b. Refundable income taxes. c. Long-term debt. d. Stockholders’ equity.

> Audit evidence can come in different forms with different degrees of reliability. Which of the following is the most persuasive type of evidence? a. Bank statements obtained from the entity. b. Computations made by the auditor. c. Pre numbered entity sal

> Search the Internet (e.g., an entity’s website or sec.gov), and find an audit report for an entity’s audit of internal control over financial reporting that expresses an adverse opinion with respect to the effectiveness of internal control.

> Forestcrest Woolen Mills is a closely held North Carolina company that has existed since 1920. The company manufactures high-quality woolen cloth for men’s and women’s outerwear. Your firm has audited Forestcrest for 15 years. Five years ago, Forestcrest

> Search the Internet (e.g., an entity’s website or sec.gov), and find an audit report for an entity’s audit of internal control over financial reporting. Determine whether the entity used the combined or separate format. Specify whether the report identif

> Which of the following statements concerning audit evidence is correct? a. To be appropriate, audit evidence should be either persuasive or relevant but need not be both. b. The measure of the reliability of audit evidence lies in the auditor’s judgment.

> In testing the existence assertion for an asset, an auditor ordinarily works from the a. Financial statements to the potentially unrecorded items. b. Potentially unrecorded items to the financial statements. c. Accounting records to the supporting docume

> Which of the following procedures would an auditor most likely rely on to verify management’s assertion of completeness? a. Reviewing standard bank confirmations for indications of cash manipulations. b. Comparing a sample of shipping documents to relate

> Which of the following would an auditor most likely use in determining overall materiality when planning the audit? a. The anticipated sample size of the planned substantive tests. b. The entity’s income before taxes for the period-to-date (e.g., 6 month

> Tolerable misstatement is a. The amount of misstatement that management is willing to tolerate in the financial statements. b. Materiality for the balance sheet as a whole. c. Materiality for the income statement as a whole. d. Materiality used to establ

> The engagement partner and manager review the work of engagement team members to evaluate which of the following? a. The work was performed and documented. b. The objectives of the procedures were achieved. c. The results of the work support the conclusi

> Which of these statements concerning illegal acts by clients is correct? a. An auditor’s responsibility to detect illegal acts that have a direct and material effect on the financial statements is the same as that for errors and fraud. b. An audit in acc

> When planning an audit, an auditor should a. Consider whether the extent of substantive procedures may be reduced based on the results of tests of controls. b. Determine overall materiality for audit purposes. c. Conclude whether changes in compliance wi

> As generally conceived, the audit committee of a publicly held company should be made up of a. Representatives of the major equity interests (preferred stock, common stock). b. The audit partner, the chief financial officer, the legal counsel, and at lea

> Baker, CPA, was engaged to audit Mill Company’s financial statements for the year ended September 30. After studying Mill’s internal control, Baker decided to obtain evidence about the effectiveness of both the design and the operation of the controls th

> During the initial planning phase of an audit, a CPA most likely would a. Identify specific internal control activities that are likely to prevent fraud. b. Evaluate the reasonableness of the entity’s accounting estimates. c. Discuss the timing of the au

> If the independent auditors decide that it is efficient to consider how the work performed by the internal auditors may affect the nature, timing, and extent of audit procedures, they should assess the internal auditors’ a. Competence and objectivity. b.

> Visit the SEC’s website (www.sec.gov) and identify a company that has been recently cited for revenue recognition problems. Prepare a memo summarizing the revenue recognition issues for the company.

> Visit the SEC’s website (www.sec.gov), and identify a company that has been recently cited for financial reporting problems related to the recognition of expenses. Prepare a memo summarizing the expense issues for the company.

> Visit the website of a catalog retailer similar to Earth Wear Clothiers, and determine how it processes purchase transactions and recognizes expenses. Note that you may have to examine the entity’s annual report and 10-K.

> Which of the following is correct regarding the types of audits over which the ASB and the PCAOB, respectively, have standard-setting authority in the United States? ASB PCAOB a. Nonpublic company audits b. Public company audits Nonpublic company au

> The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board a. Is a quasi-governmental organization that has legal authority to set auditing standards for audits of public companies. b. Is a quasi-governmental organization that has legal authority to set accounting st

> Which of the following best describes the relationship between business objectives, strategies, processes, controls, and transactions? a. To achieve its objectives, a business formulates strategies and implements processes, which are carried out through

> Visit the GAO’s home page (www.gao.gov) and search for a recently completed audit. Prepare a summary of the GAO audit, including background on the issue and the GAO’s primary findings and recommendations.

> Which of the following best places the events of the last decade in proper sequence? a. Sarbanes-Oxley Act, increased consulting services to auditees, Enron and other scandals, prohibition of most consulting work for auditees, establishment of PCAOB. b.

> The revenue recognition accounting standard (ASC 606) specifies for a customer to have obtained control of a product in a bill-and-hold arrangement, all of the following criteria must be met: The reason for the bill-and-hold arrangement must be substanti

> Which of the following would be considered a non attest assurance service engagement? I. Expressing an opinion about the reliability of an entity’s financial statements. II. Reporting that a company’s sustainability metrics are complete and accurate. a.

> Operational auditing is oriented primarily toward a. Efficiency and future improvements to accomplish the goals of management. b. The accuracy of data reflected in management’s financial records. c. Verification that an entity’s financial statements are

> Which of the following is not a part of the role of internal auditors? a. Assisting the external auditors. b. Providing reports on the reliability of financial statements to investors and creditors. c. Consulting activities. d. Operational audits.

> A client has used an inappropriate method of accounting for its pension liability on the balance sheet. The resulting misstatement is material, but the auditor does not consider its effect to be pervasive. The auditor is unable to convince the client to