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Chapter 3 Quiz
1.
Which of the following is
not
a benefit claimed for the practice of determining materiality in the
initial planning stage of an audit (1 pt.)?
a.
Being able to fine-tune the audit work for effectiveness and efficiency.
b.
Avoiding the problem of doing more work than necessary (overauditing).
c.
Being able to decide early what type of audit opinion is issue.
d.
Avoiding the problem of doing too little work (underauditing).
2.
Prior to accepting a new audit engagement, a public accounting firm should perform (1 pt.):
a.
Attempt to contact the predecessor auditors.
b.
Evaluate the integrity of management
c.
Assess the firm’s resources to ensure that they are sufficient to permit the firm to accept
the engagement
d.
All the above
3.
An audit plan contains (1 pt.):
a.
Specifications of audit standards relevant to the financial statements being audited.
b.
Specifications of procedures the auditors believe appropriate for the financial
statements under audit.
c.
Documentation of the assertions under the audit, the evidence obtained, and the
conclusions reached.
d.
Reconciliation of the account balances in the financial statements with the account
balances in the client’s general ledger.
4.
When auditing the existence assertion for an asset, auditors proceed from the: (1 pt.)
a.
Financial statement amounts back to the potentially unrecorded items.
b.
Potentially unrecorded items forward to the financial statement amounts.
c.
General ledger back to the supporting original transaction documents.
d.
Supporting original transaction documents to the general ledger.
5.
Confirmations of accounts receivable provide evidence primarily about which two assertions
(1 pt.)?
a.
Completeness and valuation.
b.
Valuation and rights and obligations.
c.
Existence and rights and obligations.
d.
Existence and completeness.
6.
With respect to the concept of materiality, which of the following statements in correct (1 pt.)?
a.
Materiality depends only on the dollar amount of an item relative to other items in the
financial statements.
b.
Materiality depends on the nature of a transaction rather than the dollar amount of the
transaction.
c.
Materiality is determined by reference to AICPA guidelines.
d.
Materiality is a matter of professional judgement.
7.
Which of the following statements is correct concerning analytical procedures used in planning
an audit engagement (1 pt.)?
a.
They often replace the tests of controls that are performed to assess control risk.
b.
They typically use financial and nonfinancial data aggregated at a high level.
c.
They usually involve the comparison of assertions developed by management to ratios
calculated by an auditor.
d.
They are often used to develop an auditor’s preliminary judgement about materiality.
8.
Auditors use eight general audit procedures to gather evidence. List:
1.
_____________________________ (0.5 pts)
2.
____________________________
(0.5 pts)
3.
_____________________________ (0.5 pts)
4.
_____________________________ (0.5 pts)
5.
_____________________________ (0.5 pts)
6.
_____________________________ (0.5 pts)
7.
_____________________________ (0.5 pts – extra credit opportunity)
8.
_____________________________ (0.5 pts – extra credit opportunity)
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