The risk of not detecting a misstatement resulting from fraud is greater than that resulting from error because Group of answer choices It is the responsibility of the management to detect fraud and the auditor’s responsibility is confined only to the detection of material errors The auditor designs procedures that only detect material misstatements from error Fraud involves acts designed to conceal it, such as collusion, forgery, or deliberate failure to record transactions. The professional standards do not require the auditor to discover information that is indicative of fraud

Q: Frauds are often detected through the receipt of an anonymous tip, by management review, by internal…

A: Auditing is the process of checking and verifying books of accounts of the business in order to…

Q: What is the primary difference between fraud and error infinancial statement reporting?a. The…

A: Financial statements are those statements which are prepared at the end of the period for the review…

Q: How can external auditors attempt to uncover motivations for committing fraud?

A: Fraud:   It is an intentional misappropriation of the assets or the financial records of an…

Q: The auditor is not expected to, and cannot, reduce audit risk to zero and cannot therefore obtain…

A: Auditing is described as the on-site verification activity of a process or quality systems, such as…

Q: Why must auditors distinguish between fraud committed by employees and management?  Are auditors…

A: It is one of the auditor's responsibility to obtain reasonable assurance that the financial…

Q: What is the objectives for Internal Auditors in doing a fraud audit? Briefly explain.

A: Fraud Audit :     Any type of audit assures the risk of material misstatements and ensures the…

Q: Distinguish between the terms errors and fraud. Distinguish between fraudulent financial reporting…

A: Answer 1) Fraud is an intentiional act Involving the use of deceptiion that results in a materiial…

Q: Define and explain the differences among several kinds of employee frauds that might occur at an…

A: Fraud - Fraud is an intentional act done by an employee involving the use of forgery of instrument,…

Q: When it comes to control systems and materiality, why could fraud examiners' views vary from those…

A: Misstatements and judgments are taken into account when determining materiality in the design and…

Q: Auditors are responsible to detect all frauds. True False

A: The Auditor of Financial Statements Has a Fraud Detection Responsibility. ... It is true that the…

Q: f auditors and investigators modified their typical procedures and regularly used a few unexpected…

A: An Auditor is an individual or a firm named by an organization to execute a review. An individual…

Q: Detection risk is the risk that O a client's system of internal controls will not prevent or detect…

A: Auditing means the independent checking of company operation by outsider. Auditor is  qualified and…

Q: Fraud and error present risks to an entity. Both internal and external auditors are required to deal…

A: Auditing is a process of examining the internal control system and financial statements of the…

Q: collusion between employees and management in the commission of a fraud is difficult to both prevent…

A: Collusion means agreement between two or more people for some wrongful deed particularly for a…

Q: When obtaining an understanding of the entity and its environment, including its internal control,…

A: The audit of the financial statement is required to be conducted so as to ensure that the financial…

Q: When it comes to control systems and materiality, why may fraud examiners' perspectives be different…

A: Auditor : He is a firm employee tasked with conducting an audit, verifying all of the company's…

Q: Which among the following is the most important limitation of an audit, which result in most of the…

A: the audit is an independent examination of financial information of an entity whether…

Q: SAS No. 99 (now PCAOB AS 2401) states that the auditor has the responsibility to plan and perform…

A: Professional skepticism is the attitude of critically identifying and assessing the audit evidence

Q: Select the correct answer(s) for the following multiple choice questions. Note that there may be…

A: SAS No.99: SAS No.99 stands for Statement on Auditing Standards No.99: Consideration of Fraud. It is…

Q: Why do auditors need to differentiate between employee and management fraud? Is it the…

A: That the Company's financial statements are free of any substantial misstatements following…

Q: The underlying assumption of reasonable assurance regarding implementation of internal control means…

A: Internal control: Internal control is a process which ensures continuous reliability of…

Q: Statement on Auditing Standards No. 99 (AU 316) includes which of these recommendations? Group of…

A: SAS no. 99 defines a procedure in which the auditor acquires data to find risks of significant…

Q: WHAT ARE THE TWO TYPES OF FRAUD THAT AN AUDITOR TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN DETERMINING THE…

A: The auditor is responsible to check whether the financial statement gives a true and fair view of…

Q: Why do fraud examiners handle information in a different manner than auditors? Why is thisimportant?

A: Fraud examiners handle information in a different manner than auditors, in order to minimize the tax…

Q: 32. Which of the following statements best describes the competency requirement for an auditor…

A: Auditor is the person who is responsible for examining and verifying books of account and financial…

Q: Opportunities for fraudulent reporting are present in circumstances when the fraud is easy to commit…

A: An opportunity to commit fraud means there are chances to the person to make a fraud which will be…

Q: Accounting Which of the following statements is true regarding the identification and assessment of…

A: While undertaking audit for a client, auditor shall try to identify the potential areas of risk to…

Q: Explain why collusion between employees and management in the commission of a fraud is difficult to…

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Q: Why do fraud examiners treat data differently than auditors? Why is this so

A: To minimize a client's tax liability, fraud examiners handle information differently than auditors.…

Q: Explain why auditors usually emphasize the detection of fraud inthe audit of cash receipts. Is this…

A: The auditor focuses on cash as it is the very high liquid asset of the company, hence there is a…

Q: Which of the following statements is FALSE? A. Irregularities are intentional misrepresentations…

A: A. An accounting irregularity is an entry or statement that does not conform to the normal laws,…

Q: Define fraud and explain the two types of misstatements thatare relevant to auditors’ consideration…

A: Solution Introduction This question pertains to standard on auditing which deals with auditors…

Q: Explain why collusion between employees and management in the commission of fraud is difficult to…

A: Fraud refers to an act which is committed intentionally by one person which results in financial…

Q: See the "Madoff Securities" case for this question. Professional auditing standards discuss the…

A: GAAS are a set of principles that auditors follow while analyzing a company's financial records.…

Q: In the framework of audit and assurance, we are investigating the consequences of expectation gaps…

A: Auditing is the examination of a company's financial records to establish if the documents are…

Q: Please explain how you arrived at the correct answer. Thank you. 1. Auditors must consider fraud in…

A: Auditing means the independent checking of company operation by outsider. Auditor is  qualified and…

Q: Question 30 If the auditor plans to assess control risk at less than the maximum and rely on…

A: Introduction:- The auditor intends to evaluate audit risks at a reduced level than highest and…

Q: Auditing standards require that the engagement team members engage in discussion about the…

A: Audit: It is a systematic examination of books of accounts of an individual or a firm. It is done by…

Q: What fraud detection responsibilities (if any) does SOX impose on auditors?

A: Definition: Sarbanes Oxley Act: In order to protect the rights of an investor from fraudulent…

Q: Collusion is an intentional act of two or more employees to accomplish theft of company assets.…

A: Internal controls main objective is to safeguard assets and records and to ensure that policies…

Q: Which of the following would probably not be considered an indication of a material weakness?a.…

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Q: When completing the audit of internal controls for an issuer, the severity of an internal control…

A: Internal control is the managements’ effective and efficient controls for achieving goals and…

Q: Why might fraud examiners’ attitudes about control systems and materiality differ from that ofother…

A: Materiality is the planning and performing the audit procedures in which certain misstatements,…

Q: WHAT ARE THE TWO TYPES OF FRAUD THAT AUDITOR CONSIDERS IN ASSESSING THE PROBABILITY OF FRAUD?

A: Fraud is an intentional act done by management, those charged with governance, and internal…

Q: Which of the following statements describes why a properly designed and executedaudit may not detect…

A: Auditing: Auditing is the process by which assertions made by management about financial…