GEN COMBO LL PRINCIPLES OF AUDITING & OTHER ASSURANCE SERVICES; CONNECT AC
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Author: Ray Whittington, Kurt Pany
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Identify the statement which best describes the relationship between assurance services and attest services.
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a. Which of the following best describes the relationship between assurance services and attest services?
(1) While attest services involved financial data, assurance services involve nonfinancial data
(2) While attest services require objectivity, assurance services do not require objectivity
(3) All attest services require independence.
(4) Attest and assurance services are different terms referring to the same types of services
Which of the following best describes the relationship between auditing and attestationengagements?a. Auditing is a subset of attestation engagements that focuses on the certification of financial statements.b. Attestation is a subset of auditing that provides lower assurance than that provided by anaudit engagement.c. Auditing is a subset of attestation engagements that focuses on providing clients withadvice and decision support.d. Attestation is a subset of auditing that improves the quality of information or its contextfor decision makers
An assurance service is defined as a service thata. Provides auditing services to nonfinancial information.b. Reviews unaudited financial information.c. Improves the quality of information for decision makers.d. Reduces the risk in management decision making.
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- Which of the following best describes the relationship between auditing and attestation engagements Select one: a. Auditing is a subset of attestation engagements that focuses on providing clients with advice and decision support. b. Attestation is a subset of auditing that provides lower assurance than that provided by an audit engagement. c. Auditing is a subset of attestation engagements that focuses on the certification of financial statements. d. Attestation is a subset of auditing that improves the quality of information or its context for decision makersarrow_forwardWhat is the term used for information that should be collected from a source which can be verified, for example, the Nation News? a. Reliability b. Completeness c. Accuracy d. Biasarrow_forwardIdentify, which of the following will be included in different types of review engagements A. Risk assessment reports B. Review of internal controls C. System reliability reports D. Value for money reviews Both D and C Both A and B Only A A , B , C and Darrow_forward
- What is the difference between assurance services, attestation services, and auditing services?arrow_forwardWhich of the following situations violates the concept of reliability? Relevance is the capacity of information to make difference in decision by helping users from predictions about outcome of past, present and future events, or confirm/correct prior expectations The quality of reliability assures readers that the financial information is free from bias and faithfully represents what it purports to show, including adequate disclosure of significant information Under the IASB Framework for the Preparation and presentation of financial statements, conservatism is not a concept that is recognized as a qualitative objective I and II only II and III only I and III only I, II and IIIarrow_forwardGenerally, which of the following audit procedures is the least expensive to perform? A. Analytical procedures B. Tests of details of balance C. Substantive tests of transactions D. Tests of controls E. Risk assessment proceduresarrow_forward
- Generally, which of the following audit procedures is the least expensive to perform? A. Analytical procedures B. Tests of details of balance C. Substantive tests of transactions D. Tests of controls E. Risk assessment procedurearrow_forwardWhich of the following is considered different and more limited in objectives than theothers?a. Operational auditing.b. Performance auditing.c. Management auditing.d. Financial statement auditingarrow_forwardther types of assurance services provided by CPAs have developed as a natural extension of the audit function. Required: a. Explain what is meant by the term assurance services. b. Describe the forces that have caused a demand for other types of assurance services. c. Describe the subset of assurance services governed by the Statements of Standards for Attestation Engagements.arrow_forward
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