Auditing and Assurance Services, Student Value Edition (16th Edition)
16th Edition
ISBN: 9780134075754
Author: Alvin A. Arens, Randal J. Elder, Mark S. Beasley, Chris E. Hogan
Publisher: PEARSON
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Identify the step that an auditor will take when the general IT controls weaken.
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As general IT controls weaken, the auditor is most likely to(1) reduce testing of automated application controls done by the computer.(2) increase testing of general IT controls to conclude whether they are operatingeffectively.(3) expand testing of automated application controls used to reduce control risk tocover greater portions of the fiscal year under audit.(4) ignore obtaining knowledge about the design of general IT controls and whetherthey have been implemented.
The client’s computerized exception reporting system helps audit teams conduct a moreefficient audit because ita. Condenses data significantly.b. Highlights abnormal conditions.c. Decreases the necessary level of tests of computer controls.d. Is an efficient computer input control.
In the aftermath of the initial stage of examining a client's computer controls, an auditor might choose not to conduct compliance tests concerning the controls within the computer segment of the client's internal control. Which of the following reasons would be considered invalid for opting to exclude such tests?
Select one:
a.
The controls duplicate operative controls existing elsewhere in the structure.
b.
The time and dollar costs of testing exceed the time and dollar savings in substantive testing if the tests of controls show the controls to be operative.
c.
There appear to be major weaknesses that would preclude reliance on the stated procedure.
d.
The controls appear adequate.
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