Auditing and Assurance Services, Student Value Edition (16th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134075754
Author: Alvin A. Arens, Randal J. Elder, Mark S. Beasley, Chris E. Hogan
Publisher: PEARSON
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Identify the appropriate audit evidence used for each type of
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Identify the appropriate balance-related audit objective satisfied by each type of audit procedure.
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- Following are audit procedures commonlyperformed in the inventory and warehousing cycle for a manufacturing company:1. Read the client’s physical inventory instructions and observe whether they are beingfollowed by those responsible for counting the inventory.2. Account for a sequence of inventory tags and trace each tag to the physical inventoryto make sure it actually exists.3. Compare the client’s count of physical inventory at an interim date with the perpetualinventory master file.4. Trace the auditor’s test counts recorded in the audit files to the final inventorycompilation and compare the tag number, description, and quantity.5. Compare the unit price on the final inventory summary with vendors’ invoices.6. Account for a sequence of raw material requisitions and examine each requisitionfor an authorized approval.7. Trace the recorded additions on the finished goods perpetual inventory master fileto the records for completed production.a. Identify whether each of the procedures…arrow_forwardWhen a company's financial statements are audited, the principal element an auditor reviews is the reliability of the financial statement assertions. Which of the following audit objectives relate primarily to the financial report assertion of accuracy, valuation and allocation? Select one:a. Inventory listings are accurately compiled and the totals are properly included in the inventory accounts.b. Inventory quantities include all products, materials and supplies owned by the company that are in transit.c. Inventories exclude items billed to customers or owned by others. d. None of the abovearrow_forwardAn auditor selected items for test counts while observing a client’s physical inventory.The auditor traced the test counts to the client’s inventory listing. This procedurelikely obtained evidence about which balance-related audit objective for inventory?(1) Existence (3) Completeness(2) Rights and obligations (4) Realizable valuearrow_forward
- when the auditor Watch employees count inventory to determine whether company procedures are being followed. What type of evidence he or she is obtaining : Select one: a. observation b. inspection c. confirmation d. assurance e. inquiryarrow_forwardThe primary reason why auditors observe client's physical inventory is to make sure the amount of inventory reported in the Statement of Financial Position actually exists and fully owned by the company.a. Explain various audit procedures that should be performed by auditor to determine the slow-moving or obsolete items included in the inventory count. What is the important of attendance of the auditors during the physical inventory count?arrow_forwardWhen verifying debits to the perpetual inventory records of a nonmanufacturing company, auditors would be most interested in examining a sample of purchasea. Approvals.b. Requisitions.c. Invoices.d. Orders.arrow_forward
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