Auditing Theory Test Bank
Auditing Theory Test Bank
Auditing Theory Test Bank
35. To which of the following matters would 41. Which of the following is not prohibited by
materiality limits not apply when obtaining the Code of Professional Ethics for CPAs?
written client representations? a) Advertising and solicitation of clients
a) Violations of state labor regulations b) Payment of commissions to obtain a client c)
b) Disclosure of line-of-credit arrangements Receiving a contingent fee on a tax case
c) Information about related party transactions before the Bureau of Internal Revenue
d) Instances of fraud involving management d) Offering employment to a staf f member of another
CPA without first informing the CPA
36. Who ultimately determines the scope of the
42. The management's assessment of the entity's
audit?
ability to continue as a going concern covers a
a) The auditor
period of
b) The client c)
a) Not longer than 12 months from balance sheet
Both a and b
date
d) Neither a nor b
b) At least 12 months from the balance sheet
date
37. Financial statements prepared in accordance with
c) Not longer than 12 months from the date of audit
a financial reporting framework designed to meet the
report
financial information needs of specific users are
d) At least 12 months from the date of audit report
a) Remoteness
b) Performing predictable further audit procedures
b) Consequence
c) Performing substantive procedures at an interim
c) Complexity of subject matter
date instead of at period end
d) Validity
d) Emphasizing to the audit team the need to
maintain professional skepticism in gathering and
45. After issuing a report an auditor includes that
evaluating audit evidence
an auditing procedure considered necessary at the
time of the examination was omitted from the
51. The need for assurance services arises for all of
examination. The auditor should first
the following reason except
a) Undertake to apply the omitted procedure or
a) Potential bias in providing information
alternative procedures that would provide a
b) Closeness between a user and the
satisfactory basis for the auditor's opinion
organization
b) Assess the importance of the omitted
c) Complexity of the processing systems
procedure to the auditor's ability to support
d) Remoteness between a user and the organization
the opinion expressed on the financial
statements taken as a whole
c) Notify the audit committee or the board of 52. Which one of the following is not a key
directors that the auditor's opinion can no longer be attribute needed to perform assurance?
relied upon a) Subject matter knowledge
d) Review the results of other procedures that were b) Independence
applied to compensate for the one omitted or to make c) Established criteria or standards
its omission less important d) Accounting skills
46. This quality control element requires a CPA firm 53. Which one of the following is not part of
to establish policies and procedures to provide it with the attest process?
reasonable assurance that engagements are a) Providing the accuracy of the books and
performed in accordance with professional standards records
and regulatory and legal requirements, and that the b) Gathering evidence about assertions
firm or the engagement partner issue reports that are c) Evaluating evidence against objective criteria
appropriate in the circumstances d) Communicating the conclusions reached
a) Ethical requirements
b) Engagement performance 54. Users of the audit report can reasonably expect
c) Monitoring the audited financial statements to be
d) Human resources a) Complete and contain many of the important
financial disclosures
47. Communication with a predecessor auditor is b) Presented fairly according to the substance of
initiated by GAAP
a) Management c) Free from all
b) The successor auditor errors d) All of the
c) The audit committee of the board of directors above
d) The chair of the board of directors
55. Which of the following services is the
48. In which of the following may broadest and most inclusive
confidential information not be disclosed? a) Audit
a) To comply with the quality review of a b) Attestation
member body or professional body c) Assurance
b) To submit evidence in the course of legal d) Compliance
proceedings
c) Acquiring information in the course 56. One reason why an auditor makes an analytical
performing professional services and use that review of the client’s operations is to identify
information for personal advantages a) Improper separation of accounting and other
d) When consent to disclose information is given financial duties
by the client b) Weakness of a material nature in the system
of internal accounting control
49. The auditor should perform the following risk c) Unusual transactions
assessment procedures to obtain an understanding d) Non-compliance with prescribed control
of the entity and its environment, including its procedures
internal control, except
a) Inquiries of management and others within the 57. Analytical procedures used in planning an audit
entity should focus on identifying
b) Reperformance a) Material weaknesses in the internal control
c) Analytical procedures structure
d) Observation and inspection b) The predictability of financial data from
individual transactions
50. The auditor should determine overall responses c) The various assertions that are embodied in the
to address the risks of material misstatement at the financial statements
financial statement level. Such responses most likely d) Areas that may represent specific risk
include relevant to audit
a) Assigning less experienced staff
58. An integrated test facility (ITF) would
be appropriate when the auditor needs to
a) Trace a complex logic path through an continuously
application system d) Verify load module integrity for
b) Verify processing accuracy concurrently with production programs
processing
c) Monitor transactions in an application system 59. The rotation of senior accounting personnel
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61. A cash shortage may be concealed by 67. Which of the following procedures would
transporting funds from one location to another or by an auditor ordinarily perform first in
converting negotiable assets to cash. Because of this, evaluating management's accounting
which of the following is vital? estimates for reasonableness?
a) Simultaneous confirmations a) Develop independent expectations of
b) Simultaneous bank reconciliations management's estimates
c) Simultaneous verification b) Consider the appropriateness of the key factors or
d) Simultaneous surprise cash count assumptions used in preparing the estimates
c) Test the calculations used by management
62. Which of the following is most likely to indicate in developing the estimates
a significant deficiency relating to a client's anti- d) Obtain an understanding of how
fraud programs? management developed its estimates
a) A broad scope of internal audit activities 68. An entity's income statements were misstated
b) A "whistle-blower" program that encourages due to the recording of journal entries that involved
anonymous submissions debits and credits to an unusual combination of
c) Audit committee passivity when conducting expense and revenue accounts. The auditor most
oversight functions likely could have detected this fraudulent financial
d) Lack of performance of criminal reporting by
background investigations for likely customers a) Tracing a sample of journal entries to the general
ledger
63. Which of the following is not an b) Evaluating the effectiveness of internal control
attestation standard? c) Investigating the reconciliations between
a) Sufficient evidence shall be obtained to provide a controlling accounts and subsidiary records
reasonable basis for the conclusion that is expressed d) Performing analytical procedures designed to
in the report disclose differences from expectations
b) The report shall identify the subject matter on the
assertion being reported on and state the character of 69. Which of the following is most likely to be
the engagement unique to the audit work of CPAs as compared to
c) The work shall be adequately planned and work performed by practitioners of other
assistants, if any, shall be properly supervised professions?
d) A sufficient understanding of internal a) Due professional care
control shall be obtained to plan the b) Competence
engagement c) Independence
d) Complex body of knowledge
64. Proper segregation of functional
responsibilities calls for separation of the functions 70. Which of the following would an auditor
of most likely use in determining the auditor's
a) Authorization, execution, and payment preliminary judgment about materiality?
b) Authorization, recording, and custody a) The anticipated sample size of the
c) Custody, execution, and reporting planned substantive tests
d) Authorization, payment, and recording b) The entity's annualized interim financial
statements
65. Control risk should be assessed in terms of c) The results of the internal control questionnaire
a) Specific controls d) The contents of the management representation
b) Types of potential fraud letter