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ACCT 4150
Quiz Questions 5-9
Question | Answer |
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Tracing bills of lading to sales invoices provides evidence that... | shipments to customers were billed |
T/F: a combination of the two confirmation types can be used, with the positive form used for large balances and the negative form used for small batches. | True |
An auditor's purpose in reviewing credit ratings of customers with delinquent accounts receivable most likely is to obtain evidence concerning management's assertions about.... | valuation and allocation |
Is tracing shipping documents to sales invoices and the sales journal a test of controls for the transaction assertion of completeness (for revenue)? | Yes, tracing shipping documents to sales invoices and the sales journal IS a test of controls for the transaction assertion of completeness |
What is the best audit procedure for identifying unrecorded trade accounts payable? | reviewing cash disbursements recorded subsequent to the balance sheet date to determine whether the related payables apply to the prior period |
What are three control activities often performed by the accounts payable department? | approving vouchers for payment through authorization; indicating the asset and expense accounts to be debited; matching vendor's invoice with the related receiving report |
With respect to a small company's system of purchasing supplies, an auditor's primary concern should be to obtain satisfaction that supplies ordered and paid for have been.... | received, counted, and checked to quantities and amounts on purchase orders and invoices |
An auditor has accounted for a sequence of inventory tags and is now going to trace information on a representative number of tags to the physical inventory sheets. The purpose of this is to obtain assurance that... | to obtain assurance that all inventory represented by an inventory tag is listed on the inventory sheets |
The objectives of internal control for an inventory management process are to provide assurance that transactions are properly authorized and recorded and that..... | custody of work in process and finished goods is properly maintained |
An auditor ordinarily should send a standard confirmation request to all banks with which the entity has done business during the year under audit, regardless of the year-end balance, because this procedure... | seeks information about indebtedness to the bank |
To gather evidence regarding the balance per bank in a bank reconciliation, an auditor would examine al of the following except the... | general ledger |
An unrecorded check issued during the last week of the year would most likely be discovered by the auditor when the.... | cutoff bank statement is reconciled |
A major customer of an entity suffers a fire after year-end but prior to completion of audit framework. The entity believes that this event have a significant direct effect on the financial statements. The auditor should.... | advise management to disclose the event in the notes to the financial statements |
What should an auditor communicate to those charged with governance in a publicly traded company? | significant audit adjustments recorded by the company and management's consultation with other accountants about significant accounting matter |
An auditor issued an audit report that was dual dated for a subsequent event that occurred after completion of fieldwork but before issuance of the audit report. The auditor's responsibility for events occurring subsequent to the completion of fieldwork. | limited to the specific event referenced |
An auditor will ordinarily examine invoices from lawyers primarily in order to... | identify possible unasserted litigation, claims, and assessments |
Would settlement of litigation, in excess of the previously recorded liability, occurring subsequent to the balance sheet date require an adjustment to the financial statements before they could be used? | Yes, it would require an adjustment to the financial statements |