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Audit 2011
Midterm Galantine Fall 2011
Question | Answer |
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What are the 3 fundamental concepts of a financial statement audit? (ch. 1) | Audit Risk: risk that auditor may knowingly fail to appropriately modify his opinion on FS that are materially misstated. Materiality: magnitude of an omission/misstatement that judgement may be changed. Evidence: underlying accounting data |
List the 3 standards of fieldwork and give an example of each.(ch. 1) | |
What are the 3 general standards of GAAS? (ch. 1) | |
List and briefly explain the management assertions. (ch. 2) | |
What are the different types of auditors and briefly explain each.(ch. 2) | |
What are the five business processes that relate to business transactions?(ch. 2) | |
What are the elements of the fraud triangle? Give an example of a risk factor for each. | |
List the steps in applying materiality on an audit. | |
What are the 3 general types of audit tests? Define and give an example of each. | |
What is the difference between substantive and reliance strategies, and why would you be able to use reliance strategy? | |
List 3 of the 5 components of internal control and give a description of them. | |
List the different assertions and an example of a control activity associated with it. (p. 200) | |
Discuss the difference between control deficiency, significant deficiency, and material weakness. Discuss auditor's responsibility to report on each. | |
On figure 7-1 (p. 230), discuss the three types of control deficiencies and give an example of the effects of each. | |
What is a material weakness and what are the indicators of material weaknesses? (Table 7-7 p. 244) |