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Audit Quiz 3

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what are assertions?   show
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show assets or liabilities of the company exist at a given date and recorded transactions have occurred during a given period  
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what assertion relates to an account being potentially overstated?   show
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what assertion relates to an account being potentially understated?   show
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what is completeness   show
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what is valuation or allocation   show
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what is rights and obligations   show
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what is presentation and disclosure   show
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show - is it recorded? - is the depreciation schedule disclosed? - is the asset properly classified as long-term?  
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show - inspect purchase invoices - recalculate depreciation expense  
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show - confirm in writing  
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show - read contracts - look for payments - ask management  
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show test the allowance for doubtful accounts  
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show companies are not motivated to understate their assets  
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show all the information from whatever source used by the auditor in arriving at the conclusions on which the audit opinion is based  
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what are the 3 concepts of audit evidence?   show
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what are the different natures of audit evidence you can use?   show
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show measure of the quantity of audit evidence  
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what is the relationship between the risk of misstatement and the quantity of audit evidence   show
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what is the relationship between the quality of audit evidence and the quantity of audit evidence   show
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show measure of the quality of audit evidence  
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what is relevance   show
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show refers to whether a particular type of evidence can be relied upon to signal the true state of an assertion  
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how does the source of the evidence relate to reliability?   show
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show effective controls yield more reliable audit evidence  
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how does the auditor's direct personal knowledge relate to reliability?   show
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how does documentary evidence relate to reliability?   show
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show original signed copies of agreements are better than photocopies or PDFs  
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what does it mean for evidence to be persuasive?   show
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what are audit procedures?   show
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what is an audit program?   show
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show 1. risk assessment procedures 2. tests of controls 3. substantive procedures  
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what are the 2 parts of substantive procedures?   show
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why is inspection of records and documents important?   show
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what direction does vouching/occurrence/existence go   show
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what direction does tracing/completeness go   show
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show physical examination of a tangible asset; tests existence but not rights and obligations  
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what does observation involve?   show
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what does inquiry involve?   show
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show obtaining a representation of information or of an existing condition directly from a third party  
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show determining the mathematical accuracy of documents or records  
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what does reperformance involve?   show
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show depreciation expense, accrued interest, sales invoices  
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what are examples of things auditors would test with reperformance   show
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show evaluations of financial information made by a study of plausible relationships among financial and non financial data  
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show reviewing accounting data to identify significant or unusual items  
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show inspection of tangible assets, reperformanc,e recalculation  
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show observation, inquiry  
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type of audit evidence and assertion: trace from receiving reports to vendors' invoices and entry in the acquisitions journal   show
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show recalculation; valuation  
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type of audit evidence and assertion: examine expense voucher packages and related vendors' invoices for approval of expense account classification   show
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show observation; completeness  
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type of audit evidence and assertion: ask the accounts payable clerk about procedures for verifying prices, quantities, and extensions on vendors' invoices   show
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show inspection; occurrence/existence  
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show companies are motivated to understate liabilities  
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show companies are motivated to overstate assets  
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show 1. provide support for the audit report 2. aid in planning, performance, and supervision of the audit 3. provide basis for quality reviews and evidence supporting auditors' significant conclusions  
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show used to assist the auditor to better understand the business and to plan the nature, timing, and extent of audit procedures  
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show used to obtain evidential matter about particular assertions related to account balances or classes of transactions  
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what is the purpose of final analytical procedures?   show
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how do auditors develop an expectation when using analytical procedures?   show
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how do auditors define tolerable difference   show
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what is vouching?   show
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show selecting a source document and following it into the journal/ledger  
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