You are an audit partner of Thomas Yeo & Co. and have been newly allocated the audit of Golden Ltd, a listed company which has been an audit client for eight years.  You have been informed that the father of a new audit trainee assigned to the Golden Ltd audit team owns a 5% interest in Golden Ltd.   Which of the following safeguards are appropriate in this situation?        I.        Thomas Yeo & Co. should resign from the current period audit engagement     II.         Disposal of the interest by the audit trainee’s father   III.        Independent reviews of the audit work performed by the audit trainee   IV.        Removal of the audit trainee from the Golden Ltd engagement   Question 7 options:   1)  I, II and IV   2)  II, III and IV   3)  I, II and III   4)  I, III and IV

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You are an audit partner of Thomas Yeo & Co. and have been newly allocated the audit of Golden Ltd, a listed company which has been an audit client for eight years.  You have been informed that the father of a new audit trainee assigned to the Golden Ltd audit team owns a 5% interest in Golden Ltd.
 
Which of the following safeguards are appropriate in this situation?
 
     I.        Thomas Yeo & Co. should resign from the current period audit engagement
    II.         Disposal of the interest by the audit trainee’s father
  III.        Independent reviews of the audit work performed by the audit trainee
  IV.        Removal of the audit trainee from the Golden Ltd engagement
 

Question 7 options:

 

1) 

I, II and IV
 

2) 

II, III and IV
 

3) 

I, II and III
 

4) 

I, III and IV
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