Auditing And Assurance Services
Auditing And Assurance Services
17th Edition
ISBN: 9780134897431
Author: ARENS, Alvin A.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 12, Problem 26DQP
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Identify the audit report as a unqualified opinion, qualified or disclaimer of opinion and adverse opinion for the each situation.

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When completing the audit of internal controls for an issuer, the severity of an internal control deficiency depends ona. Whether there is a reasonable possibility that the company’s controls will fail to prevent or detect a misstatement of an account balance or disclosure.b. Whether a misstatement has actually occurred as a result of the deficiency.c. The magnitude of the potential misstatement resulting from the deficiency or the deficiencies.d. Both a and c are correct.e. All of the above are correct.
Which of the following statements is not true with respect to the performance principle?a. Auditors are required to prepare a written audit plan during the planning stages of initialaudits but are not required to do so in continuing audits.b. Audit teams consider materiality in planning the audit, performing the audit, and evaluating the effect of misstatements on the entity’s financial statements.c. In assessing the risk of material misstatements, the audit team considers the effectivenessof the entity’s internal controls in preventing and detecting misstatements.d. Auditors are required to consider both the relevance and the reliability of evidence inevaluating whether the evidence they have gathered is appropriate.
(A) The requirement is to find the best statement concerning an auditor’s assessment of control risk. Answer (A) is correct because assessing control risk may be performed concurrently during an audit with obtaining an understanding of internal control. Answer (B) is incorrect because evidence about the operation of internal control from prior audits is useful in planning and executing the current year’s assessment of control risk. Answer (C) is incorrect because the basis for an auditor’s conclusions about the level of control risk must be documented when at any time control risk is assessed below maximum. Answer (D) is incorrect because a lower level of control risk requires more assurance, not less, that the controls are operating effectively.  
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