Auditing And Assurance Services
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ISBN: 9780134897431
Author: ARENS, Alvin A.
Publisher: PEARSON
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A sample of purchase orders and accompanying receiving reports were linked to the purchasing notebook and the cash disbursements record by an auditor. The goal of this substantive audit procedure was most likely to:
a. Verify that cash disbursements were for goods actually received
b. Determine whether purchases were properly recorded
c. Identify unusually large purchases that should be investigated further.
d. Test whether payments were for goods actually ordered
When an audit team traces a sample of shipping documents to the related sales invoice copies, they are trying to find relevant evidence thata. Shipments to customers were invoiced.b. Shipments to customers were recorded as sales.c. Recorded sales were shipped.d. Invoiced sales were shipped.
Which of the following audit procedures is aimed most directly at testing the completeness assertion for accounts payable?
Footing the list of accounts payable.
Tracing shipping reports after year-end to related customer purchase orders and invoices.
Examining underlying documentation for cash disbursements in the period after year-end.
Tracing shipping reports issued on or before year-end to related customer purchase orders and invoices.
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