Auditing And Assurance Services
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ISBN: 9780134897431
Author: ARENS, Alvin A.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 18, Problem 18.3MCQ
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Indicate the following test that an auditor less likely to perform during the auditing of account payable
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Which of the following procedures would an auditor most likely perform in searching for unrecorded liabilities?
A. Vouch a sample of cash disbursements recorded just after year end to receiving reports and vendor invoices.
B. Compare a sample of purchase orders issued just after year-end with the year-end accounts payable balance.
C. Scan the cash disbursement entries recorded just before year end for indications of unusual transactions.
D. Vouch a sample of accounts payable entries recorded just before year end to the unmatched receiving report file.
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.
Which of the following procedures would an auditor most likely perform in searching for unrecorded liabilities? *A. Scan the cash disbursements entries recorded just before year end for indications of unusual transactions.B. Compare a sample of purchase orders issued just after year end with the year-end accounts payable trial balance.C. Obtain a copy of the receiving report until year end and its related sales invoice and trace them to the purchases journal.D. Compare the entries recorded in the purchases journal and the cash disbursements journal just before year end.
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