Auditing And Assurance Services
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ISBN: 9780134897431
Author: ARENS, Alvin A.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 19, Problem 18.2MCQ
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Identify the management assertion related to the procedure for searching of unrecorded retirements, an auditor selects older fixed assets from the subsidiary ledger and then tries to locate those assets.
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The auditor is MOST likely to learn of retirements of equipment through which of the following?
a.
Review of the purchase and allowance account.
b.
Review of the sales discount account.
c.
Analysis of the credits to the accumulated depreciation account.
d.
Review of insurance policy riders.
e.
Confirmation of recorded credits to the accounts payable account.
9. Assume that a client's controls over recording retirements of long-lived
tangible assets are not well designed. Which of the following procedures-
would the auditor plan to perform as a way of responding to the
heightened risk of material misstatement?
a. Select long-lived tangibie assets recorded in the property ledger and
locate them for inspection.
b. Inspect long-lived tangible assets located at the client location and
trace those assets to the property ledger.
c. Review the tangible long-lived asset, property ledger to see if
depreciation was recorded on cach tangible long-lived asset.
d. The auditor would perform all of the above procedures to respond to
the heightened risk of material misstatement.
An auditor reviews aged accounts receivable to assess likelihood of collection to support management’s assertion about account balances of:
Select one:
a. rights and obligations
b. existence.
c. valuation and allocation
d. completeness
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Auditing And Assurance Services
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- Which of the following audit procedures is least appropriate for addressing the assertion of valuation of liabilities? a. Confirm with creditors b. Test for unrecorded liabilities. c. Perform analytical procedures. d. Verify accounts payable trial balancearrow_forwardWhen an auditor reviews additions to the equipment (fixed asset) account to make sure that fixed assets are not overstated, she wants to obtain evidence as to management’s assertion regardinga. Completeness.b. Existence.c. Valuation and allocation.d. Rights and obligations.e. Occurrencearrow_forwardThe typical procedures performed to verify that the client has not omitted any amounts from the payables balance include: Select one: a. performing confirmations of payables accounts b. performing analytical review procedures c. vouching recorded payables to supporting documentation d. subsequent payments testingarrow_forward
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- In testing the existence assertion for an asset, an auditor ordinarily works from the a. Potentially unrecorded items to the financial statements. O b. Financial statements to the potentially unrecorded items. O c. Supporting evidence to the accounting records. O d. Accounting records to the supporting evidence.arrow_forwardWhat audit procedures are most likely to be used to verify accountsreceivable written off as uncollectible? State the purpose of each of these procedures.arrow_forwardWhich documents would an auditor most likely choose to examine closely to ascertain that all expenditures incurred during the accounting period have been recorded as a liability?a. invoices b. purchase orders c. purchase requisitions d. receiving reportsarrow_forward
- Explain the process of auditing the following transactions/accounts for a Mining. • Accounts Receivable• Contract guarantees and cancellation or postponement provisions.• Contract costs• Income recognitionb.arrow_forwardOnce risks are identified, auditors assess the risk of material misstatement at the _______ level for these significant classes of transactions and account balances. A. disclosure B. financial statement C. relevant assertion level D. accountarrow_forward
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