Principles Of Auditing & Other Assurance Services
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ISBN: 9781259916984
Author: WHITTINGTON, Ray, Pany, Kurt
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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Chapter 7, Problem 36OQ
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Classify the given controls in preventive control (P), detective control (D) and corrective control [C].
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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.
Determine whether each of the following procedures is a test of control or a substantive test.
a) The auditor inspects a sample of sales
orders to determine if the sales manager
has approved the orders.
b) The auditor sends a confirmation to the
bank to verify the cash balance on hand.
c) The auditor attends the inventory count and
observes client personnel as they conduct
the count.
d) The auditor recalculates the amount of
interest payable.
e) Stand by the payroll time clock to determine
whether any employee "punches in" more
than one time.
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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