For Questions 21 through 30, assume that you are reporting on an audit of a client’s financial statements.  Select the type(s) of opinion appropriate for the scenario.  In addition, unless stated otherwise, assume the matter involved is material.  If the problem does not tell you whether a misstatement pervasively misstates the financial statements or does not list a characteristic that indicates pervasiveness, two reports may be possible.   A company has not followed generally accepted accounting principles in the recording of its leases.   Question 21 options:   Qualified   Adverse   Disclaimer   Qualified or adverse         A client changed its depreciation method for production equipment from the straight-line method to the units-of-production method based on hours of utilization.  The auditor concurs with the change.   Question 22 options:   Unmodified – standard   Unmodified with an emphasis-of-matter paragraph   Qualified   Adverse     A client changed its depreciation method for production equipment from the straight-line to a units-of-production method based on hours of utilization.  The auditor does not concur with the change.   Question 23 options:   Unmodified – standard   Unmodified with an emphasis-of-matter paragraph   Qualified or adverse   Qualified or disclaimer

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For Questions 21 through 30, assume that you are reporting on an audit of a client’s financial statements.  Select the type(s) of opinion appropriate for the scenario.  In addition, unless stated otherwise, assume the matter involved is material.  If the problem does not tell you whether a misstatement pervasively misstates the financial statements or does not list a characteristic that indicates pervasiveness, two reports may be possible.

 
A company has not followed generally accepted accounting principles in the recording of its leases.
 
Question 21 options:
 
Qualified
 
Adverse
 
Disclaimer
 
Qualified or adverse
 
 
 
 
A client changed its depreciation method for production equipment from the straight-line method to the units-of-production method based on hours of utilization.  The auditor concurs with the change.
 
Question 22 options:
 
Unmodified – standard
 
Unmodified with an emphasis-of-matter paragraph
 
Qualified
 
Adverse
 
 
A client changed its depreciation method for production equipment from the straight-line to a units-of-production method based on hours of utilization.  The auditor does not concur with the change.
 
Question 23 options:
 
Unmodified – standard
 
Unmodified with an emphasis-of-matter paragraph
 
Qualified or adverse
 
Qualified or disclaimer
 
An auditor was hired after year-end and was unable to observe the counting of the year-end inventory.  She is unable to apply other procedures to determine whether ending inventory and related information are properly stated.
 
Question 24 options:
 
Unmodified with an emphasis-of-matter paragraph
 
Qualified or adverse
 
Qualified or disclaimer
 
Adverse or disclaimer
 
 
 
 
A client changed the depreciable life of certain assets from 10 years to 12 years.  The auditor concurs with the change.
 
Question 25 options:
 
Unmodified – standard
 
Unmodified with an emphasis-of-matter paragraph
 
Qualified or adverse
 
Qualified or disclaimer
 
 
 
 
A client changed the method it uses to calculate postemployment benefits from one acceptable method to another one.  The effect of the change is immaterial this year, but is expected to be material in the future.
 
Question 26 options:
 
Unmodified – standard
 
Unmodified with an emphasis-of-matter paragraph
 
Qualified
 
Adverse
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Due to recurring operating losses and working capital deficiencies, an auditor has substantial doubt about an entity's ability to continue as a going concern for a reasonable period of time.  The notes to the financial statements do not adequately disclose the substantial doubt situation and the auditor believes the omission fundamentally affects the users' understanding of the financial statements.
 
Question 27 options:
 
Unmodified – standard
 
Unmodified with an emphasis-of-matter paragraph
 
Qualified
 
Adverse
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
An auditor reporting on group financial statements decides not to take responsibility for the work of a component auditor who audited a 70% owned subsidiary and issued an unqualified opinion.  The total assets and revenues of the subsidiary are 5% and 8%, respectively, of the total assets and revenues of the entity being audited.
 
Question 28 options:
 
Unmodified with an emphasis-of-matter paragraph
 
Qualified
 
Adverse
 
Disclaimer
 
 
 
 
 
An auditor discovered that a client made bribes to a state regulatory agency.  The auditor was unable to determine the amounts of the bribes because of the client's inadequate record retention policies.  However, there is no likelihood that the financial statements are pervasively misstated; but they may be materially misstated.  The client refuses to disclose the payoffs in a note to the financial statements.
 
Question 29 options:
 
Unmodified – standard
 
Qualified
 
Adverse
 
Disclaimer

 

A client's financial statements follow GAAP except that they do not include a note on a significant related party transaction.
 
Question 30 options:
 
Unmodified – standard
 
Unmodified with an emphasis-of-matter paragraph
 
Qualified or adverse
 
Qualified or disclaimer
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