Auditing & Assurance Services: A Systematic Approach (Irwin Accounting)
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ISBN: 9780077732509
Author: William F Messier Jr, Steven M. Glover Associate Professor, Douglas F. Prawitt Associate Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 10, Problem 10.22MCQ
To determine
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External confirmation is kind of audit evidence. This is obtained by the auditors from third party to confirm the balances or transactions. An external confirmation can be either positive or negative confirmation.
To choose: the case when the auditor should perform alternate procedure to substantiate the existence of accounts receivables.
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3. An auditor should perform alternative procedures to substantiate the existence of accounts receivable when
a. Pledging of the receivables is probable
b. No reply to a negative confirmation request is received
c. No reply to a positive confirmation request is received
d. Collectibility of the receivable sis in doubt
The risk that the auditors will conclude, based on substantive procedures, that a material misstatement does not exist in an account balance when, in fact,
Which of the following statements about confirming accounts receivable (A/R) and accounts payable (A/P) is true?
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A/R confirmations are more likely to include the client's balance than A/P confirmations.
A/R and A/P are always confirmed regardless of the materiality of the balance or risks of material misstatement.
The assertion with the highest risk of material misstatement for A/R and A/P is Existence.
Positive and negative confirmations are always used to audit A/R and A/P.
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Auditing & Assurance Services: A Systematic Approach (Irwin Accounting)
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- Why are the confirmation of payables is not a required audit procedure as it is with receivables?arrow_forwardSome account balances such as those for pensions and leases are the result of complex calculations. The susceptibility to material misstatements in these types of accounts is defined as a. Sampling risk b. Detection risk c. Inherent risk. d. audit riskarrow_forwardIt's not clear why pre-numbering the reports received is essential. How may an auditor verify a claim made in a report?arrow_forward
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