AUDITING+ASSURANCE 12MONTH ACCESS CARD
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Author: ARENS
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Chapter 13, Problem 34DQP
(a).
To determine
Determine the phase of audit in which activity occurs.
(b).
To determine
Determine the sequence in which typical audit would be performed.
(c).
To determine
Determine the parts which will be done before 31st July.
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The following are parts of a typical audit for a company with a fiscal year end of July 31.
Set acceptable audit risk and decide preliminary judgment about materiality and performance materiality.
Understand internal control and assess control risk.
Perform substantive analytical procedures for accounts payable.
Confirm accounts payable.
Perform tests of controls and substantive tests of transactions for the acquisition and payment and payroll and personnel cycles.
Perform other tests of details of balances for accounts payable.
Perform tests for review of subsequent events.
Accept the client.
Issue the audit report.
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Identify the phase of the audit in which each activity occurs.
Put parts 1 through 9 of the audit in the sequential order in which you would expect them to be performed in a typical audit.
Identify those parts that will frequently be done before July 31.
An audit strategy sets the direction, timing, and scope of an audit. Based on your audit knowledge, which of the following would be included in the audit strategy document?
Select one:a. A flowchart of the entity's internal control system.b. The decision as to the combination of substantive testing and tests of control that would be adopted.c. The number of sales transactions to be tested.d. The results of the interim testing of payroll.
The practice of auditing firms to spread work throughout the year by carrying out as many auditing procedures as practicable before the balance sheet date, in order to minimize the load during the peak period. This is called
a. Test of recorded transactions b. Confirmation of receivable and payablesc. Observation and test-check of inventoriesd. Interim work
Chapter 13 Solutions
AUDITING+ASSURANCE 12MONTH ACCESS CARD
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