Auditing And Assurance Services
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ISBN: 9780134897431
Author: ARENS, Alvin A.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 3, Problem 20.2MCQ
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Identify the option that relates to the date of the CPA’s opinion on the financial statements of the client.
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The date of the CPA’s opinion on the financial statements of the client should be the date of the:
Select one:
a. submission of the report to the client.
b. closing of the client’s books.
c. finalization of the terms of the audit engagement
d. completion of all important audit procedures
The date of the CPA’s opinion on the financial statements of the client should be thedate of the(1) closing of the client’s books.(2) finalization of the terms of the audit engagement.(3) completion of all important audit procedures.(4) submission of the report to the client.
The audit report dates are:a. Closing date of client's bookb. The date on which the letter of representation was receivedc. The date when the audit report is submitted to the clientd. The date on which all the necessary audit procedures were performed
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- Which of the following would be an example of a reasonable assurance engagement? * The review of annual financial statements. The audit of annual financial statements. The reporting of procedures O performed by the auditor as agreed by the client. All of the abovearrow_forwardSelect the necessary words from the list of possibilities to complete the following statements. 1. Working papers of audit interest over an extended period of time should be filed in the is a type of documentary evidence transmitted directly to the auditors by a third party (e.g., a customer or a vender). 2 A 3. A letter signed by officers of the client company at the auditors' request which sets forth certain assertions about the company's financial position and operations is known as a Statements 4 The audit approach of evaluating financial statement information by a study of relationships among financial and nonfinancial data is 5. The term relates to the quantity of evidence that the auditors should obtain. 6. The risk of material misstatement is composed of two risks that the auditor assesses, those risks are inherent risk and risk. 7. The auditors develop client's accounting records. to recommend to management to correct the effects of errors or fraud in the 8. The amount of…arrow_forwardUnder preconditions of an audit, the management shall provide the auditor with the following, except: Group of answer choices b. Additional information that the auditor may request from management for the purpose of the audit d. All the above are concerns that management need to provide c. Unrestricted access to persons within the entity from whom the auditor determines it necessary to obtain audit evidence. a. Access to all information of which management is aware that is relevant to the preparation of the financial statements such as records, documentation and other matters;arrow_forward
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