EBK AUDITING & ASSURANCE SERVICES: A SY
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ISBN: 9781260687668
Author: Jr
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL LEARNING SOLN.(CC)
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Chapter 5, Problem 5.26MCQ
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Concept Introduction:Documentation is important part of an audit. The auditor documents each phase of the audit, working papers, and evidences gathered during the audit. These documents help auditor to prove his work.
To choose: The best option among the given.
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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
An audit engagement letter should normally include which of the following matters of agreement between the auditor and the client?a. Schedules and analyses to be prepared by the client’s employees.
b. Methods of statistical sampling the auditor will use.
c. Specification of litigation in progress against the client.
d. Client representations about availability of all minutes of meetings of the board of directors.
When initiating communications with predecessor auditors, prospective auditors should expecta. To take responsibility for obtaining the client’s consent for the predecessor to give information about prior audits.b. To conduct interviews with the partner and manager in charge of the predecessor publicaccounting firm’s engagement.c. To obtain copies of some or all of the predecessor auditors’ audit documentation.d. All of the above.
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