EBK PRINCIPLES OF AUDITING & OTHER ASSU
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Author: WHITTINGTON
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Chapter 7, Problem 35KOQ
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Which among the following is not a principle relating to control activities?
a.
Management designs control activities to achieve its objectives.
b.
Management designs its information systems and related control activities to achieve its objectives and respond to risks.
c.
External auditor implements the control activities to achieve its objectives and respond to risks
d.
The agency implements control activities through policies and procedures.
Identify how each of the following statements relates to the performance principle by considering which element(s) of the principle are
related to that statement. (A statement may be related to more than one element.) Use the following elements in providing your
response:
Reasonable assurance
• Planning and supervision
• Materiality
⚫ Risk assessment
• Audit evidence
a. Evaluating the effectiveness of the client's internal control in preventing or detecting misstatements.
b. Obtaining an understanding of the client's business and industry.
c. Acknowledging that the risk of failing to detect a material misstatement cannot be reduced to zero.
d. Obtaining confirmations from the client's customers as to the ending balances in accounts receivable.
e. Preparing a written audit plan.
f.
Designing audit procedures to identify misstatements that would have a significant effect on financial
statement users' decisions.
g. Considering the likelihood that the account balance contains a material…
After obtaining an understanding of the client's internal control, the auditor should consider whether
A. the evidential matter obtained from the study of the internal control system can provide a reasonable basis for an opinion.
B. the projected degree of effectiveness of internal control is justified.
C. further testing of internal control procedures is likely to permit further reduction in the assessed level of control risk.
D. sufficient knowledge has been obtained about the entity's entire system of internal control.
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EBK PRINCIPLES OF AUDITING & OTHER ASSU
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