Auditing & Assurance Services: A Systematic Approach (Irwin Accounting)
10th Edition
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 8, Problem 8.13MCQ
To determine
Concept Introduction:
Sampling is the method of selecting few items to check from the entire population under examination. Auditors apply sampling method while performing their
Sampling can be statistical or non statistical.
To choose: the purpose of using samples to test internal controls.
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In deciding upon the acceptable risk of incorrect acceptance for an account, an auditor considers each of the following except
a. Audit risk.
b.Tolerable error.
c.The risk that internal controls fail to detect material misstatements that have occurred.
d. The risk that analytical procedures and other tests fail to detect material errors that occur and that are not detected by internal control.
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 regarding errors is correct
Select one:
a. it is easier for the auditor to detect because it is not intentional
b. misappropriation of assets is an kind of errors
c. it is more difficult for the auditor to detect because it is not intentional
d. intentional misstatement of the financial statements,
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Auditing & Assurance Services: A Systematic Approach (Irwin Accounting)
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