Auditing Exam 1 Review Ch 1 Nature of Auditing: * Auditing is the accumulation and evaluation of evidence about information to determine and report on the degree of correspondence b/w the information and established criteria. * Auditing should be done by a competent‚ independent person. Information and Established Criteria: * To do an audit‚ there must be information in a verifiable form and some standards (criteria) by which the auditor can evaluate the information. Accumulating
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External Auditing – Week 4 discussion What do following risk categories mean: planned detection risk‚ inherent risk‚ control risk‚ acceptable audit risk? Can you give some examples? How do we as auditors deal with them? DETECTION RISK Detection risk is the risk that auditor’s substantive procedures will not detect a misstatement that exist in an account balance or class of transactions that could be material‚ individually or when aggregated with misstatements in other balances or classes.
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Comment on the 10 major steps in the fraud risk model 1. Understand the nature of fraud by identifying the factors associated with fraud that are outlined in the fraud triangle. The factors include rationalization‚ opportunity‚ and incentive (ROI). Incentive/pressure to commit fraud Fraudulent financial reporting Management compensation schemes Financial pressures to improve company’s earnings and balance sheet Personal wealth tied to either financial results or survival of company Defalcation
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this question needs the explanation of inter-relation between business risk and audit risk‚ which is automatically‚ must include the risk analysis as an approach to auditing to overcome with the concern of handling these risks. Before entering deeper to the business risk and how an auditor can manage and be aware of these risks‚ lets define and describe some of the terms which is related to this question as follows:- Business risk is generally defined as the threat posed by an event or action
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Place your answer on the answer sheet. There are 50 questions‚ each worth 2 points. 1) In 1985‚ Alice paid $20‚000 for an option to purchase ten acres of land. By paying the $20‚000‚ she bought the right to buy the land for $100‚000 in 1992. When she acquired the option in 1985‚ the land was worth $120‚000. In 1992‚ it is worth $110‚000. Should Alice exercise the option and pay $100‚000 for the land? A) Yes. B) No. C) It depends on what the rate of inflation was between 1985 and 1992
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Risk Management Approach We have recently have been privileged in meeting and hearing the President of the United States of America speak at our school. Before his arrival we‚ and the secret service would had to have perform risk management approach ensuring the safety of the president and everyone in the vicinity of the president. It is important that before his arrival we are able to identify all the potential risks when he comes to Hartford. Secondly after identifying the risks we given
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Faculty of Economics and Business Academic year 2013-2014 On the first page of this exam form you will find important information about this exam. Please read the information below before answering any exam questions! Exam: Financiering (6011P0122) and Finance (6011P0135) Date and time of the exam: Tuesday‚ April 22 Duration of the exam: 1 hour You have to identify yourself using your validated UvA-identification card or other legal ID-card. If you are not registered via SIS for the course
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Paper 1: Risk-based Audit Approach Risk-based audit is an approach that is related to the concepts of audit risks and materiality. Audit risk is the likelihood that the financial statements are materially misstated after the auditor has determined that the financial statements are free of material misstatements. Materiality is a concept relating to the significance of an amount‚ transaction‚ or discrepancy. In this approach‚ auditors analyze audit risks‚ sets materiality based on the analyzed
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Chapter 13 Auditing the Inventory Management Process Answer Key True / False Questions 1. The "cradle-to-grave" cycle for inventory begins when goods are purchased and stored and ends when the finished goods are shipped to customers. TRUE AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Industry AICPA FN: Decision Making Blooms: Remember Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 13-01 Develop an understanding of the inventory management process. Topic: Overview of Inventory Management Process 2. A receiving
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BF3394 – AUDITING AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS Module Number: Module Title: BF3394 AUDITING & PROFESSIONAL ETHICS 10 credits Number of Aston Credits: Total Number of ECTS Credits: 5 credits (European Credit Transfer) Staff Member Responsible for the Module: Dr Melina Manochin Finance and Accounting Group ABS Building‚ Room 410‚ Extension 3732 m.m.manochin@aston.ac.uk Availability: Please see office hours on door or group administrator‚ Ms Rosaleen Shirley‚ ABS 404‚ Extension 3238 Other Staff
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