NATURE OF OPERATIONAL AUDIT • Also known as management audits and performance audits. • Conducted to evaluate the effectiveness and/or efficiency of operations. • Examinations of all or part of an entity to determine the degree of its operational efficiency‚ effectiveness and economy. • Also refers to the auditor’s study of business operations for the purpose of making recommendations about economic and efficient use of resource‚ effective achievement of business objectives
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yer_detailpage&v=KBV-JHJcB7c&list=UUp_A9 126rB138FOGsdm90vw Types of Auditors • • • • • External auditors Internal Auditors Governmental Auditors Forensic Auditors Information Technology 2-4 Types of Audit‚ Attest‚ and Assurance Services Audit Services: Internal Control Audits‚ Compliance Audits‚ Operational Audits‚ Forensic Audits Attest Services: Reporting on nature and quantity of inventory stored in a company’s warehouse so that the company can obtain a bank loan Assurance Services: Auditing is a specialized
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SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS OVERVIEW OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AUDIT * The audit enables the auditor to express an opinion whether financial statements are prepared‚ in all material respects‚ in accordance with and acceptable financial reporting framework. * Complete set of general purpose financial statements: * 1. balance sheets * 2. income statements * 3. statement of changes in equity * 4. cash flow statement * 5. summary of significant accounting policies and other
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safety management system (OHSMS) – audit report Verification of OHSMS to AS/NZS 4801:2001 Contractor details Contractor Address Contact person Position Contact details Accredited auditor (construction) details Name Accredited provider # Date Acknowledgment ‚ accredited auditor (construction)‚ acknowledges the cooperation and assistance provided by the staff and employees of and thanks them for their contribution to this OHSMS audit. Confidentiality Information obtained
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Abnormally High Audit Fees Impair Audit Quality? Jong-Hag Choi‚ Jeong-Bon Kim‚ and Yoonseok Zang SUMMARY: This study examines whether and how audit quality proxied by the magnitude of absolute discretionary accruals is associated with abnormal audit fees‚ that is‚ the difference between actual audit fee and the expected‚ normal level of audit fee. The results of various regressions reveal that the association between the two is asymmetric‚ depending on the sign of the abnormal audit fee. For observations
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Question 1 Management audit is a term used to describe the kind of audit work carried out to look into the economy‚ efficiency and effectiveness of the organization and its component parts. Efficiency in this sense has to do with determining whether resources (personal and property) are being used optimally within the bounds of what is practically feasible. Effectiveness involves determining whether resources are being used to proper effect. Economy relates to the avoidance of unnecessary waste
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A cardboard is a moving part of the given hand made microphone. When a sound wave strikes the diaphragm (cardboard in the following experiment) of the microphone‚ the diaphragm vibrates back and forth‚ and the attached coil moves along with it. Additionally‚ magnet is attached with coils on a cardboard. When the coil alternately approaches and move back from the magnet‚ the flux through the coil changes. As a result of this‚ an ac emf is induced in the coil. Next‚ this electrical signal is sent to
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Phillip Canamar Accounting Case Analysis LP1 Assignment: Audit Failure 1. Analyze the actions of the auditors in both cases and identify any errors in judgment made by the auditors. The action of the Auditors‚ Audit Committee‚ and top management that worked for Molex Corporation were in error because FASB Concept Statement #2 (materiality defined) appears to apply to this case and should have know the appropriate way to handle the situation that conforms with GAAP and adjust the financials
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Auditor Communications with the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors: Policy Recommendations and Opportunities for Future Research Jeffrey Cohen‚ Lisa Milici Gaynor‚ Ganesh Krishnamoorthy‚ and Arnold M. Wright SYNOPSIS: To contribute to the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) project on auditor communications with audit committees and boards of directors‚ we present in this paper a review of relevant academic literature. We also identify promising future research opportunities
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Audit Planning Memorandum for Database Environment Date | 02/04/2013 | To | Audit Senior Management | School Board | Temple University | Prepared By | Shan Jiang | ------------------------------------------------- Background Types of RDBMS: MySQL 5.0 - an open-source database used extensively in small or medium-sized web applications. One of the simplest databases to secure from hacking because of the small attack surface it exposes Number of DB servers: 3 Business units rely
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