REVISION LECTURE PAST EXAMS QUESTIONS: These questions are for practice only. They are not at all an indication of the questions on the actual exams. All topics need to be revised from topic 4 onwards for the exam. These questions and possible answers will be discussed during revision lecture. Solution will not be provided on the learning hub. Section A (Short answer) 1. List and briefly explain four factors that contribute to the need for financial report audits. Increasing reliability
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Case Study A Case Study in Corporate Governance & Ethical Auditing Satyam Fiasco & Role of PwC as an Auditor Group I Submitted By: Aditya Zutshi Ambrish Mani Piyush Anandani Ravinder Pal Singh Dhillon Abstract & Approach On Dec 16‚ 2008‚ Satyam declared to buy entire stakes in Maytas Properties for $1.3 Billion & 51% stakes in Maytas Infra for another $300 Million. By this action‚ the investors were furious. This was because of the move to invest in a promoter-related
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Kidney Failure HCA/240 Kalkita Dodson Earl Benjamin February 2‚ 2012 * Scenario A: Acute renal failure. Ms. Jones‚ a 68-year-old female‚ underwent open-heart surgery to replace several blocked vessels in her heart. On her first day postoperatively‚ it was noted that she
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Weakness and fear of failure are rooted deep inside every person’s mind. It causes people to act through emotion instead of logic. In Things Fall Apart‚ by Chinua Achebe‚ Okonkwo is greatly affected by these emotions and makes horrible decisions that lead to his biggest failure. Okonkwo had worked his whole life striving for great success‚ however‚ with his mind on only the prize‚ he fell short by failing to maintain an important relationship with his son‚ letting his fear of colonization by the
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Have you ever wondered what the what the main causes for Rome’s collapse? Multiple Roman historians believe Rome’s declining empire was caused by military weakness‚ legal justice/lack of trust‚ followed by political instability. Rome began as a sparsely populated western town in 750 BCE that was rarely known by any large empire such as Greece. Then at it’s height; it expanded‚ covering most of the Mediterranean‚ a small part of Africa‚ Asia‚ and Europe. After defeating many threats; the Romans began
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issue. But we have seen some businesses start with some great enthusiasm and drive and before you know it‚ Kaboom... many great products have disappeared from shelves and warehouses because the companies that produce them went under. Business failure is a global phenomenon and cannot be associated with Nigerians alone. It cannot also be analyzed from one focal point because‚ just like businesses fail for one reason or another‚ so do governments‚ social systems‚ economic systems and so on. The
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Effects of Barings Collapse on the Banking Industry The uncovered loss of GBP 830 million led to a liquidity crisis for the Barings Bank ‚ the collapse of the bank‚ which shocked all people‚ not only the financial world. Over the weekend of February 25 and 26‚ the management of Barings tried to arrange for a bailout by the Bank of England. Several investment banks gathered to discuss the possibility of raising enough private money to recapitalize Barings before the Tokyo market reopened on Monday
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Failures: Internal factors | Reasons of failure | Explanations | Team morale | Low morale‚ as not enough payment | Innovation and risk taking | No new innovation and or not willing to take risk will not bring any profit to the company | Stability | Instability‚ always new staff member‚ which ruins the team cooperativeness of the work team | Team orientation | No orientation = no goals for the team | Attention to detail | Not enough attentions will lead to the disconnections towards
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a lot of things took place. Now that the war was over the reconstruction period had many effects on the people‚ the economy and society in many ways‚ some were a great success and most were failures. Three major events during that took place during this time were the emancipation of
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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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