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    your materiality threshold for the engagement? 25. The Code of Professional Conduct derives its authority from the A) Securities and Exchange Commission. B) Bylaws of the American Institute of CPAs. C) Financial Accounting Standards Board. D) Auditing Standards Board. 26. The chief (internal) audit executive should have direct reporting access to the audit committee‚ and the committee should oversee the activities and budget of the internal audit function. A) True B) False 27. The AICPA

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    Auditing Chapter 4

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    True/False Questions 1. Fraud is defined as failure to use reasonable care in the performance of services. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy 2. Most of the burden of affirmative proof is on the defendant under common law. Answer: False Difficulty: Medium 3. The Ultramares v. Touche case held that auditors could be held liable to any foreseen third party for ordinary negligence. Answer: False Difficulty: Medium 4. The Securities

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    Audit and Auditing Process

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    The Auditing Process INTRODUCTION Auditing is defined by the American Accounting Association or AAA as “a systematic process of objectively obtaining and evaluating evidence regarding assertions about economic actions and events to ascertain the degree of correspondence between those assertions and established criteria and communicating the results to interested users” (cited in Turney et al p. 108). From that definition‚ it is evident that the auditing process consists of three elements: evidence

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    Nature and Purpose of Auditing Content : • Definition and objectives of auditing • Types of audits • Development of auditing • Qualities of an auditor • Auditing process Objectives : Students should be able to : • Describe the definition and the objectives of auditing. • Distinguish between different types of audits. • Briefly describe the development of auditing. • List and explain

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    Auditing Chapter 9

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    Jessica Schmitt Auditing Chapter 9‚ problem 9-28 A. Since there are no specific materiality guidelines‚ it is the auditor’s professional judgment that must be used to determine the appropriate preliminary estimates of materiality. I used the guidelines listed on pg 251 in figure 9-2: Statement Percent Guideline Dollar Range (in thousands) Earnings from continuing operations before taxes 3-6 % $12‚500-$25‚100 (rounded) Current Assets 3-6 % $67‚600-$135‚200 (rounded) Current Liabilities 3-6 %

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    Revision Q&a

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    Subject Review Questions and Solutions 1. Capital markets may operate under auction‚ over-the-counter or intermediated modes. Distinguish between these types of operation. Auction markets require the financial asset to be identical in terms of risk and cashflow & liquidity – the assets are then traded on a centralised exchange where all parties know prices – an example is the stock exchange – each share in a particular company is identical to all the others therefore you can have an auction

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    EXERCISE Question 1 a) Two point of charges of opposite sign and same magnitude 3.5 μC are separated by a distance of 5 cm. Find (i) the magnitude and direction of the electric field strength‚ E at the midpoint between the charges. (ii) the magnitude and direction of the force F on an electron placed at the midpoint. Answer: i) E net = 1.008x108 N/C toward the –ve charge ii) F net = 1.6128x10-11 N toward +ve charge

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    Mechanical revision

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    F40 BMA Tutorial 4 1. A man is driving at 120 km/h along a straight road and he looks to the side for 2.0 s‚ how far does he travel during this inattentive period? [66.7 m] 2. A horse canters away from its trainer in a straight line‚ moving 160 m away in 17.0 s. It then turns abruptly and gallops halfway back in 6.8 s. Calculate (a) its average speed and (b) its average velocity for the entire trip‚ using “away from the trainer” as the positive direction. [10.1 m/s; 3.36 m/s]

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    Perfect competition Learning outcomes You should be able to: Describe the assumed characteristics of perfect competition: a large number of firms; a homogeneous product‚ freedom of entry and exit (no barriers to entry or exit); perfect information and perfect resource mobility (factors of production can move easily in and out of the market) Explain‚ using a diagram‚ the shape of the perfectly competitive firm’s average revenue and marginal revenue curves‚ indicating that the assumptions of perfect

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    Auditing Chap. 5

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    5-52 Trend analysis‚ common-size financial statements‚ and ratios are presented for the Brody Corporation in Figure 5.4. Assume that you are auditing Brody ’s financial statements for the year ended 12/31/X8. You have performed tests of controls over the recording of gross sales and believe that the system is operating effectively and that 7 percent represents an accurate estimate of the increase in gross sales for 20X8 over the amount for 20X7. You should also assume that the financial statements

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