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35 Cards in this Set
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which account does not appear in the aq and exp cycle?
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sales returns
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Which would not overstate current period net income?
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failing to record a check paying an item in vouchers payable
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A client's purchase system ends with recording a liab and its eventual pymt, which describes an auditor's primary concern with respect to liab resulting from the purchase system?
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accounts payable are not materially understated
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which is an internal control activity that could prevent a pd disbursement voucher from being presented for pymt a second time?
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the official who signs the check should compare the check with the voucher and should stamp paid on the voucher doc
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budd delivers hardware to his relative at wholesale prices, and he's prob able to accomplish this because of lake's poor internal controls over
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purchase orders
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which is the best audit procedure for determining the existence of unrecorded liab?
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examine a sample of cash disbursements in the period subsequent to YE
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to determine if AP is complete, auditors perform tests to verify that all merchandise received has been recorded. the population for this test is all
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receiving reports
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a furniture company ordered tables, but the supplier only sent half. which control would prevent overpaying?
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personell in the furniture company's purchasing dpt should compare the purchase requisition to the purchase order
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an audit team would most likely examine the detail support for which of the following charges?
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legal expense
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when auditing liab account balances, auditors are most concerned with mgts assertion about
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completeness
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in a test of controls, auditors may trace receiving reports to vouchers recorded in the voucher register. this is a test for
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completeness
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loan covenants are used for which reason?
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to protect the lender from the borrower substantially weakening the borrower's financial position
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which is the most important audit consideration when examing the stockholders equity section of a BS?
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entries trace to resolutions in minutes of BOD meetings
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if the auditors discover that the carrying amt of a client's investments is overstated bc of a loss in value that is other than a temp decline in market value, they should insist that
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the loss in value be recognized in the financial stmts
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the auditors should insist that a representative of the client be present during inspection and count of securities to
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acknowledge the receipt of securities returned
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when a client company does not maintain its own capital stock records, the auditors should obtain written confirmation from the transfer agent and registrar concerning
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the number of shares issues and outstanding
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an audit team would most likely verify the interest earned on bond investments by
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recomputing the interest earned on the basis of face amt, IR, and period earned
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a client has a large and active investment portfolio that is kept in a bank safe deposit box. if the auditors were unable to count securities at the BS date, they most likely will
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request the client have the bank seal the box until the auditors can count at a subsequent date
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which question would auditors most likely include on an internal control questionairre for notes payable?
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are direct borrowing of NP authorized by the BOD?
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an audit team's purpose in reviewing the documentation concerning the renewal of a NP shortly after the BS date most likely is to obtain evidence concerning mgt's assertion about
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classification
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the main purpose of mgt representation is to
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impress on mgt its ultimate responsibility for the FS's and disclosures
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A type I subsequent event involves subsequent info about a condition that existed at BS date. Subsequent knowledge of which would cause the entity to adjust its Dec 31 FS's?
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settlement of litigation in Febr for 100k that had been estimated at 12k in Dec
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A griffin finished her audit of YE Dec 31 on Jan 30th and later learned of stock split on feb 5th. The proper form of dual dating the reports is
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january 30, 2009, except as to Note X, which is dated February 5, 2009
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prior to the audit report release date, auditors have a responsibility related to mgt's disclosure of subsequent events until
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the audit report release date
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the auditing standards regarding "subsequent discovery of facts that existed at the BS date" refers to knowledge obtained after
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the audit report release date
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which is ordinarily performed last in the audit examination?
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performing a review for subsequent events
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which procedure is least likely to be performed in conjunction with the audit of revenue and expense accounts
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sampling and investigation of individual transactions affecting revenue and expense accounts
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if, after the audit report release date, auditors determine an important auditing procedure was omitted, which initial course of action is most appropriate?
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determine whether the omitted procedure is important in supporting the auditors opinion on the entity's FS's
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Hall's management representations normally would be dated
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march 24, yr 2, the date that hall completed gathering sufficient appropriate evidence
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which substantive procedure should auditors ordinarily perform regarding subsequent events?
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compare the latest available interim financial stmts witth the financial stmts being audited
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the primary reason auditors request responses to attorney letters is to provide auditors
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corroboration of the info furnished by mgt about litigation, claims, and assesments
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the scope of an audit is NOGT restricted when an attorney letter limits the response to
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matters to which the attorney has given substantial attn in the form of legal representation
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if loss is "probable and estimable" then
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book the amt
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if loss is "reasonably possible" then
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disclose in footnotes
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if loss is "remotely possible" then
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don't do anything
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