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CHAPTER 9
1. Of the following procedures, which does not produce analytical evidence?
a. Compare revenue, cost of sales, and gross profit with the prior year and
investigate significant variations
b. Examine monthly performance reports and investigate significant revenue
and expense variances
c. Confirm customers account receivable and clear all material exceptions.
d. Compare sales trends and profit margins with industry average and
investigate significant differences
2. Which of the following comparisons is most useful to an auditor in evaluating
the results of an entitys operations?
a. Prior year accounts payable to current year accounts payable
b. Prior year payroll expense to budgeted current year payroll expense
c. Current year revenue to budgeted current year revenue
d. Current year warranty expense to current year contingent liabilities.
3. Which of the following analytical procedures should be applied to the income
statement?
a. Select sales and expense items and trace amounts to related supporting
documents
b. Ascertain that the new income amount in the statement of cash flows
agrees with the net income amount in the income statements
c. Obtain from the client representatives, the beginning and ending
inventory amounts that were used to determine costs of sales
d. Compare the actual revenues and expenses with the corresponding
figures of the previous year and investigate significant differences.
4. Which of the following tends to be most predictable for the purpose of
analytical procedures applied as substantive test?
a. Relationships involving balance sheet accounts
b. Transactions subject to management discretion
c. Relationships involving income statement accounts.
d. Data subject to audit testing in the prior year
5. Auditors try to identify predictable relationships when using analytical
procedures. Relationships involving transactions from which of the following
accounts most likely would yield the highest level of evidence?
a. Accounts payable
b. Advertising expense
c. Accounts receivable
d. Interest expense.
6. Auditors sometimes use comparison of ratios as audit evidence. For example,
an unexplained decrease in the ratio of gross profit to sales may suggest
which of the following possibilities?
a. Unrecorded purchases
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c. Merchandise purchase being charged to operating expense
d. Fictitious sales
7. Which result of
merchandise?
a. Decrease
b. Decrease
c. Decrease
d. Decrease

an analytical procedure suggests the existence of obsolete

in
in
in
in

the
the
the
the

inventory turnover rate.

ratio of gross profit to sales
ratio of inventory to accounts payable
ratio of inventory to accounts receivable

8. If accounts receivable turned over 8 times in 2014 as compared to only 6

times in 2015, it is possible that there were
a. Unrecorded credit sales in 2015.
b. Unrecorded cash receipts in 2014
c. More thorough credit investigations made by the company late in 2014
d. Fictitious sales in 2015
9. Which of the following would not be classified as an analytical procedure?
a. Benchmarking the companys profitability ratios against others in the
industry
b. Variance analysis of actual revenue versus budgeted amounts for
production
c. Reperforming the clients depreciation expense using the clients
accounting policies for capital expenditures made during the year
d. Reconciling fixed assets disposition with the fixed asset ledger.
10.An auditor compares this years revenues and expenses with those of the
prior year and investigates all changes exceeding 10%. By this procedure the
auditor is most likely to learn that
a. An increase in property tax rates has not been recognized in the clients
accrual
b. This years provision for uncollectible account is inadequate because of
worsening economic conditions
c. December payroll taxes were not paid
d. The client changed its capitalization policy for small tools during the year.

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1. The primary emphasis in most tests of details of balances is on the
a. Balance sheet accounts
b. Revenue accounts
c. Cash flow statements accounts.
d. Expense account
2. Evidence is usually more persuasive for balance sheet accounts where it is
obtained:
a. As close to the balance sheet date as possible
b. Only from transactions occurring on the balance sheet date
c. From various times throughout the clients year
d. From time period when transactions during the fiscal year.
3. Which of the following assertions is relevant to whether the company has title
to the cash accounts as of the balance sheet date?
a. Existence or occurrence
b. Completeness
c. Rights and obligations.
d. Valuation or allocation
4. Which of the following assertions is relevant to whether the cash balances
reflect the true underlying economic value of those assets?
a. Existence or occurrence
b. Completeness
c. Rights and obligations
d. Valuation or allocation.
6. Employee steals a payment from Customer X. To cover the theft, the employee
applies a payment from Customer Y to Customer Xs account. Before Customer Y
has time to notice that its account has not been appropriately credited, the
employee applies a payment from Customer Z to Customer Ys account.
a. Skimming
b. Kiting
c. Collateralizing
d. Lapping.
7. Which of the following controls represents a control over cash that is unique to
cash accounts?
a. Separation of duties
b. Restrictive endorsements of customer checks.
c. Periodic internal audits
d. Competent, well-trained employees
8. Which of the following assertions is relevant to the audit procedure for
marketable securities that requires the auditor to examine selected documents to
identify any restrictions on the marketability of securities?
a. Existence or occurrence
b. Completeness
c. Rights and obligations.
d. Valuation or allocation

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9. Which of the following represents a reasonable test of controls for cash receipts
and cash management controls?
a. Document internal controls over cash by completing the internal control
questionnaire or by flowcharting the process.
b. Prepare an independent bank reconciliation
c. Obtain a bank confirmation
d. Obtain a bank cutoff statement
10. Which of the following assertions is relevant to whether the marketable
securities balances include all securities transactions that have taken place during
the period?
a. Existence or occurrence
b. Completeness.
c. Rights and obligations
d. Valuation or allocation

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1. A proper segregation of duties requires

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a. An individual authorizing a transaction records it
b. An individual authorizing a transaction maintains a custody of the
asset that resulted from the transaction
c. An individual maintain custody of an asset be entitled to access the
accounting records for the asset
d. An individual recording a transaction not compare the accounting
record of the asset with the asset itself
2. The primary responsibility for establishing and maintaining an internal control
rests with
a. The external auditors
b. The internal auditors
c. Management and those charged with governance
d. The controller or the treasurer
3. When the auditor attempts to understand the operation of the accounting
system by tracing a few transactions through the accounting system, the
auditor is said to be:
a. Tracing
b. Vouching
c. Performing a walk-through
d. Testing controls
4. Which of the following statements is incorrect about walk-through tests?
a. It involves tracing a few transactions through the accounting systems.
b. This procedure may form part of tests of control.
c. The nature and extent of walk-through tests performed by the auditor
are such that they alone would provide sufficient appropriate audit
evidence to support a low assessment of control risk.
d. This procedure is performed to determine whether the controls are
being implemented.
5. You are auditing the companys purchasing process for goods and services.
You are primarily concerned with the company not recording all purchase
transactions. Which audit procedure below would be the most effective audit
procedure in this case?
a. Vouching from the accounts payable account to the vendor invoices.
b. Tracing vendor invoices to recorded amounts in the accounts payable
account.
c. Confirmation of accounts payable recorded amounts.
d. Reconciling the accounts payable subsidiary ledger to the accounts
payable account.
6. Which result of
merchandise?
a. Decrease
b. Decrease
c. Decrease
d. Decrease

an analytical procedure suggests the existence of obsolete

in
in
in
in

inventory turnover rate

the ratio of gross profit to sales
the ratio of inventory to accounts payable
the ratio of inventory to accounts receivable

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7. Which of the following is the best example of a corroborating evidence?
a. General journal
b. Worksheet cost allocations
c. Vendors invoice
d. Cash receipts journal
8. An entitys ongoing monitoring activities often include
a. Periodic audits by the audit committee.
b. Reviewing the purchasing function.
c. The audit of the annual financial statements.
d. Control risk assessment in conjunction with quarterly reviews.
9. Which of the following is an example of fraudulent financial reporting?
a. Company management changes inventory count tags and overstates
ending inventory, while understating costs of goods sold.
b. The treasurer diverts customer payments to his personal due,
concealing his actions by debiting an expense account, thus
overstating expenses.
c. An employee steals small tools from the company and neglects to
return them; the cost is reported as a miscellaneous operating
expense.
d. An employee omitted an entry to record a bank transfer to cover a
cash shortage.
10.When obtaining audit evidence about the effective operation of internal
controls, the auditor considers all of the following except
a. How they were applied
b. The consistency with which they were applied during the period
c. By whom they were applied
d. Why they were applied

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CHAPTER 12
1. Which of the following is an internal control weakness related to acquisition of
factory equipment?
a. Acquisitions are to be made through and approved by the department
in need of the equipment.
b. Variances between authorized equipment expenditures and actual
costs are to be immediately reported to management.
c. Depreciation policies are reviewed only once a year.
d. Advance executive approvals are required for equipment acquisitions.
2. It is an approximation of the amount of an item in the absence of a precise
means of measurement
a. Accounting estimate
b. Audit sampling
c. Materiality
d. Audit risk
3. In evaluating the reasonableness of an accounting estimate, an auditor most
likely would concentrate on key factors and assumptions that are
a. Consistent with prior periods.
b. Similar to industry guidelines.
c. Objective and not susceptible to bias.
d. Deviations from historical patterns.
4. In evaluating an entitys accounting estimates, one of an auditors objectives
is to determine whether the estimates are
a. Not subject to bias.
b. Consistent with the industry guidelines.
c. Based on objective assumptions.
d. Reasonable in the circumstances.
5. The auditor should adopt one or a combination of the following approaches in
the audit of an accounting estimate:
I. Review and test the process used by management to develop the
estimate.
II. Use an independent estimate for comparison with that prepared by
management.
III. Review subsequent events which confirms the estimate made.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Any of the above

None of the above
Either I or II
I only

6. In evaluating the assumptions on which the estimate is based, the auditor

would need to pay particular attention to assumptions which are
a. Reasonable in light of actual results in prior periods.
b. Consistent with those used for other accounting estimates.
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d. Subjective or susceptible to material misstatement.
7. Which of the following statements is incorrect about accounting estimates?
a. Management is responsible for making accounting estimates included
in the financial statements.
b. The risk of material misstatement is greater when accounting
estimates are involved.
c. The evidence available to support an accounting estimate will often be
more difficult to obtain and less conclusive than evidence available to
support other items in the financial statements.
d. When evaluating accounting estimates, the auditor should pay
particular attention to assumptions that are objective and are
consistent with industry patterns.
8. Which of the following would an auditor generally perform to obtain
assurance that accounting estimates are properly accounted for and
disclosed?
a. Inquiry of management
b. Make an independent estimate for comparison with clients estimate
c. Review subsequent events
d. Obtain knowledge about the applicable financial reporting standards
related to the accounting estimate.
9. Which of the following procedures would an auditor least likely perform when
evaluating the reasonableness of managements estimates?
a. Make an independent estimates for comparison with management
estimates
b. Read the minutes of board of directors meeting
c. Review and test the process used by management
d. Review subsequent events which confirm the estimates made
10.Which of the following procedures would an auditor ordinarily perform first in
evaluating managements accounting estimates for reasonableness?
a. Develop independent expectations of managements estimates.
b. Consider the appropriateness of the key factors or assumption used in
preparing the estimates.
c. Test the calculations used by the management in developing the
estimates.
d. Obtain an understanding of how management developed its estimates.

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1. The current file of an auditors working papers most likely would include a copy of
the
a. Bank reconciliation
b. Articles of incorporation
c. Pension plan contract
d. Flowchart of the internal control procedures
2. The primary concern of the auditor regarding related party transactions is that
a. They are reported to proper regulatory authorities because they are illegal
b. Their form be emphasized rather than their economic substance
c. Their existence and significance be adequately disclosed
d. Their effects are eliminated from the financial statements
3. The permanent file of an auditors working papers generally would not include
a. Bond indenture agreements
b. Working trial balance
c. Lease agreements
d. Flowchart of the intentional control structure
4. A person or firm possessing special skill, knowledge and experience in a
particular field other than accounting and auditing is called a/an
a. Professional
b. Consultant
c. Expert
d. Assistant
5. Which of the following is not an expert upon whose work an auditor may rely?
a. Actuary
b. Internal auditor
c. Appraiser
d. Engineer
6. To operate effectively, an internal auditor must be independent of
a. The line functions of the organization
b. The entity
c. The employer-employee relationship which exists for other employees in the
organization
d. The audit committee of the board of directors
7. The sufficiency and appropriateness of evidential matter ultimately is based on
the
a. Availability of corroborating data
b. Philippine Standards on Auditing
c. Pertinence of the evidence
d. Judgment of the auditor
8. An auditors working papers will generally be least likely to include
documentation showing how the
a. Clients schedules were prepared

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b. Engagement had been planned
c. Clients system of internal control had been reviewed and evaluated
d. Unusual matters were resolved
9. Audit files that are updated with new information of continuing importance is
called
a. Current files
b. Working paper file
c. Permanent files
d. Correspondence file
10. The permanent (continuing) file of an auditors working papers more likely would
include copies of the
a. Bank statements
b. Lead schedule
c. Debt agreements
d. Attorneys letters

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CHAPTER 14
1. Subsequent events are defined as events which occur subsequent to the
a. Financial statement date
b. Date of the auditors report
c. Financial statement date but prior to the date of the auditors report
d. Date of the auditors report and concern contingencies which are not reflected in
the financial statements
2. Which of the following events in the subsequent period will require disclosure in
the notes to financial statements?
a. Realization of recorded year-end receivables at a different amount than recorded
b. Settlement of recorded year-end estimated product warranty liabilities at a
different amount than recorded
c. Purchase of a machine
d. Purchase of a business
3. Which of the following statements about a representation letter is not correct?
a. It is optional
b. It is addressed to the auditor
c. It confirms oral representation made by management
d. Its date should coincide with the date of the audit report
4. A representation letter issued by a client
a. Is essential for the preparation of the audit program
b. Is a substitute for testing
c. Does not reduce auditors responsibility
d. Reduces the auditors responsibility only to the extent that it is relied upon
5. Which of the following conditions or events most likely would cause an auditor to
have significant doubt about an entitys ability to continue as a going concern?
a. Cash flow from operating activities are negative
b. Research and development projects are postponed
c. Significant related party transactions are pervasive
d. Stock dividends replace annual cash dividends
6. The date of the management representation letter should coincide with the date
of the
a. Balance sheet
b. Latest interim financial statements
c. Auditors report
d. Latest related party transaction
7. If a lawyer refuses to furnish corroborating information regarding litigation, claims
and assessments, the auditor should
a. Honor the confidentiality of the client-lawyer relationship
b. Consider the refusal to be tantamount to a scope limitation
c. Seek to obtain the corroborating information from management
d. Disclose this fact in a footnote to the financial statements

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8. Soon after Kyles audit report was issued, Kyle learned of certain related party
transactions that occurred during the year under audit. These transactions that
occurred during the year under audit. These transactions were not disclosed in the
notes to the financial statements. Kyle should
a. Plan to audit the transactions during the next engagement
b. Recall all copies of the audited financial statements
c. Determine whether the lack of disclosure would affect the auditors report
d. Ask the client to disclose the transactions in subsequent interim statements
9. The auditor is most likely to discover omitted audit procedures during
a. Preparation of the management letter
b. Follow-up procedures performed in compliance with generally accepted auditing
standards
c. The conference held with the client prior to issuing the audit report
d. A post engagement review performed as part of the firms quality control
inspection program
10. When an investigation of the discovery of facts existing at the report date
confirms the existence of the fact and the auditor believes the information is
important to those relying or likely to rely on the financial statements, the auditor
should immediately:
a. Take steps to prevent future reliance on the audit report
b. Notify the SEC or other regulatory agency
c. Resign from the engagement
d. Take no action since the auditor is not responsible for such matters

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CHAPTER 15
1. Which of the following statement is not correct about the unmodified audit
report in the financial statement?
a. The auditors report shall include a section with a heading
Managements Responsibility for the financial statements
b. The auditors report shall include a section with a heading Auditors
Responsibility
c. The auditors report shall include a section with a heading Basis for
Opinion
d. The auditors report shall include a section with a heading Opinion
2. PSA 700 requires the auditors report to describe managements
responsibility for the financial statements. The description shall include an
explanation that management is responsible for the preparation of the
financial statements and
a. For selecting and applying appropriate accounting policies
b. For such internal control as it determines necessary to enable the
preparation of financial statement that are free from material
misstatement
c. For making accounting estimates that are reasonable in the
circumstances
d. Preventing collusion among employees
3. Which section of the auditors report gives a general description of opinion
a. Introductory paragraph
b. Auditors responsibility
c. Managements responsibility
d. Auditors Opinion
4. The auditors inability to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence may
arise from all of the following conditions, except
a. Restriction imposed my management on the scope of the audit
b. Limitations beyond the control of the entity
c. Limitations relating to the nature or timing of the auditors work
d. Restrictions on the disclosures in the financial statements
5. When an auditor expresses a qualified opinion due to a material
misstatement, the auditor shall include in the opinion paragraph
A description of material
misstatement
a.
b.
c.

Yes
Yes
No

A quantification of effects
of misstatement if
practicable
No
Yes
No

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d.

No

Yes

6. Which of the following is correct about Emphasis of a Matter paragraph

a. In a very rare circumstances, the Emphasis of a Matter paragraph
may be used as a substitute for a qualification of an opinion
b. An Emphasis of a Matter paragraph may be used to give emphasis to
as specific item that has not been appropriately disclosed in the notes
to the financial statements
c. An Emphasis of a Matter paragraph may be used to restrict the
distribution of the auditors report when examining special purpose
financial statements
d. An Emphasis of a Matter paragraph may be used to alert the readers
that the financial statement are presented in accordance with a special
purpose framework
7. Which of the following circumstances will least likely affect the auditors
opinion?
a. A client imposed scope limitation
b. A circumstance imposed scope limitations
c. Inadequacy of disclosure in the notes to financial statements
d. Uncertainty arises about entitys continued existence
8. When reporting on comparative financial statements where the financial
statements of the prior year have been examined by the predecessor auditor
whose report is not presented, the successor auditor should make
a. No reference to the predecessor auditor
b. Reference to the predecessor auditor only if the predecessor auditor
expressed a qualified opinion
c. Reference to the predecessor auditor only if the predecessor auditor
expressed an unmodified opinion
d. Reference to the predecessor auditor regardless of the type of opinion
expressed by the predecessor auditor
9. Which of the following best describes the auditors responsibility for other
information included in the annual report to the stockholders that contains
financial statements and the auditors report?
a. The auditor has no obligation to read the other information.
b. The auditor has no obligation to corroborate the other information but
should read it to determine whether it is materially inconsistent with
the financial statements
c. The auditor should extend the examination to the extent necessary to
verify the other information.
d. The auditor must modify the auditors report to state that the other
information is unaudited or not covered by the auditors report

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10.If the auditors report on audited financial statements contains an adverse or
disclaimer of opinion, the auditors report on the summary financial
statements should
a. Not have to indicate the fact that the auditors report on the audited
financial statements contains an adverse or disclaimer of opinion
b. Indicate the effect of such modification on the summary financial
statements
c. Indicate the basis for that opinion
d. Contain either an adverse or disclaimer of opinion on the summary
financial statements

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CHAPTER 16
1. Which of the following procedures should an auditor generally perform
regarding subsequent events?
a. Compare the latest available interim financial statements with the
financial statements being audited.
b. Send second requests to the clients customers who failed to respond
to initial account receivable confirmation request.
c. Communicate material weaknesses in the internal control structure to
the clients audit committee
d. Review the cut-off bank statements for several months after the yearend.
2. The procedures to identify events that may require adjustment of, or
disclosure in, the financial statements would be performed as near as
practicable to the date of the auditors report. These procedures would
ordinarily include the following except
a. Reviewing procedures management has established to ensure that
subsequent events are identified.
b. Reading minutes of the meetings of shareholders, the board of
directors and audit and executive committee held after period end and
inquiring about matters discussed at meetings for which minutes are
not yet available.
c. Testing the effectiveness of those internal control policies and
procedures that may have significantly changed in the subsequent
period.
d. Inquiring or extending previous oral or written inquiries, of the entitys
lawyers concerning litigation and claims.
3. Which of the following subsequent events will be least likely to result in an
adjustment to the financial statements?
a. Culmination of events affecting the realization of account receivable
owned as of the balance sheet date.
b. Culmination of events affecting the realization of inventories owned as
of the balance sheet date.
c. Material changes in the settlement of liabilities which were estimated
as of the balance sheet date.
d. Material changes in the quoted market prices of listed investment
securities since the balance sheet date.
4. Which of the following is not among the characteristics of the procedures
performed in completing the audit?

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a. They are optional since they have only an indirect impact on the
opinion to be expressed
b. They involve many subjective judgments by the auditor.
c. They are usually after the balance sheet date.
d. They are usually performed by audit managers or other senior
members of the audit team who have extensive audit experience with
the client.
5. Which of the following procedures would an auditor most likely perform to
obtain evidence about the occurrence of subsequent events?
a. Recomputing a sample of large-peso transactions occurring after yearend for arithmetic accuracy.
b. Investigating changes in stockholders equity occurring after year-end.
c. Inquiring of the entitys legal counsel concerning litigation, claims and
assessments arising after year-end.
d. Confirming ban accounts established after year-end.
6. A major customer of an audit client suffers a fire just prior to completion of
year-end field work. The audit client believes that this event could have a
significant direct effect on the financial statements. The auditor should
a. Advise management to disclose the event in notes to the financial
statements.
b. Disclose the event in the auditors report.
c. Withhold submission of the auditors report until the extent of the
direct effect on the financial statements is known.
d. Advise management to adjust the financial statements.
7. Which of the following statement about representation letter is not correct?
a. It is optional
b. It is addressed to the auditor
c. It confirms oral representation made by management
d. Its date should coincide with the date of the audit report.
8. Which of the following conditions or events most likely would cause an
auditor to have significant doubt about an entitys ability to continue as a
going concern??
a. Cash flow from operating activities are negative
b. Research and development projects are postponed
c. Significant related party transactions are pervasive
d. Stock dividends replace annual cash dividends
9. Analytical procedures in the overall review should be:
a. Applied to every item on the financial statement.
b. Performed by the partner or manager on the engagement
c. Based on financial statement data before all audit adjustments and
reclassification have been recognized.
d. Performed only when material misstatement is expected.

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10.After issuing a report, an auditor has no obligation to make continuing
inquiries or perform other procedures concerning the audited financial
statements, unless
a. Information, which existed at the report date and may affect the
report, comes to the auditors attention.
b. Management of the entity request the auditor to reissue the auditors
report
c. Information about an event that occurred after the end of fieldwork
comes to the auditors attention
d. Final determinations and resolutions are made of contingencies that
had been disclosed in the financial statements.

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1. Which of the following best describes a review service?
a. A review engagement focuses on providing advice in a three-party
contract.
b. A review engagement focuses on providing assurance on the internal
controls of a public company.
c. A review engagement focuses on providing limited assurance on financial
statements of a public company.
d. A review engagement focuses on providing on reasonable assurance on
the assertions contained in the financial statements of a public company.

2. When performing a review on financial statements, the CPA is required to

a. Apply analytical procedures and make inquiries from third parties by
sending confirmation letters.
b. Assess the effectiveness of the clients accounting and internal control
systems.
c. Obtain corroborative evidence to support managements responses to
inquiries.
d. Obtain understanding of the clients business and industry.

3. A review does not provide assurance that the CPA will become aware of all
significant matters that would be disclosed in an audit. However, if the CPA
becomes aware that information coming to his attention is incorrect,
incomplete, or otherwise unsatisfactory, he should
a. Withdraw immediately from the engagement
b. Perform additional procedures he deems necessary to achieve limited
assurance.
c. Perform a complete audit and issue a standard audit report with
appropriate qualifications.
d. Downgrade the engagement to a compilation and issue the appropriate
report

4. An agreed-upon procedures is one in which:

a. The auditor and management agree that the procedures will be applied to
all accounts and circumstances
b. The auditor and management agree that the procedures will not be
applied to all accounts and circumstances
c. The auditor and management or a third party agree that the engagement
will be limited to certain specific procedures.
d. The auditor and management or a third party agree that the auditor will
apply his or her judgment to determine procedures to be performed.

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5. Distribution of which of the following types of reports is limited?
a. Audit
b. Review
c. Agreed-upon procedures
d. Examination

6. Which of the following procedures would an accountant most likely perform in

a compilation engagement?
a. Collect, classify and summarize financial information
b. Apply analytical procedures
c. Assess risk components
d. Test the accounting records

7. A CPA should perform analytical procedures during engagement to

I.
Audit
II.
Review
III.
Compile
a. Yes, Yes, Yes
b. Yes, Yes, No
c. No, Yes, No
d. Yes, No, No

8. Which of the following is not one of the elements of an assurance

engagement?
a. Sufficient appropriate evidence
b. A subject matter
c. Suitable criteria
d. An opinion about whether the subject matter conform, in all material
respects, with identified criteria

9. In an engagement to examine prospective financial information, the auditor

should obtain sufficient appropriate evidence as to whether:
I.
Managements best estimate assumptions on which the prospective
financial information is based are not unreasonable and, in the case of
hypothetical assumptions, such assumptions are consistent with the
purpose of the information.
II.
The prospective financial information is properly prepared on the basis
of the assumptions.
III.
The prospective financial information is properly presented and all
material assumptions are adequately disclosed, including a clear
indication as to whether they are best-estimate assumptions or
hypothetical assumptions.

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IV.

a.
b.
c.
d.

The prospective financial information is prepared on a consistent basis

with historical financial statements, using appropriate accounting
principles.
I, II, III and IV
I, II and III
I and II
I, II and IV

10.The party responsible for assumptions identified in the preparation of

prospective financial statements is usually
a. A third-party lending institution
b. The clients management
c. The reporting accountant
d. The independent auditor