Exam 8: Audit Planning and Materiality

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To maximize audit efficiency, the auditor should allocate less tolerable misstatement to accounts that can be verified by using low-cost audit procedures, such as analytical procedures, than to accounts that are more costly to audit.

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An auditor must evaluate a specialist's professional qualifications and understand the objectives of the specialist's work.

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Question 102

Once the auditor has made a preliminary judgment about materiality, the auditor may change that judgement during the audit.

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Question 103

Most practitioners allocate the preliminary judgment about materiality to both the balance sheet and income statement accounts.

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Question 104

Discuss the factors an auditor should consider before accepting a company as an audit client.

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Auditors generally allocate the preliminary judgment about materiality to the

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Question 106

Materiality does not depend on the decisions of users who rely on the statements to make the decisions.

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Which of the following is a correct statement regarding performance materiality?

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Question 108

When may the auditor refer to a specialist in the audit report?

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Question 109

The auditor uses knowledge gained from the understanding of the client's business and industry to assess

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Question 110

CPA firms can establish policy guidelines to help their auditors determine materiality.

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Question 111

Which of the following is the primary basis used to decide materiality for a profit-oriented entity?

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Question 112

When allocating performance materiality,

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Question 113

The five steps in applying materiality are listed below in random order. 1. Estimate the combined misstatement. 2) Estimate the total misstatement in the segment. 3) Set materiality for the financial statements as a whole. 4) Determine performance materiality. 5) Compare combined estimate with preliminary judgment about materiality. The first three steps in correct sequence would be

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Question 114

Auditors should understand client objectives related to

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Question 115

The preliminary audit strategy

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Question 116

The risk of material misstatement is the risk that the financial statements contain a material misstatement due to fraud or error prior to the audit.

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Question 117

Transactions with related parties must be disclosed in the financial statements if they are deemed to be material.

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Question 118

Auditing standards recommend, but do not require, that auditors obtain an understanding with the client in an engagement letter approved by the audit committee of public companies.

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Question 119

Given the extensive use of third-party vendors for a variety of information technology-related services, management must obtain greater knowledge regarding these suppliers, not the auditor, when performing their risk assessment procedures.

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Exam 8: Audit Planning and Materiality

To maximize audit efficiency, the auditor should allocate less tolerable misstatement to accounts that can be verified by using low-cost audit procedures, such as analytical procedures, than to accounts that are more costly to audit.

An auditor must evaluate a specialist's professional qualifications and understand the objectives of the specialist's work.

Once the auditor has made a preliminary judgment about materiality, the auditor may change that judgement during the audit.

Most practitioners allocate the preliminary judgment about materiality to both the balance sheet and income statement accounts.

Discuss the factors an auditor should consider before accepting a company as an audit client.

Auditors generally allocate the preliminary judgment about materiality to the

Materiality does not depend on the decisions of users who rely on the statements to make the decisions.

Which of the following is a correct statement regarding performance materiality?

When may the auditor refer to a specialist in the audit report?

The auditor uses knowledge gained from the understanding of the client's business and industry to assess

CPA firms can establish policy guidelines to help their auditors determine materiality.

Which of the following is the primary basis used to decide materiality for a profit-oriented entity?

When allocating performance materiality,

Auditors should understand client objectives related to

The preliminary audit strategy

The risk of material misstatement is the risk that the financial statements contain a material misstatement due to fraud or error prior to the audit.

Transactions with related parties must be disclosed in the financial statements if they are deemed to be material.

Auditing standards recommend, but do not require, that auditors obtain an understanding with the client in an engagement letter approved by the audit committee of public companies.

Given the extensive use of third-party vendors for a variety of information technology-related services, management must obtain greater knowledge regarding these suppliers, not the auditor, when performing their risk assessment procedures.

The Demand for Audit and Other Assurance Services

The CPA Profession

Audit Reports

Professional Ethics

Legal Liability

Audit Responsibilities and Objectives

Audit Evidence

Assessing the Risk of Material Misstatement

Fraud Auditing

Internal Control and Coso Framework

Assessing Control Risk and Reporting on Internal Controls

Overall Audit Strategy and Audit Program

Audit of the Sales and Collection Cycle: Tests of Controls

Audit Sampling for Tests of Controls and Substantive Tests of Transactions

Completing the Tests in the Sales and Collection Cycle: Accounts Receivable

Audit Sampling for Tests of Details of Balances

Audit of the Acquisition and Payment Cycle: Tests of Controls, Substantive Tests of Transactions, and Accounts Payable

Completing the Tests in the Acquisition and Payment Cycle: Verification of Selected Accounts

Audit of the Payroll and Personnel Cycle

Audit of the Inventory and Warehousing Cycle

Audit of the Capital Acquisition and Repayment Cycle

Audit of Cash and Financial Instruments

Completing the Audit

Other Assurance Services

Internal and Governmental Financial Auditing and Operational Auditing

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