Midterm Exam

MIDTERM EXAM REVIEW: AUDIT FALL 2019 [Chapter 1-5 and Module B] Auditing & Assurance Services, 7e (Louwers) Chapter 1 Auditing and Assurance Services 1) The audit objective that all transactions and accounts that should be presented in the financial statements are in fact included is related to which of the PCAOB assertions? A) Existence. B) Rights and obligations. C) Completeness. D) Valuation. Answer: C 2) Cutoff tests designed to detect purchases made before the end of the year that have been recorded in the subsequent year provide assurance about management's assertion of: A) presentation and disclosure. B) completeness. C) rights and obligations. D) existence. Answer: B 3) During an audit of an entity's stockholders' equity accounts, the auditor determines whether there are restrictions on retained earnings resulting from loans, agreements, or state law. This audit procedure most likely is intended to verify management's assertion of: A) existence or occurrence. B) completeness. C) valuation or allocation. D) presentation and disclosure. Answer: D 4) The confirmation of an account payable balance selected from the general ledger provides primary evidence regarding which management assertion? A) Completeness. B) Valuation. C) Allocation. D) Existence. Answer: D 5) What type of evidence would provide the highest level of assurance in an attestation engagement? A) Evidence secured solely from within the entity. B) Evidence obtained from independent sources. C) Evidence obtained indirectly. D) Evidence obtained from multiple internal inquiries. Contact: Answer: B 6) Which of the following management assertions is an auditor most likely testing if the audit objective states that all inventory on hand is reflected in the ending inventory balance? A) The entity has rights to the inventory. B) Inventory is properly valued. C) Inventory is properly presented in the financial statements. D) Inventory is complete. Answer: D 7) An auditor traces the serial numbers on equipment to a nonissuer's sub-ledger. Which of the following management assertions is supported by this test? A) Valuation and allocation. B) Completeness. C) Rights and obligations. D) Presentation and disclosure. Answer: B 8) An auditor has substantial doubt about the entity's ability to continue as a going concern for a reasonable period of time because of negative cash flows and working capital deficiencies. Under these circumstances, the auditor would be most concerned about the: A) control environment factors that affect the organizational structure. B) correlation of detection risk and inherent risk. C) effectiveness of the entity's internal control activities. D) possible effects on the entity's financial statements. Answer: D 9) Which of the following types of audit evidence provides the least assurance of reliability? A) Receivable confirmations received from the client's customers. B) Prenumbered receiving reports completed by the client's employees. C) Prior months' bank statements obtained from the client. D) Municipal property tax bills prepared in the client's name. Answer: B 10) Which of the following is a management assertion regarding account balances at the period end? A) Transactions and events that have been recorded have occurred and pertain to the entity. B) Transactions and events have been recorded in the proper accounts. C) The entity holds or controls the rights to assets, and liabilities are obligations of the entity. D) Amounts and other data related to the transactions and events have been recorded appropriately. Answer: C 11) A practitioner is engaged to express an opinion on management's assertion that the square footage of a warehouse offered for sale is 150,000 square feet. The practitioner should refer to which of the following sources for professional guidance? A) Statement of Auditing Standards. B) Statements on Standards for Attestation Engagements. C) Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services. D) Statements on Standards for Consulting Services. Answer: B 12) In auditing the long-term debt account, an auditor's procedures most likely would focus primarily on management's assertion of: A) existence. B) completeness. C) allocation. D) rights and obligations. Answer: B 13) An auditor selected items for test counts from the client's warehouse during the physical inventory observation. The auditor then traced these test counts into the detailed inventory listing that ultimately agreed to the financial statements. This procedure most likely provided evidence concerning management's assertion of: A) completeness. B) valuation. C) presentation and disclosure. D) existence. E) rights and obligations. Answer: A 14) An auditor selected items from the client's detailed inventory listing (that agreed to the financial statements). During the physical inventory observation, the auditor then found each item selected and counted the number of units on hand. Assuming that the amount on hand was the same as the amount in the client's detailed inventory listing, this procedure most likely would provide evidence concerning management's assertion of: A) completeness. B) valuation. C) presentation and disclosure. D) existence. E) rights and obligations. Answer: D 15) According to PCAOB Auditing Standard No. 2201 (AS 2201), the auditor should identify significant accounts and disclosures and their relevant assertions. Which of the following financial statement assertions is not explicitly identified in AS 2201? A) Completeness. B) Valuation or allocation. C) Accuracy. D) Existence or occurrence. E) All of these are assertions identified in AS 5. Answer: C 16) When testing the completeness assertion for a liability account, an auditor ordinarily works from the: A) financial statements to the potentially unrecorded items. B) potentially unrecorded items to the financial statements. C) accounting records to the supporting evidence. D) trial balance to the subsidiary ledger. Answer: B 17) If an auditor is performing procedures related to the information that is contained in the client's pension footnote, he/she is most likely to obtain evidence concerning management's assertion about: A) rights and obligations. B) existence. C) valuation. D) presentation and disclosure. Answer: D 18) Which of the following questions would be inappropriate for an auditor to ask a client when exhibiting an appropriate level of professional skepticism while completing an audit procedure related to the internal control system? A) What can go wrong in this process? B) Which of your employees is a fraudster? C) What else is important to know about this process? D) What happens when a key employee goes on vacation? Answer: B 19) To be proficient as an auditor, a person must first be able to accomplish which of these tasks in a decision-making process? A) Identify audit evidence relevant to the verification of assertions management makes in its unaudited financial statements and notes. B) Formulate evidence-gathering procedures (audit plan) designed to obtain sufficient, competent evidence about assertions management makes in financial statements and notes. C) Recognize the financial assertions made in management's financial statements and footnotes. D) Evaluate the evidence produced by the performance of procedures and decide whether management's assertions conform to generally accepted accounting principles and reality. Answer: C 20) Which of the following is an underlying condition that in part creates the demand by users for reliable information? A) Economic transactions that are numerous and complex. B) Decisions that are time-sensitive. C) Users separated from accounting records by distance and time. D) Financial decisions that are important to investors and users. E) All of these. Answer: E 21) Which of the following is not included in the American Accounting Association (AAA) definition of auditing? A) Potential conflict of interest. B) Systematic process. C) Assertions about economic actions. D) Established criteria. Answer: A 22) What is the term used to identify the risk that the client's financial statements may be materially false and misleading? A) Business risk. B) Information risk. C) Client risk. D) Risk assessment. Answer: B 23) Which of the following is not a recommendation usually made following the completion of an operational audit? A) Economic and efficient use of resources. B) Effective achievement of business objectives. C) Attesting to the fairness of the financial statements. D) Compliance with company policies. Answer: C 24) In order to be considered as external auditors with respect to government agencies, GAO auditors must be: A) organizationally independent. B) empowered as the accounting and auditing agency by the U.S. Congress. C) funded by the federal government. D) guided by standards similar to GAAS. Answer: A 25) Which of the following is the essential purpose of the audit function? A) Detection of fraud. B) Examination of individual transactions to certify as to their validity. C) Determination of whether the client's financial statement assertions are fairly stated. D) Assurance of the consistent application of correct accounting procedures. Answer: C 26) The audit objective that all the transactions and accounts presented in the financial statements represent real assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses is related most closely to which of the PCAOB assertions? A) Existence or occurrence. B) Rights and obligations. C) Completeness. D) Presentation and disclosure. Answer: A 27) The audit objective that all transactions are recorded in the proper period is related most closely to which of the Audit Standards Board (ASB) transaction assertions? A) Occurrence. B) Completeness. C) Cutoff. D) Accuracy. Answer: C 28) The audit objective that all transactions are recorded in the proper account is related most closely to which one of the ASB transaction assertions? A) Occurrence. B) Completeness. C) Accuracy. D) Classification. Answer: D 29) The audit objective that all balances include items owned by the client is related most closely to which one of the ASB balance assertions? A) Existence. B) Rights and obligations. C) Completeness. D) Valuation. Answer: B 30) The audit objective that all balances include all items that should be recorded in that account is related most closely to which one of the ASB balance assertions? A) Existence. B) Rights and obligations. C) Completeness. D) Valuation. Answer: C 31) The audit objective that footnotes in the financial statements should be clear and expressed such that the information is easily conveyed to the readers of the financial statements is related most closely with which of the ASB presentation and disclosure assertions? A) Occurrence. B) Rights and obligations. C) Comprehensibility. D) Understandability. Answer: D 32) The department at Omni Company built a piece of equipment in the company's own shop for use in the company's operations. The auditor reviewed all work orders that were capitalized as part of the equipment costs. Which of the following is the ASB transaction assertion most closely related to the auditor's testing? A) Occurrence. B) Completeness. C) Accuracy. D) Classification. Answer: D 33) The engineering department at Omni Company built a piece of equipment in the company's own shop for use in the company's operations. When looking at the ending balance for the fixed asset account the auditor examined all work orders, purchased materials, labor cost reports, and applied overhead that were capitalized as part of the equipment costs. Which of the following is the ASB balance assertion most closely related to the auditor's testing? A) Existence. B) Completeness. C) Rights and obligations. D) Valuation. Answer: D