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Chapter 1—Auditing and Internal Control
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1. Corporate management (including the CEO) must certify monthly and annually their
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organization‟s internal controls over financial reporting.
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2. Both the SEC and the PCAOB require management to use the COBIT framework for assessing
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internal control adequacy.
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3. Both the SEC and the PCAOB require management to use the COSO framework for assessing
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internal control adequacy.
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4. A qualified opinion on management‟s assessment of internal controls over the financial reporting
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system necessitates a qualified opinion on the financial statements?
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5. The same internal control objectives apply to manual and computer-based information systems.
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6. The external auditor is responsible for establishing and maintaining the internal control system.
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7. Segregation of duties is an example of an internal control procedure.
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8. Preventive controls are passive techniques designed to reduce fraud.
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9. A key modifying assumption in internal control is that the internal control system is the
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responsibility of management.
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10. While the Sarbanes-Oxley Act prohibits auditors from providing non-accounting services to their
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audit clients, they are not prohibited from performing such services for non-audit clients or
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privately held companies.
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11. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires the audit committee to hire and oversee the external auditors.
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12. Section 404 requires that corporate management (including the CEO) certify their organization‟s
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internal controls on a quarterly and annual basis.
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13. Section 302 requires the management of public companies to assess and formally report
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on the effectiveness of their organization‟s internal controls.
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14. Application controls apply to a wide range of exposures that threaten the integrity of all
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programs processed within the computer environment.
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15. Advisory services is an emerging field that goes beyond the auditor‟s traditional attestation function.
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16. An IT auditor expresses an opinion on the fairness of the financial statements.
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17. External auditing is an independent appraisal function established within an organization to examine
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and evaluate its activities as a service to the organization.
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18. External auditors can cooperate with and use evidence gathered by internal audit departments
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that are organizationally independent and that report to the Audit Committee of the Board of
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