Review Questions Flashcards
(105 cards)
Which of the following areas of professional responsibility should be observed by a CPA not in public practice?
Independence
CPA not in public practice need not adhere to the independence standards but must adhere to the objectivity standards.
Within the context of quality control, a primary purpose of the engagement performance element is to help ensure that
Engagements are adequately supervised.
On June 1, 20X8, a CPA obtained a $100,000 personal loan from a financial institution client for whom the CPA provided compilation services. The loan was fully secured and considered material to the CPA’s net worth. The CPA paid the loan in full on December 31, 20X9. On April 3, 20X9, the client asked the CPA to audit the client’s financial statements for the year ended December 31, 20X9. Is the CPA considered independent with respect to the audit of the client’s December 31, 20X9 financial statements?
Yes, because the CPA was not required to be independent at the time the loan was granted.
Independence was not required at the time the loan was obtained, and because it is fully secured it is grandfathered by the Code of Professional Conduct.
The auditor with final responsibility for an engagement and one of the assistants have a difference of opinion about the results of an auditing procedure. If the assistant believes it is necessary to be disassociated from the matter’s resolution, the CPA firm’s procedures should enable the assistant to
Document the details of the disagreement with the conclusion reached.
The quality control standards require documentation of the considerations involved in the resolution of differences of opinion.
Should an auditor communicate the following matters to an independent audit committee of a public entity?
both significant audit adjustments and management’s consultation with other accountants about significant accounting matters should be communicated to an audit committee.
Which of the following representations should not be included in a report on internal control related matters noted in an audit?
There are no significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal control.
Which of the following procedures would an auditor most likely perform in planning a financial statement audit?
Comparing the financial statements to anticipated results
Analytical procedures are required to be performed during planning and the comparison of actual to budget is a commonly performed analytical procedure.
Which of the following most likely would be considered an inherent limitation of the potential effectiveness of an entity’s internal control?
Management override.
Mistakes in judgment.
Collusion among employees
Which of the following are correct concerning the likelihood of loss and the potential amount involved with a material weakness?
Likelihood of loss- Reasonable possibility
Potential amount involved- Material
An auditor should obtain sufficient knowledge of an entity’s information system to understand the
Process used to prepare significant accounting estimates.
It also states that this knowledge is obtained to help the auditor to understand (1) the entity’s classes of transactions, (2) how transactions are initiated, (3) the accounting records and support, and (4) the accounting processing involved from initiation of a transaction to its inclusion in the financial statements
Which of the following is not a threat to compliance that a MIB would generally have to worry about?
An independence threat that arose because an external auditor was threatened with having his firm fired from an audit engagement by the client’s CFO.
MIBS do not do attest work and therefore do not need to worry about independence threats.
Must a CPA in public practice be independent in fact and appearance when providing the following services?
an accountant need not be independent to provide compilation services or prepare tax returns.
The most likely explanation why the auditor’s examination cannot reasonably be expected to bring noncompliance with all laws by the client to the auditor’s attention is that
Illegal acts by clients often relate to operating aspects rather than accounting aspects.
Which of the following matters would an auditor most likely consider to be a material weakness to be communicated to those charged with governance of an audit client?
Ineffective oversight of financial reporting by those charged with governance.
Analytical procedures are required for which of the following?
Analytical procedures are required (1) as a risk assessment procedure relating to audit planning and (2) near the end of the audit.
Analytical procedures may be performed as substantive procedures, they are not required.
Professional standards indicate that analytical procedures are most effective when they are applied to plausible and predictable relationships, often involving income statement accounts.
Which of the following nonfinancial information would an auditor most likely consider in performing analytical procedures during risk assessment?
Square footage of selling space.
The square footage of selling space may be used in considering the overall reasonableness of sales.
An auditor’s letter issued on significant deficiencies relating to an entity’s internal control observed during a financial statement audit should
(1) indicate that the audit’s purpose was to report on the financial statements and not to express an opinion on internal control,
(2) include the definition of a significant deficiency, and (3) restrict distribution of the report.
Which of the following is the most important consideration of an auditor when examining the stockholders’ equity section of a client’s balance sheet?
Auditor’s primary concern when examining the stockholders’ equity section of the balance sheet is that proper authorization exists for transactions affecting the capital stock account.
If, during an audit, the successor auditor becomes aware of information that may indicate that financial statements reported on by the predecessor auditor may require revision, the successor auditor should
Ask the client to arrange a meeting among the three parties to discuss the information and attempt to resolve the matter.
Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 requires each annual report of an issuer to include which of the following?
Management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting.
Which of the following statement is correct concerning analytical procedures used during risk assessment in an audit engagement?
They usually use financial and nonfinancial data aggregated at a high level.
Which of the following ratios would an engagement partner most likely consider in the overall review stage of an audit?
Cost of goods sold/average inventory
Represents the turnover of inventory and provides information related to inventory valuation.
Quality control for a CPA firm, as referred to in Statements on Quality Control Standards, applies to
Auditing and accounting and review services
Which of the following factors most likely would influence an auditor’s determination of the auditability of an entity’s financial statements?
The adequacy of the accounting records.