Test 2 Flashcards

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Fraud Schemes uncovered by the SEC and PCAOB

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2
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(True / False) Current U.S. auditing standards do not require the confirmation of accounts receivable if the accounts receivable balance is not material.

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True

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3
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(True / False) Auditors usually perform relatively limited substantive analytical procedures for cash accounts but instead focus on substantive test of details.

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True

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4
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(True / False) The auditor may discover evidence of lapping by preparing an interbank transfer schedule.

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False

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5
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(Management Assertion) Review for significant transactions with related parties.

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Presentation & Disclosure

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6
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(Management Assertion) Trace a sample of shipping documents to the sales journal.

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Completeness

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7
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(Management Assertion) Review the client’s process for estimating uncollectible accounts receivable.

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Valuation / Allocation

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8
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(Management Assertion) Verify if any tangible assets have been pledged as collateral.

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Rights & Obligations

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9
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(Management Assertion) Observe / test the client’s annual physical inventory of finished goods.

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Existence / Occurrence

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10
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(Management Assertion) Send confirmations to customers for a sample of accounts receivable.

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Existence / Occurrence

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11
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(Management Assertion) Determine the client’s intent to hold or sell marketable securities.

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Presentation & Disclosure

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12
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(Management Assertion) Examine a sample of payments to vendors made after year-end.

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Completeness

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13
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(Management Assertion) ​Complete analytical review to identify any slow-moving inventory items.

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Valuation / Allocation

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14
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(Management Assertion) Reperform the client’s reconciliations of significant bank accounts.

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Valuation / Allocation

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15
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What is the technique used to cover up embezzlement of cash? Employee steals a payment from one customer, and covers it up by using payments from another customer to disguise the theft.

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Lapping

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16
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Type of fraud that occurs when an employee makes a sale but does not record it, and steals the cash.

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Skimming

17
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Fraudulent cash scheme to overstate cash assets at year-end by showing the same cash in two different bank accounts.

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Kiting

18
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Associated with the extraction of natural resources

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Depletion expense

19
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The process of expensing acquisition cost minus the residual value of intangible assets over their estimated useful economic life

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Amortization expense

20
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Management’s recognition that a significant portion of fixed assets is no longer as productive as had originally been expected

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Asset impairment

21
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A statement for a period of time after year-end determined by client and auditor (usually two weeks)

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Bank Cutoff Statements

22
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A standard confirmation sent to all banks with which the client had business during the year. Used to obtain information about year-end cash balance and additional information about loans outstanding.

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Bank Confirmation

23
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Audit document listing all transfers between client bank accounts. Starts shortly before year-end and continues for a short period after year-end. The purpose is to assure that cash in transit is not recorded twice.

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Bank transfer schedule

24
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Inventory control that physical counts the inventory

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Periodic inventory system

25
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Inventory control that counts the inventory cycle

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Perpetual inventory system

26
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3 Items of the three-way match

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  1. Vendor Invoice
  2. Purchase Order
  3. Receiving Report
27
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Physical Inventory Procedures

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28
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Physical Inventory Procedures

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29
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Physical Inventory Procedures

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30
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Physical Inventory Procedures

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31
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Physical Inventory Procedures

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32
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Audit Procedures for Inventory Obsolescence

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33
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Audit Procedures for Inventory Obsolescence

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34
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Search for Unrecorded Liabilities

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