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Auditing & Assurance Services


TEST BANK Auditing & Assurance
Services: A Systematic Approach,12th
Edition by Messier
Chapters 1-21

Chapterj1:jAnjIntroductionjtojAssurancejandjFinancialjStatementjAuditing

Chapterj2:jThejFinancialjStatementjAuditingjEnvironment

Chapterj3:jAuditjPlanning,jTypesjofjAuditjTests,jandjMateriality

Chapterj4:jRiskjAssessment

Chapterj5:jEvidencejandjDocumentation

Chapterj6:jInternaljControljinjajFinancialjStatementjAudit

Chapterj7:jAuditingjInternaljControljoverjFinancialjReporting

Chapterj8:jAuditjSampling:jAnjOverviewjandjApplicationjtojTestsjofjControls

Chapterj9:jAuditjSampling:jAnjApplicationjtojSubstantivejTestsjofjAccountjBalances

Chapterj10:jAuditingjthejRevenuejProcess

Chapterj11:jAuditingjthejPurchasingjProcess

Chapterj12:jAuditingjthejHumanjResourcejManagementjProcess

Chapterj13:jAuditingjthejInventoryjManagementjProcess

Chapterj14:jAuditingjthejFinancing/InvestingjProcess:jPrepaidjExpenses,jIntangiblejAssets,jandjP
rope rty,jPlant,jandjEquipment

Chapterj15:jAuditingjthejFinancing/InvestingjProcess:jLong-
TermjLiabilities,jStockholders’jEquity,jandjIncomejStatementjAccounts

Chapterj16:jAuditingjthejFinancing/InvestingjProcess:jCashjandjInvestments

Chapterj17:jCompletingjthejAuditjEngagement

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Chapterj18:jReportsjonjAuditedjFinancialjStatements

Chapterj19:jProfessionaljConduct,jIndependence,jandjQualityjManagement

Chapterj20:jLegaljLiability

Chapterj21:jAssurance,jAttestation,jandjInternaljAuditingjServices




Chapterj01j

AnjIntroductionjtojAssurancejandjFinancialjStatementjAuditing


Truej/jFalsejQuestions


1. Independencejstandardsjarejrequiredjforjauditsjofjpublicjcompanies,jbutjnotjforjau
ditsjofjprivatejcompanies.

True False

2. Decisionjmakersjdemandjreliablejinformationjthatjisjprovidedjbyjaccountants.

True False

3. Informationjasymmetryjseldomjoccurs.

True False

4. Conflictsjofjinterestjoftenjoccurjbetweenjabsenteejownersjandjmanagers.

True False

5. Auditingjservicesjandjattestationjservicesjarejthejsame.

True False

6. Auditingjisjajtypejofjattestjservice.

True False

7. Testingjalljtransactionsjthatjoccurredjduringjthejperiodjisjcostjprohibitive.

True False

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MultiplejChoicejQuestions
8. Whyjdojauditorsjgenerallyjusejajsamplingjapproachjtojevidencejgathering?



A. Auditorsjarejexpertsjandjdojnotjneedjtojlookjatjmuchjtojknowjwhetherjthejfi
nanci
aljstatementsjarejcorrectjorjnot.
B. Auditorsjmustjbalancejthejcostjofjthejauditjwithjthejneedjfo
rjprecision.
C. Auditorsjmustjlimitjtheirjexposurejtojtheirjauditeejtojmaintainj
independence.
D. Thejauditor'sjrelationshipjwithjthejauditeejisjgenerallyjadversarial,jsojthejau
ditorj
willjnotjhavejaccessjtojalljofjthejfinancialjinformationjofjthejcompany.

9. Whichjofjthejfollowingjstatementsjbestjdescribesjajrelationshipjbetweenjsamplejsizej
andjotherjelementsjofjauditing?


A. Ifjmaterialityjincreases,jsojwilljthej samplejsize.
B. Ifjthejdesiredjleveljofjassurancejincreases,jsamplejsizesjcanj bejsmaller.
C. Ifjmaterialityjdecreases,jsamplejsizejwilljneedjt ojincrease.
D. Therejisjnojrelationshipjbetweenjsamplejsizejandjmaterialityjorjthejdesiredjl
e
veljofjassurance.

10. WhichjofjthejfollowingjstatementsjaboutjthejstudyjofjauditingjisjNOTjtrue?


A. Thejstudyjofjauditingjcanjbejvaluablejtojfuturejaccountantsjandjbusinessjdec
isi onjmakersjwhetherjorjnotjtheyjplanjtojbecomejauditors.
B. Thejstudyjofjauditingjfocusesjonjlearningjthejanalyticaljandjlogicaljskillsjne
cessary jtojevaluatejthejrelevancejandjreliabilityjofjinformation.
C. Thejstudyjofjauditingjfocusesjonjlearningjthejrules,jtechniques,jandjcomputa
tion sjrequiredjtojanalyzejfinancialjstatements.
D. Thejstudyjofjauditingjbeginsjwithjthejunderstandingjofjajcoherentjlogicaljfra
mewo
rkjandjtechniquesjusefuljforjgatheringjandjanalyzingjevidencejaboutjothers'j
asse rtions.

11. Thejbasicjpurposejofjajfinancialjstatementjauditjisjto

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Detectj fraud.
A.
Examinejindividualjtransactionsjsojthatjthejauditorjmayjcertifyjasj
B.
tojtheirjvalidity.
C. Providejassurancejregardingjwhetherjthejauditee'sjfinancialjstatementsj
arejfairlyjstated.
D. Assurejthejconsistentjapplicationjofjcorrectjaccountin gjprocedures.
12. Assurancejservicesjmayjimprovejalljofjthejfollowingjexcept



A. Relevan cje.
B. Credibili tjy.
C. Periodicitj
y.
D. Reliabili tjy.

13. Evidencejisjreliablejifjit


A. Signalsjthejtruejstatejofjajmanageme ntjassertion.
B. Appliesjtojthejperiodjbei ngjaudited.
C. Relatesjtojthejauditjassertionjbein gjtested.
D. Isjconsistentjwithjmanagement' sjassertions.

14. Whichjofjthejfollowingjbestjdescribesjthejconceptjofjauditjrisk?


A. Thejriskjofjthejauditorjbeingjsuedjbecausejofjassociationjwi thjanjauditee.
B. Thejriskjthatjthejauditorjwilljprovidejaj"clean"jopinionjonjfinancialjstateme
ntsjth atjare,jinjfact,jmateriallyjmisstated.
C. Thejoveralljriskjthatjajmaterialjmisstatementjexistsjinjthejfinancialj
statements.
D. Thejriskjthatjauditorsjusejauditjproceduresjthatjar ejinappropriate.

15. Anjauditorjwhojacceptsjanjauditjengagementjandjdoesjnotjpossessjexpertisej
withjrespectjtojthejbusinessjentity'sjindustry,jshould


Engagejfinancialjexpertsjfamiliarjwithjthejnaturejofjt hejbusinessjentity.
A.
Obtainjajknowledgejofjmattersjthatjrelatejtojthejnaturejofjt
B.
hejentity'sjbusiness.
C. ReferjajsubstantialjportionjofjthejauditjtojanotherjCPA,jwhojwilljactjasjt
hejprincipaljauditor.
D. Firstjinformjmanagementjthatjanjunqualifiedjopinionjcann otjbejissued.
16. Forjpubliclyheldjcompanies,jwhichjofjthejfollowingjisjintegratedjintojthejauditjofjfinancialjs
t atements?