0.5points eBook Item 8 Independent auditors of financial statements perform audits that reduce: Multiple Choice business risks faced by investors. timeliness of financial statements. information risk faced by investors. complexity of financial statements.
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21. Which of the following is not a consideration when the auditor is attempting to assess the inherent risk? A. Nature of the client's business. B. Existence of related parties. C. Frequency and intensity of top management review. D. Susceptibility to defalcation. 22. Inherent risk is reduced when the likelihood of defalcations is low. This would be true for an account such as: A. Property, plant and equipment. B. Held for trading securities. C. Cash. D. Accounts receivable. 23. Which of the following is an incorrect statement? A. Detection risk is a function of the effectiveness of an auditing procedure and its application. B. Detection risk arises partly from uncertainties that exist when the auditor does not examine 100 percent of the population. C. Detection risk arises partly because of other uncertainties that exist even if the auditor were to examine 100 percent of the population. D. Detection risk exists independently of the audit of the financial statements. 24. Which of the following pertains to detection risk? A. An entity's asset custodian and record-keeping function for cash are handled by one process owner. B. An entity operates in a highly complex business environment. C. An auditor uses substantive analytical procedures instead of tests of balances. D. None of the above. 25. Which of the following statements is correct concerning an auditor's assessment of control risk? A. Assessing control risk may be performed concurrently during an audit with obtaining an understanding of the entity's internal control. B. Evidence about the operation of internal control in prior audits may not be considered during the current year's assessment of control risk. C. The basis for an auditor's conclusions about the assessed level of control risk need not be documented unless control risk is assessed at the maximum level. D. The lower the assessed level of control risk, the less assurance the evidence must provide that the control procedures are operating effectively.
Madhur L.
The report produced by the auditor should be the first thing that a user of a financial report reads. It is only having read the audit report that the user can have any confidence that the contents of the financial report are a reasonable representation of the financial position and performance of the company. In order to understand what comfort the audit report gives, any user must understand what an audit is, the role of the auditor and the role played by management and the board of directors of the company. The amount of information included in the auditor's report has increased in recent years in an attempt to reduce the expectation gap. Required (a) Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the standardisation of audit reports. (b) Explain the following components of an auditor's report and discuss why they are important: (i) auditor's and directors' responsibilities. (ii) independence. (iii) audit opinion.
Akash M.
TRUE OR FALSE When sampling is used by an auditor, an element of uncertainty is present in the auditor's conclusion. When evaluating the results of specific items selected for testing, its effects must be projected to the whole population. In performing external confirmations, the management prepares the requests and receives and replies for communication to the auditor. As the use of going concern assumption is always relevant un audit, the auditor shall evaluate whether uncertainty exists as the company's ability to continue as going concern. Adverse key financial ratios and negative operating cash flows are some events that may cast doubt about the going concern of a company. In searching for unrecorded liabilities, the population of audit interest is the schedule of accounts payable at period end. Audit sampling refers to the application of audit procedures to less than 100% of the items in an account balance or class of transactions for the purpose of evaluating some of its characteristics. If written management representations are not provided, the auditor shall assess the possible effects on the auditor's opinion. If the detection risk is at above minimum level, less effective audit procedures may applied. The addressee of the representation letter Is the intended users of the financial statements.
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