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State with reasons (in short) whether the following statements are correct or incorrect
(a) The terms of audit engagement can restrict the scope of an audit. ·
(b) It is the function of an audit to establish that payments have been made validly to the
persons who are shown to be recipients.
(c) Letter of Representations received from Management relieve the auditors of their
responsibility.
(d) Stratified sampling method involves dividing the whole population to be tested in a few
separate groups.
(e) There is a very thin difference between advocacy threats and intimidation threats to an auditor while performing his duty
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- 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…In an audit sampling application, an auditora. Performs procedures on all items in a balance and makes a conclusion about the entirebalance.b. Performs procedures on less than 100 percent of the items in a balance and formulates aconclusion about the entire balance.c. Performs procedures on less than 100 percent of the items in a class of transactions tobecome familiar with the client’s accounting system.d. Performs analytical procedures on the client’s unaudited financial statements when planning the audit.s1: The only way to know with certainty whether a sample Is representative is to subsequently audit the entire population. s2: One way to control sampling risk is to increase the sample size. s3: Sampling risk results from the auditor's failure to recognize exceptions in transaction data. A. all statements are true b. all statements are false c. s1 and s2 are true d. s1 and s3 are true
- TRUE OR FALSE When evaluating the results of specific items selected for testing, its effects must be projected to the whole population. Audit sampling refers to the application of audit procedures to less than 100% of the items in account balance or class of transactions for the purpose of evaluating some of its characteristics. In performing external confirmations, the management prepares the requests and receives and replies for communication to the auditor. One of the ways to gain knowledge of any lirigations and claims is through an examination of professional or legal expenses and related source documents. Related parties generally unreliable in nature which leads to the auditor performing procedures to examine transactions with them.S1: Stratification in audit sampling enables the auditor to direct his efforts towards the items he considers would potentially contain the greater monetary error. S2: When performing substantive procedures, an account balance or class of transactions is often stratified by monetary value. a. BOTH STATEMENTS ARE TRUE b. BOTH STATEMENTS ARE FALSE c. ONLY S1 IS TRUE d. ONLY S2 IS TRUEIn non-statistical sampling, _______. the auditor determines samples size, sample selection methods, and evaluates the sample results on the basis of the professional judgment and the auditor’s own experience. the auditor determines samples size, sample selection methods, and evaluates the sample results entirely on the basis of predetermined statistical parameters. the auditor uses the internal audit function to gather samples the auditor selects a sample of certain balance sheet accounts and exclusively audits them If an auditor wishes to draw attention to important information that is already presented or disclosed in the financial statements, the auditor would include a _______. qualified opinion disclaimer of opinion emphasis-of-matter paragraph scope limitation paragraph _______ are used near the end of the audit to assist the auditor in forming an overall conclusion about whether the financial statements…
- Which of the following statements is not true with respect to nonstatistical sampling?a. It cannot be used in an audit conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards.b. It considers a number of factors in determining the appropriate sample size.c. When using it, an individual makes some estimate of the characteristic of interest.d. It requires the use of judgment on the part of the individual performing the sampling application.When making a decision about the dollar amount in an account balance based on a sample, the audit team considers the risk of incorrect acceptance to be more serious than the risk of incorrect rejection becausea. The incorrect rejection decision impairs the efficiency of the audit.b. The audit team will do additional work and discover the misstatement of the incorrect decision.c. The incorrect acceptance decision impairs the effectiveness of the audit.d. Sufficient appropriate audit evidence will not have been obtained.In audit sampling applications, sampling risk isa. A characteristic of statistical sampling applications but not of nonstatistical applications.b. The probability that the audit team will fail to recognize erroneous accounting in the client’sdocumentation.c. The probability that accounting misstatements will arise in transactions and enter theaccounting system.d. The probability that an audit team’s conclusion based on a sample might be differentfrom the conclusion based on an audit of the entire population.
- Non-statistical sampling is commonly used in audit practice. Describe each of the four items required in a non-statistical audit test. Discuss the reasons why you would use, or not use, this type of testing for account transactions whose values range from very material to immaterial amounts. Describe why you believe non-statistical sampling is best for material vs immaterial amount testing, or vice versa.If the auditor concludes that audit sampling has not provided a reasonable basis for conclusions about the population that has been tested, the auditor may practically apply which of the following: i) Request management to investigate misstatements that have been identified and the potential for further misstatements ii) Request management to investigate misstatements that have been identified and to make any necessary adjustments iii) Make another completely new audit sampling for test of details iv) Tailor the nature, timing and extent of further audit procedures to best achieve the required assurance. A. i) , ii ) and iii) B. i ) and iii) C. iii) and iv) D. i, ii and ivOn Andit sampling involves applying an audit procedure to less than 100 percent of the population for the purpose of evaluating some characteristic of the population. When an auditor uses sampling. an element of uncertainty enters into the auditor's conclusions. Required: a. Explain the auditor's justification for accepting the uncertainties that are inherent in the sampling process. b. Discuss the uncertainties that collectively embody the concept of audit risk. c. Discuss the nature of sampling risk and nonsampling risk. Include the effect of sampling risk on tests of controls in terms of Type I and Type II errors. Accessibility: Investigate Styles