CPA MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS ON ASSERTIONS AND PROCEDURES 1.

An auditor tests an entitys policy of obtaining credit approval before shipping goods to customers in support of managements financial statement assertion of a. Valuation or allocation. c. Existence or occurrence. b. Completeness. d. Rights and obligations. Which of the following audit procedures would an auditor most likely perform to test controls relating to managements assertion concerning the completeness of sales transactions? a. Verify that extensions and footings on the entitys sales invoices and monthly customer statements have been recomputed. b. Inspect the entitys reports of prenumbered shipping documents that have not been recorded in the sales journal. c. Compare the invoiced prices on prenumbered sales invoices to the entitys authorized price list. d. Inquire about the entitys credit granting policies and the consistent application of credit checks. Which of the following internal control procedures most likely would assure that all billed sales are correctly posted to the accounts receivable ledger? a. Daily sales summaries are compared to daily posting to the accounts receivable ledger. b. Each sales invoice is supported by a prenumbered shipping document. c. The accounts receivable ledger is reconciled daily to the control account in the general ledger. d. Each shipment on credit is supported by a prenumbered sales invoice. Two assertions for which confirmation of accounts receivable balances provides primary evidence are a. Completeness and valuation. c. Rights & Obligations and existence. b. Valuation, rights and obligations. d. Existence and completeness. An auditors purpose in reviewing the renewal of a note payable shortly after the balance sheet date most likely is to obtain evidence concerning managements assertions about a. Existence or occurrence. c. Completeness. b. Presentation and disclosure. d. Valuation or allocation. In testing the existence assertion for an asset, an auditor ordinarily works from the a. Financial statements to the potentially unrecorded items. b. Potentially unrecorded items to the financial statements. c. Accounting records to the supporting evidence. d. Supporting evidence to the accounting records.

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An auditors purpose in reviewing credit ratings of customers with delinquent accounts receivable most likely is to obtain evidence concerning managements assertions about a. Presentation and disclosure. c. Rights and obligations. b. Existence or occurrence. d. Valuation or allocation. To satisfy the valuation assertion when auditing an investment accounted for by the equity method, an auditor most likely would a. Inspect the stock certificates evidencing the investment. b. Examine the audited financial statements of the investee company. c. Review the brokers advice or canceled check for the investments acquisition. d. Obtain market quotations from financial newspapers or periodicals. Cutoff tests designed to detect credit sales made before the end of the year that have been recorded in the subsequent year provide assurance about managements assertion of a. Presentation. c. Rights. b. Completeness. d. Existence. Inquiries of warehouse personnel concerning possible obsolete or slow-moving inventory items provide assurance about managements assertion of a. Completeness. c. Presentation. b. Existence. d. Valuation. Which of the following control procedures most likely would assist in reducing control risk related to the existence or occurrence of manufacturing transactions? a. Perpetual inventory records are independently compared with goods on hand. b. Forms used for direct material requisitions are prenumbered and accounted for. c. Finished goods are stored in locked limited-access warehouses. d. Subsidiary ledgers are periodically reconciled with inventory control accounts. Which of the following audit procedures probably would provide the most reliable evidence concerning the entitys assertion of rights and obligations related to inventories? a. Trace test counts noted during physical count to the summarization of quantities. b. Inspect agreements for evidence of pledging as collateral or lien claims. c. Select the last few shipping advices used before the physical count and determine whether the shipments were recorded as sales.

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The heavens declare the glory of God; The skies proclaim the work of His hands.
Psalm 19:1 13. During an audit of an entitys stockholders equity accounts, the auditor determines whether there are restrictions on retained earnings resulting from loans, agreements or state law. This audit procedure most likely is intended to verify managements assertion of a. Existence or occurrence. c. Valuation or allocation. b. Completeness. d. Presentation and disclosure. Which of the following most likely would give the most assurance concerning the valuation assertion of accounts receivable? a. Tracing amounts in the subsidiary ledger to details on shipping documents. b. Comparing receivable turnover rates to industry statistics for reasonableness. c. Inquiring about receivables pledged under loan agreements. d. Assessing the allowance for uncollectible accounts for reasonableness. An auditor most likely would inspect loan agreements under which an entitys inventories are pledged to support managements financial statement assertion of a. Existence or occurrence. c. Presentation and disclosure. b. Completeness. d. Valuation or allocation. An auditor most likely would analyze inventory turnover rates to obtain evidence concerning managements assertions about a. Existence or occurrence. c. Presentation and disclosure. b. Rights and obligations. d. Valuation or allocation. Which of the following procedures would an auditor most likely perform to verify managements assertion of completeness? a. Compare a sample of shipping documents to related sales invoices. b. Observe the clients distribution of payroll checks.

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Confirm a sample of recorded receivables by direct communication with the debtors. Review standard bank confirmations for indications of kiting.

Which of the following is a substantive test that an auditor most likely would perform to verify the existence and valuation of recorded accounts payable? a. Investigating the open purchase order file to ascertain that prenumbered purchase orders are used and accounted for. b. Receiving the clients mail, unopened, for a reasonable period of time after the year end to search for unrecorded vendors invoices. c. Vouching selected entries in the accounts payable subsidiary ledger to purchase orders and receiving reports. d. Confirming accounts payable balances with known suppliers who have zero balances. An auditor most likely would review an entitys periodic accounting for the numerical sequence of shipping documents and invoices to support managements financial statement assertion of a. Existence or occurrence. c. Valuation or allocation. b. Rights and obligations. d. Completeness. In auditing accounts payable, an auditors procedures most likely would focus primarily on managements assertion of a. Existence or occurrence. c. Completeness. b. Presentation and disclosure. d. Valuation or allocation. An auditor concluded that no excessive costs for idle plant were charged to inventory. This conclusion most likely related to the auditors objective to obtain evidence about the financial statement assertions regarding inventory, including presentation and disclosure and a. Valuation and allocation. c. Existence or occurrence. b. Completeness. d. Rights and obligations. An auditor selected items for test counts while observing a clients physical inventory. The auditor then traced the test counts to the clients inventory listing. This procedure most likely obtained evidence concerning managements assertion of a. Rights and obligations. c. Existence or occurrence. b. Completeness. d. Valuation.

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In testing plant and equipment balances, an auditor examines new additions listed on an analysis of plant and equipment. This procedure most likely obtains evidence concerning managements assertion of a. Completeness. c. Presentation and disclosure. b. Existence or occurrence. d. Valuation or allocation. Which of the following most likely would give the most assurance concerning the valuation assertion of accounts receivable? a. Tracing amounts in the subsidiary ledger to details on shipping documents. b. Comparing receivable turnover ratios to industry statistics for reasonableness. c. Inquiring about receivables pledged under loan agreements. d. Assessing the reasonableness of the allowance for doubtful accounts. Cutoff tests designed to detect credit sales made before the end of the year that have been recorded in the subsequent year provide assurance about managements assertion of a. Presentation. c. Rights. b. Completeness. d. Existence.

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King, CPA, is auditing the financial statements of Cycle Co., an entity that has receivables from customers, which have arisen from the sale of goods in the normal course of business. King is aware that the confirmation of accounts receivable is a generally accepted auditing procedure. Required: a. Under what circumstances could King justify omitting the confirmation of Cycle's accounts receivable? b. In designing confirmation requests, what factors are likely to affect King's assessment of the reliability of confirmations that King sends? c. What alternative procedures would King consider performing when replies to positive confirmation requests are not received? Answer 1 (10 points) a. Although there is a presumption that King will request the confirmation of Cycle's accounts receivable, King could justify omitting this procedure if Cycle's accounts receivable are immaterial to its financial statements. King could also justify omitting this procedure if the expected response rates to properly designed confirmation requests will be inadequate, or if responses will be unreliable. In these circumstances, King may determine that the use of confirmations would be ineffective. Additionally, King could justify omitting the confirmation of Cycle's accounts receivable if King's combined assessed level of inherent and control risk is low and the assessed level, in conjunction with the evidence expected to be provided by analytical procedures or other substantive tests of details, is sufficient to reduce audit risk to an acceptably low level for the applicable financial statement assertions.

b. Among the factors likely to affect the reliability of confirmations that King sends is King's decision in choosing the confirmation form. Some positive forms request agreement or disagreement with information stated on the form; other positive forms, known as blank forms, request the respondent to fill in the balance or furnish other information; negative forms request a response only if there is disagreement with the information stated on the request. King's prior experience with Cycle or similar clients is also likely to affect reliability because King probably would have prior knowledge of the expected confirmation response rates, inaccurate information on prior years' confirmations, and misstatements identified during prior audits. The nature of the information being confirmed may affect the competence of the evidence obtained as well as the response rate. For example, Cycle's customers' accounting systems may permit confirmation of individual transactions, but not account balances, or vice versa. Additionally, King's sending of each confirmation request to the proper respondent will likely provide meaningful and competent evidence. Each request should be sent to a person who King believes is knowledgeable about the information to be confirmed. c. The nature of the alternative procedures King would apply when replies to positive confirmation requests are not received varies according to the account and assertion in question. Possible alternative procedures include examining subsequent cash receipts, and matching such receipts with the actual items being paid. King would also consider inspecting Cycle's shipping documents or invoices, or Cycle's customers' purchase orders on file. Inspecting correspondence between Cycle and its customers could provide additional evidence. King may also establish the existence of Cycle's customers by reference to credit sources such as Dun & Bradstreet.