CPA Practice Exam Questions and Answers 100% correct
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When a CPA examines a client's projected financial statements, the CPA's report should: Correct Answer: state that the CPA performed procedures to evaluate management's assumptions.
Davis, CPA, accepted an engagement to audit the financial...
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When a CPA examines a client's projected financial statements, the CPA's report should: Correct
Answer: state that the CPA performed procedures to evaluate management's assumptions.
Davis, CPA, accepted an engagement to audit the financial statements of Tech Resources, a nonpublic
entity. Before the completion of the audit, Tech requested Davis to change the engagement to a
compilation of financial statements. Before Davis agrees to change the engagement, Davis is required to
consider the:
additional audit effort necessary to complete the audit.
reason given for Tech's request. Correct Answer: Both I and II
The GAO standards list several threats to independence. The threat of familiarity is defined as: Correct
Answer: when, due to a long or close relationship with management or other personnel, the auditor will
be too sympathetic or accepting of work.
Which of the following representations does an accountant make implicitly when issuing the standard
report for the compilation of a nonissuer's financial statements? Correct Answer: The accountant is
independent with respect to the entity.
Heath Co.'s current ratio is 4:1. Which of the following transactions would normally increase its current
ratio? Correct Answer: Selling inventory on account
According to the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct, what would a covered member most
appropriately do upon learning that another member of an attest engagement team is considering
employment with the client? Correct Answer: Notify an appropriate person in the firm.
Which of the following factors most likely would assist an independent auditor in assessing the
objectivity of the internal auditor? Correct Answer: The organizational status of the director of internal
audit
If the business environment is experiencing a recession, the auditor most likely would focus increased
attention on which of the following accounts? Correct Answer: Allowance for doubtful accounts
An auditor is reporting on condensed financial statements for an annual period that are derived from
the audited financial statements of an issuer. The auditor's opinion should indicate whether the
information in the condensed financial statements is fairly stated in all material respects: Correct
Answer: in relation to the complete financial statements.
An auditor observes the mailing of monthly statements to a client's customers and reviews evidence of
follow-up on errors reported by the customers. This test of controls most likely is performed to support
management's financial statement assertion of: Correct Answer: existence.
North Co., a privately held entity, asked its tax accountant, King, a CPA in public practice, to review and
generate North's interim financial statements on King's microcomputer when King prepared North's
, quarterly tax return. King should not submit these financial statements to North unless, as a minimum,
King complies with the provisions of: Correct Answer: Statements on Standards for Accounting and
Review Services.
An auditor's report would be designated an audit of a special-purpose financial statement when it is
issued in connection with: Correct Answer: a basis of accounting that the entity uses to comply with an
agreement between the entity and one or more third parties other than the auditor.
An auditor most likely would not rely on controls if the payroll department supervisor is responsible for:
Correct Answer: authorizing payroll rate changes for all employees.
Which of the following levels would most likely address the risk of material misstatement by the
auditor's consideration of an entity's control environment? Correct Answer: Financial statements
Which of the following would most likely be associated with obtaining an understanding of relevant
internal factors when satisfying the obligation to understand the entity and its environment on an audit?
Correct Answer: Revenue recognition practices
Russell CPA is auditing contingent liabilities. What generally is the primary risk of material misstatement
related to related financial statement disclosures? Correct Answer: Completeness
Nile, CPA, on completing an audit, was asked by the client to provide technical assistance in integrating a
new IT system. The set of pronouncements designed to guide Nile in this engagement is the
Statement(s) on: Correct Answer: Standards for Consulting Services.
Investment and property schedules are presented for purposes of additional analysis in an auditor-
submitted document. The schedules are not required parts of the basic financial statements but
accompany the basic financial statements. When reporting on such additional information, the
measurement of materiality is the: Correct Answer: same as that used in forming an opinion on the
basic financial statements taken as a whole.
Which of the following is required of an accountant in reviewing a company's financial statements under
the Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services (SSARS)? Correct Answer: Obtain
knowledge of the client's industry
Analytical procedures are required for which of the following? Correct Answer: Audit planning
In planning an audit, the auditor's knowledge about the design of relevant control activities should be
used to: Correct Answer: identify the types of potential misstatements that could occur.
A CPA firm is completing the fieldwork for an audit of Swenson Co. for the current year ended December
31. The manager in charge of the audit is performing the final steps in the evidence accumulation phase
of the audit and notes that there have been several changes in Swenson during the year under audit.
Which of the following items would indicate there could be substantial doubt about Swenson's ability to
continue as a going concern for a reasonable period of time? Correct Answer: Recurring working capital
shortages
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