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Created By: A SolutionTest Bank Auditing & Assurance Services 4th Canadian
Edition by William Messier A+
Chapter 01 4ce – Messier
1) Auditing focuses on rules, techniques, and computations required to prepare and analyze
financial information.
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2) Decision makers demand reliable information that is provided by accountants.
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⊚ false
3) Information asymmetry seldom occurs.
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⊚ false
4) Conflicts of interest often occur between absentee owners and managers.
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5) Auditing services and attest services are the same.
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6) Auditing is a type of attest service.
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⊚ false
7) Testing all transactions that occurred during the period is cost prohibitive.
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8) Why do auditors generally use a sampling approach to evidence gathering?
A) Auditors are experts and do not need to look at much to know whether the financial
statements are correct or not.
B) Auditors must balance the cost of the audit with the need for precision.
C) Auditors must limit their exposure to their auditee to maintain independence.
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D) The auditor's relationship with the auditee is generally adversarial, so the auditor will not
have access to all of the financial information of the company.
9) Which of the following statements best describes a relationship between sample size and
other elements of auditing?
A) If materiality increases, so will the sample size.
B) If the desired level of assurance increases, sample sizes can be smaller.
C) If materiality decreases, sample size will need to increase.
D) There is no relationship between sample size and materiality or the desired level of
assurance.
10) Which of the following statements about the study of auditing is NOT true?
A) The study of auditing can be valuable to future accountants and business decision makers
whether or not they plan to become auditors.
B) The study of auditing focuses on learning the analytical and logical skills necessary to
evaluate the relevance and reliability of information.
C) The study of auditing focuses on learning the rules, techniques, and computations
required to analyze financial statements.
D) The study of auditing begins with the understanding of a coherent logical framework and
techniques useful for gathering and analyzing evidence about others' assertions.
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11) The basic definition of auditing states it is a process to:
A) detect fraud.
B) examine individual transactions so that the auditor may certify as to their validity.
C) objectively obtain and evaluate evidence regarding assertions.
D) assure the consistent application of correct accounting procedures.
12) Assurance services may improve all of the following except:
A) relevance.
B) credibility.
C) periodicity.
D) reliability.
13) Evidence is most reliable if it:
A) signals the true state of a management assertion.
B) applies to the period being audited.
C) relates to the audit assertion being tested.
D) is sufficient to justify a conclusion.
14) Which of the following best describes the concept of audit risk?
A) The risk of the auditor being sued because of association with an auditee.
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