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CPA Practice ExamWhen a CPA examines a client's projected financial statements, the CPA's report
should: - 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. - answer Both I and II
The GAO standards list several threats to independence. The threat of familiarity is
defined as: - 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 nonissue’s financial statements? - 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? - answerSelling 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? - answerNotify 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? - answerThe 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? - answerAllowance 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: - answerin 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: -
answerexistence.
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: - answerStatements 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: - answera 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: - answerauthorizing 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? - answerFinancial
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? - answerRevenue recognition practices
Russell CPA is auditing contingent liabilities. What generally is the primary risk of
material misstatement related to related financial statement disclosures? -
answerCompleteness
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: - answerStandards 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: - answersame 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)? - answerObtain knowledge of the client's industry
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