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Auditing Chapter 9 Homework

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Auditing Chapter 9 Homework

Pregunta 1 de 30

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Which of the following processes are not included in the revenue cycle?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Preparing and sending monthly statements to customers

  • Shipping products to customers

  • Obtaining credit approval

  • Sending payments to suppliers

Explicación

Pregunta 2 de 30

1

Credit approval policies are implemented by organizations primarily to accomplish which of the following objectives?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • To minimize credit losses

  • To prevent lapping by the accounts receivable department

  • To ensure customer satisfaction

  • To determine revenue recognition policies

Explicación

Pregunta 3 de 30

1

The purpose of the bill of lading is to provide which of the following?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • The warehouse personnel with the product that must be shipped to customers

  • Evidence of title transfer of goods to customers

  • A credit application for customer approval

  • Invoices to customers for proper collection

Explicación

Pregunta 4 de 30

1

A method used by companies to fraudulently inflate revenues includes which of the following?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Use of hidden "side letters" giving the customer an irrevocable right to return the product

  • Recording of fictitious sales

  • Shipment of produce not ordered by customers

  • All of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 5 de 30

1

Calculating the turnover of receivables is often used in testing the sales cycle by auditors when performing which of the following?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Reasonableness testing

  • Ratio analysis

  • Nonstatistical sampling

  • Trend analysis

Explicación

Pregunta 6 de 30

1

An analysis of monthly sales compared with past years and budgets is a form of what type of testing?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Common size analysis

  • Ratio analysis

  • Trend analysis

  • Regression analysis

Explicación

Pregunta 7 de 30

1

Lithgow and Harris, CPAs, are performing the audit of Wild Flower Grocery Stores. Lithgow and Harris relates annual revenue to sales per square feet and sales per customer. What type of analysis is Lithgow and Harris most likely performing?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Reasonableness tests

  • Nonstatistical analysis

  • Ratio analysis

  • Critical analysis

Explicación

Pregunta 8 de 30

1

In an audit of financial statements, risks related to a high rate of return of products sold include which of the following?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • An estimate of accrued returns that reduces net income

  • A reduction of net sales for an increase to the sales returns and allowance account

  • Sales that are recorded improperly

  • Consignment goods that are returned and forwarded to third parties

Explicación

Pregunta 9 de 30

1

The major risk associated with receivables is related to which of the following?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • They may be recorded as long-term when in fact they will be realized in the current period

  • They are pledged as collateral as disclosed in the footnotes to financial statements

  • They will not be realized for the entire amount due

  • They may be sold to a bank with recourse

Explicación

Pregunta 10 de 30

1

The internal audit department at Monument Company receives electronic exceptions reports for all sales transactions entered over $10,000 in total. This process is performed for which purpose?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Monitoring revenue transactions

  • Providing suggestions for operational improvement

  • Drafting financial statements

  • Providing management reports to the controller

Explicación

Pregunta 11 de 30

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Auditors will examine significant sales returns immediately subsequent to the period under audit in order to do which of the following?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Substantiate cutoff and the occurrence of net sales transactions

  • Assess the nature of procedures that will be performed for the next period's audit

  • Test the sufficiency of cash balances to cover refunds

  • Monitor customer satisfaction for disclosure

Explicación

Pregunta 12 de 30

1

The auditor of the revenue cycle of ABC Company computes an estimate of ABC's allowance for doubtful accounts and compares it to the estimate provided by ABC's management. The purpose for this procedure is to substantiate which assertion?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Existence of receivables

  • Valuation of receivables

  • Rights to receivables

  • Cutoff of receivables

Explicación

Pregunta 13 de 30

1

In the audit of the revenue of Hiram Manufacturing Company, the auditors obtain a number of shipping documents shortly before year-end and immediately following the year under audit. The auditors compare the documents to the sales journal in order to test which of the following assertions?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Existence of sales

  • Completeness of receivables

  • Cutoff of sales transactions

  • Presentation and disclosure of receivables

Explicación

Pregunta 14 de 30

1

Completeness of revenues may be tested by the auditor through the selection of a sample of which of the following?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Inventory records and tracing them to the shipping documents

  • Shipping documents and tracing them to the sales journal

  • Accounts receivable and tracing them to cash receipts

  • Recorded sales transactions and tracing them to the general ledger

Explicación

Pregunta 15 de 30

1

The aged accounts receivable report is utilized by the auditor to accomplish which of the following?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Select the type of confirmations that will be sent to banks

  • Identify debits in the receivables balance that should be reclassified to payables

  • Assess the adequacy of the allowance for doubtful accounts

  • Encourage the client to collect on receivables that are long past due

Explicación

Pregunta 16 de 30

1

According to auditing standards, accounts receivable confirmations are required to be used in which of the following situations?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • On every audit engagement

  • If environmental risk is low

  • If the client agrees in writing to the procedure

  • If the accounts receivable balance is material

Explicación

Pregunta 17 de 30

1

Accounts receivable confirmations usually provide strong evidence about which of the following?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • The obligations of receivables

  • The existence of receivables

  • The presentation and disclosure of receivables

  • The completeness of receivables

Explicación

Pregunta 18 de 30

1

Confirmations that are sent to select customers asking them to review the current balance due the client as shown on the client's statement and return the letters directly to the auditor indicating whether they agree with the indicated balance, are known by which of the following terms?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Negative confirmations

  • Direct confirmations

  • Positive confirmations

  • Indirect confirmations

Explicación

Pregunta 19 de 30

1

An auditor's examination of the sales account using a cutoff test would most likely detect which of the following?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Sales made with improper credit terms

  • Sales recorded in the wrong period

  • Kiting

  • Lapping of accounts receivable

Explicación

Pregunta 20 de 30

1

Alternative procedures that would provide evidence of the existence of receivables would include which of the following?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Review of subsequent collections

  • Analysis of the aged trial balance

  • Physical observation of customer facilities

  • A confirmation to the client management for customer accounts

Explicación

Pregunta 21 de 30

1

Auditors are concerned with the addresses provided for customers in the confirmation of accounts receivable because of which of the following reasons?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Confirmations should be sent only to business addresses and not residential

  • Confirmations are selected based upon zip codes

  • The address may be routed to the client for retrieval and fraudulent signing

  • A P.O. Box is more reliable than a street address

Explicación

Pregunta 22 de 30

1

Unreturned positive confirmations for accounts receivable warrant which of the following actions?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Requesting that the client send additional audit correspondence to customers

  • Replacing the sample selection with a new customer

  • Sending second requests and possibly performing subsequent procedures

  • The projection of larger misstatements to the population

Explicación

Pregunta 23 de 30

1

In the audit of accounting estimates, such as the allowance for doubtful accounts, the auditor strives to provide reasonable assurance about which of the following?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • All material accounting estimates have been developed properly

  • The estimates are reasonable

  • The estimates are presented in accordance with GAAP

  • All of the above are true

Explicación

Pregunta 24 de 30

1

To determine whether any accounts receivable are pledged or assigned to others, the auditor would most likely perform which of the following procedures?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Examine subsequent collections

  • Test a sample of transactions to the general ledger

  • Derive an independent estimate of the allowance and compare it to pledged assets

  • Review loan agreements and board of directors' meeting minutes

Explicación

Pregunta 25 de 30

1

Which of the following criteria must be met in order to recognize revenue in the current accounting period?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Goods or services have been transferred to the customer

  • The transaction price has been determined

  • Collectability is reasonably assured

  • All of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 26 de 30

1

Management has been found involved in many fraudulent schemes; a common one is “channel stuffing.” What does “channel stuffing” involve?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Shipping of goods not ordered

  • Overly complex transactions

  • Growth through stock acquisitions

  • Management compensation schemes

Explicación

Pregunta 27 de 30

1

Sources of audit planning information may come from which of the following?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Knowledge of client's business and industry

  • Assessment of risk of material misstatement

  • Results of analytical procedures

  • All of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 28 de 30

1

Which of the following audit procedures does not address existence/occurrence for accounts receivables and sales?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Examine subsequent collections

  • Trace bill of lading to sales invoice and sales journal

  • Confirm balances of unpaid invoices with customers

  • Scan sales journal for duplicate entries

Explicación

Pregunta 29 de 30

1

Substantive tests of the revenue cycle typically do not provide evidence of which of the following?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • The balance in the allowance account is correct

  • Accounts receivable exist

  • Fraudulent transactions are not included in the financial statements

  • Sales transactions exist and are properly valued

Explicación

Pregunta 30 de 30

1

A sample of positive confirmations is mailed for material accounts receivable balances. Frequently there is a lack of response. Which of the following is not an acceptable alternative procedure?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Inquiry of management

  • Mailing second and third confirmations

  • Reviewing collections on the account subsequent to the confirmation date

  • Examination of supporting documents

Explicación