PART A 35 Multiple Choice Questions worth 1 mark each (all questions to be answers) 1. ABC firm are the auditors of XYZ Company. The partner responsible for the audit has recently spent a week working with XYZ as a paid consultant on their internal control systems. The ethical principle that has been breached is: a. auditor independence. b. auditor appointment. c. auditor rotation. d. auditor competence. 2. The term audit expectation gap refers
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Contents Introduction: Amazon is an American multinational electronic commerce company with headquarters in Seattle‚ Washington‚ It is the biggest online retailer in world‚ although many consider that it is more a leading software developer or "information systems’ company with a little pick‚ pack and ship service" (Hof‚ 2003). This world-class retailer‚ which began doing business as an online bookseller in the mid 90s‚ has changed with the time and currently it offers its customers a
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Chapter 1 1.21 What is an audit? Required If an audit is none of the above‚ what is an audit designed to achieve? The primary objective of an audit is to express an opinion as to whether the financial report is prepared‚ in all material respects‚ in accordance with an identified financial reporting framework. An auditor is setting out to achieve enhanced credibility of information disclosed to increase reliability for the users of the financial statements. A definition from the Committee on Basic
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investigate the client and obtain certain information that we need. The first step to evaluate the client is to confer with the predecessor auditor. The client granted me permission to contact the previous auditor and he indicated the problems the firm had with Ocean: (1) complexities and problems with Ocean’s new IT system (2) management’s tendency to aggressively reflect year-end accruals in order to meet creditors’ requirements As far as we know the company switched to a new system in
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the following. Step 1: Relevant Facts The relevant facts can be obtained from the case “The Subsidiary”: * Diane is a Principle Auditor working in the firm of Blott and Twiggy (B & T). * Doug Blott is Diane’s Audit Manager who has 9 years audit experience. David Blott is the senior partner in B & T. * Diane is auditing a plastics subsidiary which is a material component of a large Australian unlisted public company. It is Diane’s responsibility to complete the yearend audit
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AUDIT TECHNIQUES I. NATURE and PURPOSE of AUDIT TECHNIQUES Auditing Techniques are the basic tools utilized by auditors to obtain audit evidences. Auditing Technique is defined as any technique as any technique used to determine deviations from actual accounting and controls established by a business or organization as well as uncovering problems in established processes and controls. Auditing Techniques can be used to aid organizations by uncovering errors in business practices and providing
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*What are some of the different types of sampling methods that are available to the auditor?* How does the auditor decide which method to use? How will the different methods affect the audit? The types of auditing samples are broken down into two different categories: statistical and non-statistical sampling. The purpose of auditing samples are designed to give the auditor the results he or she seeks‚ without having to completely audit 100% of the items within the audit population. Here are some
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Founder Jeff Bezos started Amazon in 1994 which became a multi-billion dollar company. Jeff wanted to provide service to people all over the world with books‚ but end up meeting the needs of much more. People doesn’t have to go out their home to looks for an item all over the city. Amazon.com owns many other online companies such as Zappos.com‚ Alexa internet‚ IMDb‚ Lovefilm‚ The book depositary‚ Woot‚ and many more. Even if someone doesn’t order anything off of amazon‚ you could be ordering items
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GREAT ZIMBABWE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF COMMERCE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE COURSE CODE: AC211 COURSE TITLE: AUDITING THEORY AND PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT FIRST SEMESTER 2014 QUESTION 1 Brian Ltd was formed on November 2013 in order to manufacture microchips. The directors are unsure of their responsibilities and the nature of their relationship with the external auditors. The audit partner has ask you to visit the client and explain to the directors the more fundamental aspects
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straightforward and honest in all the professional and business relationships. In this case‚ an auditor has to be integrity to present their honest and fair to the client. Even Game’s Limited’s managing director is unhappy with the existing auditing firm has been changed. Objective An auditor has to be objective and fair. Auditor has to be fairness and objective to provide financial report. The client’s point of view must not affect auditor’s objective. In this case‚ Games Ltd has been named
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