Exam 9: Production Cycle
An auditor selected an inventory item on the warehouse floor,test counted it,and traced the count to the final inventory compilation.The auditor most likely was testing the PCAOB assertion of
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The audit procedures used in an observation of the client's physical inventory taking are designed primarily to
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Prepare an audit plan for the observation of an inventory count.
Note that other answers are possible.
1.Obtain client's inventory counting instructions and review for completeness.
2.Tour facility before count looking for out-of-the-way items,obsolete items,and movement of inventory.
3.Observe client personnel counting inventory for compliance with instructions.
4.Test count a selection of items throughout the facility and record a sample of your test counts.Note description,stage of completion,counting unit,and condition.
5.Inspect tags used and unused and record tag numbers used.
6.Select a sample of used tags and trace each to the items on the floor.
7.Obtain the number of the last five receiving reports and last five shipping documents.Record numbers of the next unused items in sequence.
8.Tour facilities to ensure all items have been counted.
An auditor's tests of controls over the issuance of raw materials to production would most likely include
An auditor will usually trace the details of the test counts made during the observation of physical inventory counts to a final inventory compilation.This audit procedure is undertaken to provide evidence that items physically present and observed by the auditor at the time of the physical inventory count are
Selecting inventory from locations on the warehouse floor,obtaining a test count,and tracing the count to the final inventory compilation produces evidence for the _____________________________ ASB balance assertion.
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Auditors ______________________________ the inventory taking and make ________________________________,but they seldom _____________________________ the entire inventory.
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When auditing inventories,an auditor would least likely verify that
L.Martinez,CPA,was auditing a client,Marvelous Retail Company and selected a sample of inventory items from the perpetual records and vouched additions to receiving reports.This procedure was intended to satisfy which POCAOB assertion?
Counting inventory on the warehouse floor and tracing the count to the inventory compilation provides evidence to support which management (PCAOB)assertion?
Production planning interacts with the preparation of ____________________________________.
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Which of the following procedures would best prevent or detect the theft of valuable items from an inventory that consists of hundreds of different items selling for $1 to $10 and a few items selling for hundreds of dollars?
If control risk is assessed high,cost accumulations will require additional substantive procedures to lower the risk of failing to detect material misstatements in inventory.
An auditor selected an invoice for a large inventory purchase and vouched the invoice to the receiving report.Which ASB transaction assertion is the auditor most likely testing?
Which of the following would be considered an analytical procedure?
The physical observation procedures for inventory are principally designed to audit for the balance assertions of ____________________________,____________________________,and ____________________________.
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Which of the following procedures would be most appropriate for testing the completeness assertion as it applies to inventory?
To make a year-to-year comparison of inventory turnover most meaningful,the auditor will perform the analysis
The production planner determines what inventory is needed for future production using
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