Exam 7: Planning the Audit: Identifying and Responding to the Risks of Material Misstatement

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Which of the following terms best describes the risk that audit procedures will fail to detect material misstatements?

(Multiple Choice)

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Heightened risk of material misstatement causes the auditor to perform audit procedures closer to year end.

(True/False)

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Question 22

Which of the following best describes what is meant by the timing of risk response?

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 23

When a successor auditor contacts a company's previous auditor,the successor auditor might obtain information related to client management's integrity.

(True/False)

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Question 24

Trend analysis deals with the relationship between two or more accounts within the current year.

(True/False)

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Question 25

Which of the following is a factor that would cause an increase in the assessment of control risk?

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Question 26

To learn more about a company and its inherent risks,auditors can use which of the following resources?

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 27

The internal controls of an organization have no impact on the efficiency of an audit.

(True/False)

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Question 28

In planning the audit,auditors consider planning materiality in terms of the largest aggregate level of misstatement that could occur in the financial statements.

(True/False)

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Question 29

A risk factor indicating a heightened risk of fraud would be considered a significant risk.

(True/False)

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Question 30

Which of the following statements is false?

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 31

The risk of material misstatement refers to which of the following?

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Question 32

News media and web searches can provide useful information related to client management's integrity and the risk of material misstatement in the financial statements.

(True/False)

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Question 33

Which of the following is a reason a predecessor auditor can decline to reply to a firm's current auditor?

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 34

Material Misstatement and Importance of Materiality Judgments

(True/False)

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Question 35

Which of the following factors would lead an auditor to assess inherent risk at a higher level?

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Question 36

Which of the following would be a reason that industry and client data were not directly comparable?

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Question 37

A misstatement is an error,either intentional or unintentional,that exists in a transaction or financial statement account balance.

(True/False)

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Question 38

Detection risk is measured on a scale of 0% to 5%.

(True/False)

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Question 39

Auditors are only concerned with materiality for the financial statements as a whole.

(True/False)

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Which of the following terms best describes the risk that audit procedures will fail to detect material misstatements?

Heightened risk of material misstatement causes the auditor to perform audit procedures closer to year end.

Which of the following best describes what is meant by the timing of risk response?

When a successor auditor contacts a company's previous auditor,the successor auditor might obtain information related to client management's integrity.

Trend analysis deals with the relationship between two or more accounts within the current year.

Which of the following is a factor that would cause an increase in the assessment of control risk?

To learn more about a company and its inherent risks,auditors can use which of the following resources?

The internal controls of an organization have no impact on the efficiency of an audit.

In planning the audit,auditors consider planning materiality in terms of the largest aggregate level of misstatement that could occur in the financial statements.

A risk factor indicating a heightened risk of fraud would be considered a significant risk.

Which of the following statements is false?

The risk of material misstatement refers to which of the following?

News media and web searches can provide useful information related to client management's integrity and the risk of material misstatement in the financial statements.

Which of the following is a reason a predecessor auditor can decline to reply to a firm's current auditor?

Material Misstatement and Importance of Materiality Judgments

Which of the following factors would lead an auditor to assess inherent risk at a higher level?

Which of the following would be a reason that industry and client data were not directly comparable?

A misstatement is an error,either intentional or unintentional,that exists in a transaction or financial statement account balance.

Detection risk is measured on a scale of 0% to 5%.

Auditors are only concerned with materiality for the financial statements as a whole.

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