ACC504 Mid Term – Advanced Auditing Question 1. What is the term used to identify the risk that the client's financial statements may be materially false and misleading? A. Business risk. B. Information risk. C. Client risk. D. Risk assessment. 2. The audit objective that all transactions are recorded in the proper account is related most closely to which one of the ASB transaction assertions? A. Occurrence. B. Completeness. C. Accuracy. D. Classification. 3. Assurance services involve all of the following except A. Relevance as well as the reliability of information. B. Nonfinancial information as well as traditional financial statements. C. Providing absolute rather than reasonable assurance. D. Electronic databases as well as prin ted reports. 4. An attestation engagement is one in which a CPA is engaged to A. Issue a report on subject matter or an assertion about the subject matter that is the responsibility of another party. B. Provide tax advice or prepare a tax return based on financial information the CPA has not audited or reviewed. C. Testify as an expert witness in accounting, auditing, or tax matters, given certain stipulated facts. D. Assemble prospective financial statements based on the assumptions of the entity's manage ment without expressing any assurance. 5. The process by which a CPA obtains a certificate and license in a state other than the state in which the CPA's certificate was originally obtained is referred to as A. Substantial equivalency. B. Quid pro quo. C. Relicensing. D. Re - examination 6. Which of the following would be considered an assurance engagement? A. Giving an opinion on a prize promoter's claims about the amount of sweepstakes prizes awarded in the past. B. Giving an opinion on the conformity of the financial statements of a university with generally accepted accounting principles. C. Giving an opinion on the fair presentation of a newspaper's circulation data. D. Giving assurance about the average drive length achieved by golfers with a client's golf balls. E. All of the above. 7. Bankers who are processing loan applications from companies seeking large loans will probably ask for financial statements audited by an independent CPA because A. Financial statements are too complex to analyze themselves. B. They are too far away from company headquarters to perform accounting and auditing themselves. C. The consequences of making a bad loan are very undesirable. D. They generally see a potential conflict of interest between company managers who want to get loans and the bank's needs for reliable financial statements. 8. The Sarbanes - Oxley Act of 2002 prohibits public accounting firms from providing which of the following services to an audit cli ent? A. Bookkeeping services. B. Internal audit services. C. Valuation services. D. All of the above. 9. The risk to investors that a company's financial statements may be materially misleading is called A. Client acceptance risk. B. Information risk. C. Moral hazard. D. Business risk. 10. Substantial equivalency refers to A. An auditor's tendency not to believe management's assertions without sufficient corroboration. B. Providing consulting work for another firm's audit client in exchange for the other firm's providing consulting services to one of your clients. C. The waiving of certification exam parts for an individual holding an equivalent certification from another professional organization. D. Permitting a CPA to practice in another state without having to obtain a license in that state. 11. Which of the following best describes the relationship between auditing and attestation engagements? A. Auditing is a subset of attestation engagements that focuses on the certification of financial statements . B. Attestation is a subset of auditing that provides lower assurance than that provided by an audit engagement. C. Auditing is a subset of attestation engagements that focuses on providing clients with advice and decision support. D. Attestation is a subset of auditing that improves the quality of information, or its context, for decision makers. 12. Which of the following best describes the focus of the following engagements? A. Option A B. Option B C. Option C D. Option D 13. Which of the following is a n example of a regulatory auditor? A. Internal auditors. B. Big 4 auditors. C. U.S. Internal Revenue Service auditors. D. Operational auditors. 14. The definition of performance audits does not include A. Economy audits. B. Efficiency audits. C. Financial audits. D. Program audits. 15. CPA certificates and licenses to practice are issued by the A. AICPA. B. States or territories. C. AICPA Examinations Division. D. GAO. 16. The attestation standards do not require the attestation report to include a statement that A. Provides a conclusion whether the subject matter is presented in conformity with established or stated criteria. B. Indicates that the practitioner has significant reservations about the engagement. C. Identifies the subject matter or assertion being reported on. D. Indicates that the accountant assumes no responsibility to update the report. 17. Control risk is A. The probability that a material misstatement could not be prevented or detected by the entity's internal control policies and procedures. B. The probability that a material misstatement could occur and not be detected by auditors' procedures. C. The risk that auditors will not be able to complete the audit on a timely basis. D. The risk that auditors will not properly control the staff on the audit engagement. 18. Which of the following is an element of a system of quality control that should be considered by a public accounting firm in establishing its quality control policies and procedures? A. Lending credibility to a client's financial statements. B. Using statistical sampling techniques. C. Accepting and continuing client relationships and specific engagements. D. Obtai ning membership in the Center for Public Company Audit Firms. 19. Auditors try to achieve independence in appearance in order to: A. Maintain public confidence in the profession. B. Become independent in fact. C. Comply with the responsibilities principle. D. Maintain an unbiased mental attitude. 20. Which of the following is not included in the auditors' standard report representing an unqualified opinion? A. A brief indication of the responsibility of auditors and management for the financial statements . B. An indication that all appropriate disclosures have been made and included in the financial statements. C. An indication that the audit was conducted in accordance with standards established by the PCAOB. D. The auditors' opinion on the fairness of the financial statements. 21. Which of the following statements is true with respect to the persuasiveness of audit evidence? A. Persuasiveness is related to the relevance of evidence but not the reliability of evidence.