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Auditing
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business-skills
Instructions:
Answer 41 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The susceptibility of the financial statements to material error assuming no internal control
Risk Mitigation
External Threat Analysis
Inherent Risk
External Controls
2. Process Map(outlines each process) - Internal Threat Analysis(analyze each process) - Process(an organized unit within the company that has to accomplish a goal set by management) - Audit-Sensitive Processes(based on assessment auditor identifies cri
Control Risk
Step 1: Strategic Risk Analysis
Components of ARM
Step 2: Process Risk Analysis
3. A process - management's responsibility - provides reasonable assurance to to inherent limitations (human failure - collusion - bypassing of control by senior management)
External Controls
Internal Control attributes
Management controls
OBM
4. Management Controls Systems over Management Processes - Business Process Control Systems over Business Processes
ERM: Top Down Approach Steps per level
Two Levels of Internal Controls
Internal Threat Analysis
ERM: Risk
5. Diagnosticity - objectivity
Attributes that influence effectiveness of control mechanism
Two Levels of Internal Controls
Step 1: Strategic Risk Analysis
Components of ARM
6. Residual Risk Analysis (linkage of risk to audit objectives)
Five Elements of Internal Control
Internal Control
ERM: Top Down Approach Step 3
ERM: Risk
7. Authorization - adequate documents and records - safeguarding of assets and records - independent checks on performance - separation of duties
Risk Mitigation
External Threat Analysis
Control Risk
ERM: Top Down Approach Step 1
8. Leadership - integrity - regulatory - technology - financial planning - human resource - operational - information
Residual Risks
ERM: Risk
Control Risk
Risk Identification
9. Existence/Occurrence - Rights/Obligations - Valuation/Allocation - Completeness - Presentation/Disclosure
Five Elements of Internal Control
ERM: Top Down Approach Step 1
Internal Control
Assertions of Management
10. Risk that the auditor is willing to take that the financial statements are not fairly stated after the quit
Acceptable Audit Risk
Internal Control
Internal Control attributes
Planned Detection Risk
11. Control over the organization by individuals external to org(customers - suppliers - board of directors - regulatory agencies - external audits - owners)
External Controls
Strategies for Managing Risk
Sources of Risk
High Residual Risks
12. Authorization - Independent Checks on Performance - Separation of Duties - Physical Control of Assets and Records - Adequate Documents and Records
External Threat Analysis
Business Process Controls
Two Levels of Internal Controls
ERM: Top Down Approach Step 2
13. Assess the impact of process risks and the associated internal controls - Risk Identification - Risk Mitigation - Risk Monitoring
Internal Control auditors
Internal Threat Analysis
Process Maps
High Residual Risks
14. Activities performed by senior management including strategic direction and planning and evaluating the overall performance of the organization by providing feedback about potential problems or risks that should be addressed
Risk Management Process
Risk Identification
Management controls
Types of Evidence
15. Process Objectives(statement of what the process is trying to achieve) - Process Activities(reflect actions and steps performed to accomplish process objectives) - Process Data Streams(Information need and outputs of the process) - Accounting Impact
Internal Control
Process Maps
Business Process Controls
Acceptable Audit Risk
16. Risk Assessment - Response by Management - Information Reliability - Performance Results - Reaction by Management
Risk Identification
High Residual Risks
Risk Monitoring
Risk Management Process
17. Identifies measures of performance to assess whether process risks are and immediate threat
Internal Threat Analysis
Assertions of Management
Internal Control SOA requirements (auditor)
Risk Monitoring
18. Must state their responsibilities for establishing and maintaining internal controls and report on an evaluation of effectiveness of the controls within 90 days prior to periodic reports - state that signing officers have disclosed to auditors and c
Planned Detection Risk
Risk Management Process type
Internal Control SOA requirements (management)
ERM: Top Down Approach Steps per level
19. Markets - Competitors(adv/dis) - Resources - Internal Processes - External Agents - Strategic Partners - low cost or diff - broad or narrow group of consumers
Five Elements of Internal Control
OBM
Internal Control auditors
Types of Evidence
20. Pinpoints problems that show up in financial results - may suggest financial misstatements - may raise concerns about the viability of the company - may indicate a potential threat to the internal control environment - may highlight potential client
Risk Management Process type
Internal Control SOA requirements (management)
Internal Threat Analysis
High Residual Risks
21. Organizational Business Models - External Threat Analysis
Internal Control auditors
Step 1: Strategic Risk Analysis
Residual Risks
Strategies for Managing Risk
22. Its a systematic and continuous process. Risk management is iterative where control is temporary and depends on current circumstances - not a permanent condition
Risk Management Process type
Attributes that influence effectiveness of control mechanism
Strategies for Managing Risk
Internal Control
23. Process designed by management to provide reasonable insurance - within economic limits - that the organization's objectives are being met
Internal Control auditors
Internal Control
Sources of Risk
ERM: Top Down Approach Step 1
24. Assessment of whether a client's internal control structure is effective for preventing and/or detecting errors
Internal Control SOA requirements (management)
Control Risk
Acceptable Audit Risk
ERM: Top Down Approach Step 2
25. Authorization(relates to ownership and existence) - Existence - Completeness - Accuracy (relates to valuation) - Timing (relates to completeness) - Posting and Summarization (relates to valuation)
Internal Control SOA requirements (management)
Process Maps
Residual Risks
Internal Control Objectives
26. Examine internal control as part of audit process to determine reliability of info processing related to transactions - and to access control risk involving (management decision making - process monitoring - compliance)
Internal Control auditors
Risk Management Process
Five Elements of Internal Control
Planned Detection Risk
27. Avoidance (of activities) - Acceptance (inevitable - unavoidable) - Insurance (transferred through assurance or risk sharing) - Reduction (by implementing proactive procedures-internal control)
Business Process Controls
Strategies for Managing Risk
Step 3: Residual Risk Analysis
ERM: Top Down Approach Step 3
28. Risk the auditor is willing to take that the audit procedures will fail to find material errors that were not detected by internal control
External Controls
Control Risk
Step 3: Residual Risk Analysis
Planned Detection Risk
29. Most of the reference to risk concerns the company's risk of survival and includes any threat to an organization that reduces the likelihood that the organization will achieve one or more of its objectives. It is measured in terms of probability (lik
Components of ARM
ERM: Risk
Assertions of Management
Risk Management Process type
30. Process Risk Analysis (internal focus)
Control Risk
ERM: Top Down Approach Step 2
Attributes that influence effectiveness of control mechanism
Business Process Controls
31. Planned Detection Risk - Acceptable Audit Risk - Inherent Risk - Control Risk
Components of ARM
Internal Control SOA requirements (auditor)
ERM: Risk
Attributes that influence effectiveness of control mechanism
32. Competitive Environment - Management or Employee Improper or Incompetent Actions - Process Breakdowns Within Organization - Inaccurate Processing of Information
Five Elements of Internal Control
Sources of Risk
ERM: Top Down Approach Step 1
External Threat Analysis
33. Industry (competitors - potential entrants - substitutes - suppliers - customers) - Macro environmental Forces (Political - Economic - Social - Technological)
External Threat Analysis
Business Process Controls
Step 3: Residual Risk Analysis
ERM: Top Down Approach Steps per level
34. Strategic Risk Analysis (external focus)
External Controls
ERM: Top Down Approach Step 1
Business Process Controls
Control Risk
35. Documentation or Inspection of Records and Documents -Observation -Physical Examination or Inspection of Tangible Assets -Client Inquiry (do not use Independent Inquiry) -Confirmation -Recalculation and Reperformance -Analytical Procedures
Types of Evidence
Risk Mitigation
Internal Control SOA requirements (management)
Process Maps
36. Failure to communicate mission and objectives - Inaccurate or out of date assumptions - Undue focus on current conditions - Rigid organizational structure - Failure to enforce accountability - Communication breakdowns
Five Elements of Internal Control
OBM
Limitations on Management Controls
Components of ARM
37. Identify Risks - Identify Management's Response - Asses Residual Risk (Separate What is and is not important)
ERM: Top Down Approach Steps per level
Attributes that influence effectiveness of control mechanism
Limitations on Management Controls
Risk Monitoring
38. Auditors primary concern - most likely source of problems - reflect current conditions of threats - reflect areas where the auditor needs to focus most of auditing efforts
Internal Control SOA requirements (management)
Residual Risks
Inherent Risk
Risk Management Process type
39. Responsible for giving an opinion of management's report on internal control - and must assess if the client's internal controls being used to effectively control risks
ERM: Top Down Approach Step 2
Strategies for Managing Risk
Business Process Controls
Internal Control SOA requirements (auditor)
40. Control Environment - Risk Assessment - Control Activities - Information and Communication - Monitoring
Attributes that influence effectiveness of control mechanism
Five Elements of Internal Control
Inherent Risk
Planned Detection Risk
41. Assess probability of the event happening and potential damage - Consider whether internal controls have mitigated the inherent problems of the risk - Identify the high residual risks that will be major focus of audit
Risk Management Process
Step 3: Residual Risk Analysis
Components of ARM
Strategies for Managing Risk