AUDITING THEORY

Comprehensive Rev iewer

Preliminary Grading Per iod

SET 1
1. An independent financial statement audit is important to financial statements users because it:
a. Objectively examines and reports on special-purpose financial statements.
b. It reduces cost of capital
c. Objectively examines and reports on general-pur pose financial statements.
d. Objectively reports on the accuracy of information in the financial statements.
2.

In
a.
b.
c.
d.

relation to auditing, which of the following is a correct phrase?

Auditing communicates results to management.
Audit ing involves obtaining ev idence regarding action and events.
Auditing evaluates assertions regar ding evidence.
Auditing subjectively obtains and evaluates evidence.

3.

Which of the following is not an output of an indepe ndent audit engagement?

a. Management letter.
b. Audit report.
c. Engagement letter.
d. Audited financial statements.

4.

The best description of the auditors responsibility with respect to audited financial statement is:
a. The auditor's responsibility on fair presentatio n of financial statements is limited only up to
the date of the audit report.
b. The auditor is responsible for detecting misstatements on the financial statements.
c. The responsibility over the financial statements rests with the management.
d. The auditor's responsibility is limited to the expression of opinion on the financial
statements.

5.

When a CPA expresses an opinion on the financial statements, his responsibilities extend to
a. The underlying wisdom of the client's management decision.
b. Active participation in the implementation of the advice given to the client.
c. An ongoing responsibility for the client's solvency.
d. Whether the results of the client's operating decisions are fair ly presented in the financial
statements.

6.

The accuracy of information included in the footnotes that accompany the audited financial statements of a
company w hose shares are traded on a stock exchange is the primar y responsibility of
a. The stock exchange officials.
b. The company's management.
c. The independent auditor.
d. The Securities and Exchange Commission.

7.

The responsibility for adopting sound accounting policies, maintaining adequate internal control, and
making fair representations in the financial statements rests
a. With management
b. With the independent auditor
c. Equally with management and the auditor
d. With the internal audit department.

8.

Audit standards require an auditor to:

a. Perform procedures that are designed to detect all instances of fraud.
b. Prov ide reasonable assurance that the financial statements are not mater ially misstated.
c. Issue an unqualified opinion only w hen the auditor is satisfied that no instances of fraud have
occurred.
d. Design the audit program to meet financial statement users' expectations concer ning fraud.

9.

Generally, the decision to notify parties outside the client's organization regarding an illegal act is the
responsibility of the
a. Outside legal counsel.
b. Independent auditor.
c. Management.

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Internal auditors.

10. If requested to perform a review engagement for a nonpublic entity in w hich an accountant has an
immaterial direct financial interest, the accountant is
a. Independent because the financial interest is immaterial and, therefore, may issue a review report.
b. Not independent and, therefore, may not issue a review report.
c. Not independent and, therefore, may not be associated with the financial statements.
d. Not independent and, therefore, may issue a review report, but may not issue an auditor's opinion.
11. Solicitation consists of the various means that CPA firms use to engage new clients.
following would not be an example of solicitation?
a. Advertisements in the yellow pages of a phone book.
b. Accepting new clients that approach the fir m.
c. Taking prospective clients to lunch.
d. Offering seminars on current tax law changes to potential clients.

Which one -of the

12. Which of the following activities is not prohibited for the CPA firm's attestation service clients?
a. Referral fees on audit jobs.
b. Compet itive bidding on audit jobs.
c. Contingent fees on audit jobs.
d. Commissions for obtaining client services on audit jobs.
13. Family and personal relationships between a member of the assurance team and a director, an officer or
certain employees, depending on their role, of the assurance client, least likely create
a. Self-rev iew threat.
b. Self-interest threat.
c. Intimidation threat.
d. Familiarity threat.
14. A director, an officer or an employee of the assurance client in a position to exert direct and significant
influence over the subject matter of the assurance engagement has been a member of the assurance team
or partner of the firm. This situation least likely create
a. Self-interest threat.
b. Advocacy threat.
c. Intimidation threat.
d. Familiarity threat.
15. A former officer, director or employee of the assurance client serves as a member of the assurance team.
This situation will least likely create
a. Self-interest threat.
b. Self-review threat.
c. Familiarity threat.
d. Int imidation threat.
16. Which of the following will least likely impair independence?
a. A partner or employee of the firm ser ves as an officer or as a director on the board of an assurance
client.
b. An immediate family member of a member of the assurance team is a director, an officer or an
employee of the assurance client in a position to exert direct and significant influence over the subject
matter of the assurance engagement.
c. A partner or employee of the fir m or a networ k f ir m serves as Company Secretary for an
audit client, the dut ies and functions undertaken are limited to those of a rout ine and
for mal administrative nature as such as the preparation of minutes and maintenance of
statutory returns.
d. A member of the assurance team participates in the assurance engagement while knowing, or having
reason to believe, that he or she is to, or may, join the assurance client some time in the future.
17. When a CPA firm is requested to provide a written or oral opinion on the application of accounting
principles or the type of audit opinion that would be issued for a specific or hypothetical transaction
relating to an audit client of another CPA firm, primar y among the requirements set for th is that
a. Client is entitled to confidentiality, so the consulting CPA firm is forbidden form communicating with
the CPA firm which does the audit.
b. Client is not entitled to confidentiality under these circumstances, so the existing auditors should share
all information with the consulting CPA firm.
c. The consulted CPA fir m should communicate with the entity's existing auditors to
ascertain all the available facts relevant to for ming a professional judgment on the

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matters the fir m has been requested to report on.

Client is entitled to confidentiality, so the CPA firm which does audit should refuse to share any
information with the consulting CPA firm under any circumstances.

18. A professional accountant has a professional duty or right to disclose confidential information in each of
the following, except:
a. To disclose to BIR fraudulent scheme committed by the client on pay ment of income tax.
b. To comply with technical standards and ethics requirements.
c. To comply with the quality review of a member body or professional body
d. To respond to an inquir y or investigation by a member body or regulator y body.
19. Which of the following is not likely a threat to independence?
a. Acting as an advocate on behalf of an assurance client in litigation or in resolving disputes with third
parties.
b. Long association of a senior member of the assurance team with the assurance client.
c. Threat of replacement over a disagreement with the application of an accounting principle.
d. Owning immaterial indirect financial interest in an audit client.
20. When threats to independence that are not clearly insignificant are identified, the following are
appropriate, except:
a. When the fir m decides to accept or continue the assurance engagement, the decision need
not be documented prov ided the threats ident ified were eliminated.
b. Professional judgment is used to determine the appropriate safeguards to eliminate threats to
independence or to reduce them to an acceptable level.
c. In situations when no safeguards are available to reduce the threat to an acceptable level, the only
possible actions are to eliminate the activities or interest creating the threat, or to refuse to accept or
continue the assurance engagement.
d. The evaluation of the significance of any threats to independence and the safeguards necessary to
reduce any threats to an acceptable level, takes into account the public interest.
21. The following loans and guarantees would not create a threat to independence, except:
a. A loan from, or a guarantee thereof by, an assurance client that is a bank or a similar institution, to
the firm, provided the loan is made under normal lending procedures, terms and requirements and
the loan is immaterial to both the firm and the assurance client.
b. A loan from, or a guarantee thereof by, an assurance client that is a bank or a similar institution, to a
member of the assurance team or their immediate family, provided the loan is made under normal
lending procedures, terms and requirements.
c. If the fir m, or a member of the assurance team, makes a loan to an assurance client that
is not a bank or similar institut ion, or guarantees such an assurance client's borrowing.
d. Deposits made by, or brokerage accounts of, a firm or a member of the assurance team with an
assurance client that is a bank, broker or similar institution, provided the deposit or account is held
under normal commercial terms.
22. Examples of circumstances that may create self-interest threat include:
a. Contingent fees relating to assurance engagements.
b. A direct financial interest or material indirect financial interest in an assurance client.
c. A loan or guarantee to or from an assurance client or any of its directors or officers.
d. All of the above
23. Examples of circumstances that may create self-review threat least likely include
a. Potent ial employ ment with an assurance client.
b. Preparation of original data used to generate financial statements or preparation of other recor ds that
are the subject matter of the assurance engagement.
c. A member of the assurance team being, or having recently been, an employee of the assurance client
in a position to exer t direct and significant influe nce over the subject matter of the assurance
engagement.
d. Performing services for an assurance client that directly affect the subject matter of the assurance
engagement.
24. A CPA-lawyer, acting as a legal counsel to one of his audit client, is an example of
a. Advocacy threat
b. Familiarity threat
c. Self-interest threat
d. Self-review threat
25. Examples of circumstances that may create familiarity threat least likely include

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a.

A former partner of the firm being a director, officer of the assurance client or an employee in a
position to exert direct and significant influence over the subject matter of the assurance engagement.
b. Dealing in, or being a promoter of, share or other secur ities in an assurance client.
c. A member of the assurance team having an immediate family member or close family member who is
a director or officer of the assurance client.
d. A member of the assurance team having an immediate family member or close family member who, as
an employee of the assurance client, is in a position to exert direct and significant influence over the
subject matter of the assurance engagement.
26. The following are modifications made to the IFAC Code to consider Philippine regulator y requirements and
circumstances, except
a. The per iod for rotation of the lead engagement partner was cha nged from five to seven
years.
b. Advertising and solicitation by individual professional accountants in public practice were not
permitted in the Philippines.
c. Additional examples relating to anniversaries and websites
wherein publicity is acceptable, as provided in boa resolution 19, series of 2000, were included.
d. Payment and receipt of commissions were not permitted in the Philippines.
27. The Code of Professional Ethics states, in part, that a CPA should maintain integrity and objectivity.
Objectivity refers to the CPA's ability to
a. Insist on all matters regar ding audit pr ocedures.
b. Determine the materiality of items.
c. Determine accounting practices that were consistently applied.
d. Maintain an impartial attitude on all matters which come under his review.
28. The networ k firms are required to be independent of the client
a. For assurance engagements prov ided to an audit client.
b. For assurance engagements provided to clients that are not audit clients, w hen the report is not
expressly restricted for use by identified users.
c. For assurance engagements provided to clients that are not audit clients, w hen the assurance report is
expressly restricted for use by identified users.
d. All of the above
29. Which of the following is incorrect regar ding independence?
a. Independence consists of independence of mind and independence in appearance.
b. Independence is a combination of impart iality, intellectual honesty and a freedom from
conflicts of interest.
c. Independence of mind is the state of mind that permits the provision of an opinion without being
affected by influences that compromise professional j udgment, allowing an individual to act with
integrity, and exercise objectivity and professional skepticism.
d. Independence in appearance is the avoidance of facts and circumstances that are so significant a
reasonable and informed third par ty, having knowledge of all relevant information, including any
safeguards applied, would reasonably conclude a firm's or a member of the assurance team's integrity,
objectivity or professional skepticism had been compromised.
30. A CPA firm is considered independent when it performs which of the following ser vices for a publicly-traded
audit client?
a. Serving as a member of the client's board of directors.
b. Determining which accounting policies will be adopted by the
client.
c. Accounting information system design and implementation.
d. Tax return preparation as approved by the board of directors.
31. In connection with the examination of financial statements, an independent auditor could be responsible
for failure to detect a material fraud if
a. Statistical sampling techniques were not used on the audit engagement.
b. The fraud was perpetrated by one client employee, who circumvented the existing inter nal control.
c. The auditor planned the work in a hasty and inefficient manner.
d. Accountants performing important par ts of the w ork failed to discover a close relationship between the
treasurer and the cashier.
32. Which of the following conditions suggests auditor negligence?
a. Failure to detect collusive fraud perpetrated by members of middle management.
b. Failure to detect collusive fraud perpetrated by members of top management.
c. Failure to detect errors occurring outside the internal control structure.

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d. Failure to detect material errors under condit ions of weak internal control.
33. Conflict between financial statement users and auditors often arises because of the
a. High cost of performing an audit.
b. Expectation gap.
c. Technical vocabular y which the auditor uses in the repor t.
d. Placement of the auditor's repor t in the back of the client's annual report w here it is hard to locate.
34. Which of the following is best considered a fraud?
a. Inability to pr ovide due diligence.
b. Intent ional misrepresentation of financial infor mation.
c. Declining to finish wor k on client in light of a valid contract.
d. Not acting professionally while performing services.
35. Anyone identified to the auditor by name prior to the audit who is to be the principal recipient of the
auditor's report is a
a. Pr imary beneficiary.
b. Third party.
c. Foreseen beneficiary.
d. Secondary beneficiary.
36. Quality control procedures are applicable to the individual audit engagement. The implementation of such
quality contr ol procedures is responsibility of the:
a. CPA firm.
b. Engagement team.
c. Quality control reviewer.
d. Manager assigned to the engagement.
37. Which of the following statements is incorrect?
a. In an audit, the independent auditor attempts to corroborate assertions made by the companys
management in connection with each account, class of transactions, and disclosures found in a set of
financial statements.
b. Because of the attest function, financial statements are the responsibility of the
independent auditor.
c. The term materiality refers to any factor of a size or type that would impact an outside decisionmakers decision about a set of financial statements.
d. The role of the independent auditor is to gain sufficient appropriate evidence so as to provide
reasonable assurance that material misstatements do not exist in any of the assertions made by
management.
38. Which of the following statements is correct?
a. Sufficiency refers to the quality of evidence, while appropriateness refers to the quantity of evidence.
b. The reliability of evidence is influenced not by its nature but by its source.
c. The perfor mance of consult ing services for audit clients does not, in and of itself, impair
the auditors independence.
d. A belief that management and those charged with governance are honest and have integrity relieves
the auditor of the need to maintain pr ofessional scepticism.
39. Which of the following statements is correct?
a. The fair presentation of audited financial statements in accordance with applicable financial repor ting
framework is an implicit part of the auditors responsibility.
b. Professional judgment can be used as the justification for the decisions made by the auditor that are
not otherwise supported by the facts and circumstances of the engagement or sufficient appropriate
evidence.
c. Appropriateness is the measure of the quality of evidence, that is, its reliability and persuasiveness.
d. Most CPAs, including those who provide audit and tax serv ices, also prov ide consult ing
services to their clients.
40. Individual CPAs, Firms or Partnerships of CPAs, including partners and staff members thereof shall register
with the BOA and the PRC. Assuming that the application for registration of Sisip and Co., CPAs was
approved on August 30, 2005, which of the following is true?
a. The registration will expire on Dec. 31, 2007.
b. The registration must be renewed on September 30, 2007.
c. The registration will expire on August 30, 2007 since the validity of the cer tificate of registration is
three years.
d. The registration will expire on Dec. 31, 2007 which is also the last day of renewal of certificate of

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registration.
41. Which of the following statements regarding RA 9298 is true?
a. A person shall be considered to be in the professional practice of accounting if, as an
officer in a pr ivate enterprise, he makes decisions requir ing professional account ing
knowledge.
b. The Professional Regulation Commission has the authority to remove any member of the Board of
Accountancy for negligence, incompetence, or any other j ust cause.
c. Insanity is not a ground for pr oceeding against a CPA.
d. After three years, subject to certain conditions, the Boar d of Accountancy may order the reinstatement
of a CPA w hose cer tificate of registrati on has been revoked.
42. Auditors responsibility for detecting noncompliance is limited to those:
a. Direct-effect noncompliance.
b. Material direct-effect noncompliance.
c. Material indirect-effect noncompliance.
d. All noncompliance since they affect the financial sta tements directly or indirectly.
43. Auditors would perform the following steps in which or der?
a. Determine audit risk; assess control risk; determine detection risk; set materiality.
b. Set materiality; assess control risk; determine detection risk; determine audi t risk.
c. Set materiality; determine audit r isk; assess control r isk; deter mine detection r isk.
d. Determine audit risk; set materiality; assess control risk; determine detection risk.
44. Which of the following statements is an not an example of an inherent limitation of internal control?
a. The effectiveness of control procedures depends on segregation of dut ies.
b. Errors may arise from mistakes in judgments.
c. Most internal controls tend to be directed at routine transactions rather than non-routine transactions.
d. The cost-benefit relationship is a primary criterion in designing inter nal control,
45. The confidential relationship applies to:
a. Only audit and attestation services.
b. Only audit and attestation services since these types of services also require independence.
c. Audit and MAS services, but not compilation engagements.
d. All services provided by CPAs.
46. Compliance with the independence requirement is necessar y whenever a CPA performs:
a. Non-assurance ser vices
b. Professional services
c. Tax consultancy services
d. Assurance services
47. Which of the following is least likely an advantage to the client and the auditor as a result of early
appointment of the auditor?
a. The audit will be completed expeditiously.
b. The auditor will be able to perform the examination more efficiently and will be finished at an early
date after the year-end.
c. The auditor will be able to complete the audit wor k in less time.
d. Potential problems are identified and resolved on a timely basis.
48. Which of the following procedures would an auditor be most likely to perform in planning a financial
statement audit?
a. Performing analytical procedures to identify material fraud and material error.
b. Perfor ming analytical procedures to ident ify areas that may represent specific risks.
c. Obtaining a written representation letter from the client to emphasize management's responsibilities.
d. Reading the minutes of stockholder and director meetings to discover whether any unusual
transactions have occurred.
49. The primary purpose why an auditor obtains an understanding of the entity and its environment is to:
a. Develop an attitude of professional skepticism concerning management's financial statement
assertions.
b. Make constr uctive suggestions concerning impr ovements to the client's inter nal control.
c. Understand the events and transactions that may have an effect on the client's financial
statements.
d. Evaluate w hether the aggregation of known misstatements causes the financial statements taken as a
whole to be materially misstated.

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50. Auditors allocate the preliminary judgment about materiality to account balances. Such preliminary
materiality is know n as:
a. Tolerable error.
b. Planning mater iality.
c. Tolerable misstatement.
d. Tolerable materiality.
51. Although generalized audit programs may be used, the auditor should design an a udit program suitable to
the circumstances on particular engagements. A complete audit program for an engagement generally
should be developed
a. Prior to beginning the actual audit work.
b. Whenever the auditor has completed an evaluat ion of the relevant internal control.
c. After completing the s tudy of internal control.
d. After reviewing the client's accounting records and procedures.
52. Which of the following is least likely a potential effect of an auditor's decision to reduce acceptable audit
risk at low level?
a. Special care is required in assigning experienced staff.
b. Review of the working papers by personnel who were not assigned to the engagement.
c. More evidence is required.
d. Less evidence is required.
53. Which of the following statements is true?
a. It is usually equally difficult for the auditor to uncover errors or fraud.
b. It is usually easier for the auditor to uncover errors than fraud.
c. Usually, the auditor does not design procedures to uncover fraud or errors.
d. It is usually easier for the auditor to uncover management fraud than employee fraud.
54. The risk of not detecting material misstatement resulting from fraud is greater than the risk of not
detecting a material misstatement arising from error, because:
a. Fraud ordinar ily involves acts designed to conceal it.
b. The auditor designs only procedures to detect material error but no procedures are designed to detect
material fraud.
c. The PSA do not require the auditor to discover information that is indicative of fraud.
d. It is the responsibility of the management to detect fraud and the auditor's responsibility is confined
only to the detection of material errors.
55. Which of the following statements about noncompliance is incorrect?
a. An audit in accordance with PSA can not be expected to detect noncompliance with all laws and
regulations.
b. The deter mination as to whether a part icular act constitutes noncompliance is ult imately
based on the judgment of the auditor.
c. An auditor can not be held responsible for preventing noncompliance.
d. It is management's responsibility to ensure that entity's operations are conducted in accordance with
laws and regulations.
56. Which of the following statements best describes why the auditor's examination cannot reasonably be
expected detect all acts of noncompliance with existing laws and regulations?
a. Noncompliance may be perpetrated by the only person in the client's organization with access to both
assets and the accounting records.
b. Noncompliance may involve conduct designed to conceal it, such as collusion, forgery,
deliberate failure to record transactions.
c. Acts of noncompliance by clients often relates to accounting aspects rather than operating aspects.
d. The client's inter nal control may be so strong that the auditor performs only minimal substantive
testing.
57. Presented below are circumstances that may indicate the occurrence of nonco mpliance with laws and
regulations, except:
a. Payment of fines or penalties
b. Payment for unspecified services to consultants, related parties, or government employees.
c. Purchasing at pr ices significant ly above or below book value.
d. Purchasing at prices significantly above or below market price.
58. Which of the following is not an information source for developing analytical procedures used in the audit?
a. Key relationships among financial statement elements.

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b. Relationships between financial and relevant nonfinancial data.

c. Compar ison of current year financial data with project ions for next year's financial results
d. Comparison of financial data with anticipated results.
59. It is acceptable for the auditor to prepare:
a. The financial statements for the client.
b. The notes to financial statements for the client.
c. A draft of the financial statements for the client.
d. A draft of the financial statements and notes to the financial statements for the client.
60. The assessment of the risks of material misstatement at the financial statement level is affected by the
auditors understanding of the control environment. Weaknesses in the control environment ordinarily will
lead the auditor to
a. Modify the nature of audit procedures to obtain more persuasive audit evidence.
b. Have more confidence in internal control and the reliability of audit evidence generated internally within
the entity.
c. Conduct some audit procedures at an interim date rather than at period end.
d. Decrease the number of locations to be included in the audit scope.
61. Which of the following is a conceptual difference between the attestation standar ds and generally accepted
auditing standards?
a. The attestation standards prov ide a framewor k for the attest function beyond histor ical
financial statements.
b. The attestation standar ds do not permit an attest engagement to be par t of a business acquisition
study or a feasibility study.
c. Attestation standards do not require independence in mental attitude.
d. Attestation standards do not include standards of reporting.
62. When an accountant performs more than one level of service, he generally should issue a report that is
appropriate for:
a. The lowest level of service rendered.
b. A compilation engagement.
c. The highest level of service rendered.
d. A review engagement.
63. An accountant who reviews the financial statements should issue a report stating that a review
a. Is substant ially less in scope than an audit.
b. Provides negative assurance that the inter nal control is functioning as designed.
c. Provides only a limited assurance that the financial statements are fairly presented.
d. Is substantially more in scope than a compilation
64. Which of the following is required to be performed in an audit but not in review engagement?
a. Complying with the "Code of Professio nal Ethics for Certified Public Accountants" promulgated by the
Board of Accountancy
b. Planning the engagement
c. Agreeing on the terms of engagement
d. Study ing and evaluat ing internal control structure
65. Which statement is incorrect regarding procedures and evidence obtained in a review engagement?
a. The auditor should apply judgment in determi ning the specific nature, timing and extent of review
procedures.
b. The auditor should apply the sam e materiality considerations as would be applied if an audit opinion
on the financial statements were being given.
c. There is a greater risk that misstate ments will not be detected in an audit than in a
review.
d. The judgment as to what is material is made by reference to the information on which the auditor is
reporting and the needs of those relying on that information, not to the level of assurance provided.
66. A CPA is conducting the first examination of a non-public company's financial statements. The CPA hopes
to reduce the audit wor k by consulting with the predecessor auditor and reviewing the predecessor's
working papers. T his procedure is
a. Acceptable if the CPA refers in the audit report to reliance upon the predecessor auditor's work.
b. Required if the CPA is to render an unqualified opinion.
c. Acceptable if the client and the predecessor auditor agree to it.
d. Unacceptable because the CPA should bring an independent viewpoint to a new engagement.

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67. Which of the following would not fit the description of a related-party transaction?
a. Sales of merchandise between a parent company and its subsidiary.
b. An unusually large sale of merchandise to the company's best and largest customer.
c. Exchanges of equipment between two companies owned by the same person.
d. Loans to corporate officers at mar ket rates of interest with a regular repayment schedule.
68. The audit wor k performed by each assistant should be reviewed to determine w hether it was adequately
performed and to evaluate whether the
a. Audit procedures performed are approved in the professional standards.
b. Audit has been per formed by persons having adequate technical training and proficiency as auditors.
c. Results are consistent with the conclusions to be presented in the auditor's report.
d. Auditor's system of quality control has been maintained at a high level.
69. Which of the following is not a document or recor d that should be examined early in the engagement?
a. Corporate charter and by-laws.
b. Contracts.
c. Management letter.
d. Minutes of board of directors' and stockholders' meetings.
70. Philippine Standards on Auditing require auditors to assess the risk of material misstatements due to fraud
a. For first-time audits.
b. Sufficient to find any frauds which may exist.
c. For every audit.
d. Whenever it would be appropriate.
71. A measure of the auditor's assessment of the likelihood that there are material misstatements in a segment
before considering the effectiveness of the internal control structure is
a. Inherent risk.
b. Acceptable audit risk.
c. Statistical risk.
d. Control risk.
72. Which of the following statements best describes the auditor's responsibility to detect material errors and
fraud?
a. The auditor is responsible for the failure to detect material errors and frauds only when such failure
results from the misapplication of generally accepted accounting principles.
b. The auditor is responsible for the failure to detect material errors and frauds onl y w hen the auditor
fails to confirm receivables or observe inventories.
c. The audit should be designed to prov ide reasonable assurance that material errors and
fraud are detected.
d. Extended auditing procedures are required to detect unrecorded transactions even if there is no
evidence that material errors and frauds may exist.
73. In connection with the examination of financial statements, an independent auditor could be responsible
for failure to detect a material fraud if
e. Accountants performing important parts of the work failed to discover a close relationship between the
treasurer and the cashier.
f. The auditor planned the work in a hasty and inefficient manner.
g. Statistical sampling techniques were not used on the audit engagement.
h. The fraud was perpetrated by one client employee, who circumvented the existing inter nal control.
74. Which of the following is not true regar ding planning in an electronic environment?
a. The definition of auditing is not changed
b. The purposes of auditing is not changed
c. The procedures used are not changed
d. Auditing standards are not changed
75. Which of the following statements best identifies the two types of fraud?
a. Theft of assets and employee fraud.
b. Management fraud and employee fraud
c. Misappropriation of asset and defalcation
d. Fraudulent financial reporting and management fraud.
76. Which of the following terms relates to the embezzling of receipts?
a. Misrepresentation
b. Misapplication

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c.
d.

Misappropr iation
Manipulation

77. Which of the following fraud risk factors relate to misstatement arising from fraudule nt financial repor ting?
a. Personal financial obligations may create pressure on management or employees with access to cash
or other assets susceptible to theft to misappropriate those assets.
b. Adverse relationships between the entity and employees with acce ss to cash or other assets
susceptible to theft may motivate those employees to misappropriate those assets.
c. Inadequate inter nal control over assets may increase the susceptibility of misappr opriation of those
assets. For example, misappropriation of assets may occur because there is the following:
d. Recurr ing negat ive cash flows from operations or an inability to generate cash flows from
operations while reporting earnings and earnings growth.
78. An auditor's examination performed in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards generally
should
a. Be expected to provide assurance that illegal acts will be detected where internal control is effective.
b. Be relied upon to disclose violations of tr uth-in-lending act.
c. Encompass a plan to search actively for illegalities which relate to operating aspects.
d. Not be relied upon to prov ide assurance that illegal acts will be detected.
79. Which of the following concepts of materiality is incorrect?
a. Materiality is based on quantitative and non-quantitative factors.
b. Materiality is a matter of pr ofessional audit judgment.
c. Materiality does not apply if internal control is highly effective.
d. Materiality is more closely related to the fieldw ork and reporting standards than to general standards.
80. Which of the following statements is incorrect about materiality?
a. The concept of materiality recognizes that some matters are impor tant for fair presentation of financial
statements in conformity with GAAP, while other matters are not important.
b. An auditor considers materiality for planning pur poses in ter ms of the largest aggregate
level of misstatements that could be mater ial to any one of the financial statements.
c. Materiality judgments are made in light of surrounding circumstances and necessarily involve both
quantitative and qualitative judgments.
d. An auditors consideration of materiality is influenced by the auditors perception of the needs of a
reasonable person who will rely on the financial statements.
81. After discovering that a related- party transaction exists, the auditor should be aware that the
a. Transaction is assumed to be outside the ordinary course of business.
b. Substance of the transaction could be significant ly different from its for m.
c. Adequacy of disclosure of the transaction is secondar y to its legal form.
d. Financial statements should recognize the legal form of the transaction rather than its substance.
82. Auditors focus on
a. Areas where the risk of material errors and irregularities is least.
b. Areas where the risk of material errors and irregular ities is greatest.
c. All areas equally.
d. A random selection of all areas.
83. Audit risk components consist of inherent, control and detection risks. Which of them is are dependent
variable(s)?
a. Inherent risk
b. Control risk
c. Detection r isk
d. Inherent and control risks
84. The risk that the audit will fail to uncover a material misstatement is eliminated
a. When the auditor has complied with generally accepted auditing standards.
b. If a client has strong internal controls.
c. If a client follows generally accepted accounting principles.
d. Under no circumstances.
85. The probability of an auditor's procedures leading to the conclusion that a material error does not exist in
an account balance when, in fact, such error does exist is referred to as
a. Prevention risk.
b. Inherent risk.
c. Control risk.

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d. Detection r isk.
86. Which of the following statements is true with regard to the relationship among audit risk, audit evidence,
and materiality?
a. The lower the inherent risk and control risk, the lower the aggregate materiality threshold.
b. Under condit ions of high inherent and control r isk, the auditor should place more
emphasis on obtaining external ev idence and should reduce reliance on internal evidence.
c. Where inherent risk is high and control risk is low, the auditor may safely ignore inherent risk.
d. Aggregate materiality thresholds should not change under conditions of changing risk levels.
87. Which of the following does an auditor least likely perform in assessing audit risk?
a. Understand the economic substance of significant transactions completed by the client.
b. Understand the entity and the industry in w hich it operates.
c. Gather audit evidence in support of recorded transactions.
d. Obtain an understanding of the client's system of internal control.
88. Which of the following is most likely to be an overall response to fraud risks identified in an audit?
a. Supervise members of the audit team less closely and rely more upon judgment.
b. Use less predictable audit procedures.
c. Use only certified public accountants on the engagement.
d. Place increased emphasis on the audit of objective transactions rather than subjective transactions.
89. If the auditor is convinced that the client has an excellent inter nal control structure, the amount of audit
evidence to be gathered.
a. Can be significant ly less than where internal control is not adequate.
b. Will not be affected since the auditor must arrive at an independently determined opinion.
c. Must be increased to support the auditor's belief.
d. Is not determinable.
90. Why should the auditor plan more wor k on individual accounts as lower acceptable levels of both audit ris k
and materiality are established?
a. To find smaller errors
b. To find larger errors
c. To increase the tolerable error in the accounts
d. To decrease the risk of overreliance
91. Which of the following most accurately summarizes what is meant by the term material miss tatement?
a. Fraud and direct-effect illegal acts.
b. Fraud involving senior management and material fraud.
c. Material error, mater ial fraud, and certain illegal acts.
d. Material error and material illegal acts.
92. The risk of fraudulent financial reporting increases in the presence of
a. Substantial increases in sales.
b. Incent ive systems based on operating income.
c. Improved control systems.
d. Frequent changes in suppliers.
93. Which of the following is most likely to be considered a risk factor relating to fraudulent fina ncial repor ting?
a. Domination of management by top executives.
b. Negative cash flows from operat ions.
c. Large amounts of cash processed.
d. Small high-dollar inventory items.
94. When planning the audit, if the auditor has no reason to believe that illegal acts e xist, the auditor should
a. Make inquir ies of management regarding their policies and their knowledge of violations,
and then rely on nor mal audit procedures to detect errors, irregularit ies, and illegalit ies.
b. Still include some audit procedures designed specifically to uncover illegalities.
c. Ignore the topic.
d. Include audit pr ocedures which have a str ong probability of detecting illegal acts.
95. Which statement best describes the emphasis of the systems and substantive approaches in the audit
plan?
a. A thoroughly designed systems approach to auditing can eliminate the need for any substantive
procedures.
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substantive approach is the testing controls to make sure they are effective.
c. The systems approach focuses on testing controls to make sure they are effective, while
the substantive approach is the detailed testing of specific accounts for accuracy.
d. The systems approach focuses on the use of computer systems to aid in the audit while the
substantive approach focuses on more manual tests.
96. Audit programs should be designed so that
a. Most of the required procedures can be performed as interim wor k.
b. The audit ev idence gathered supports the auditors conclusions.
c. Inherent risk is assessed at a sufficiently low level.
d. The auditor can make constructive suggestions to management.
97. In designing written audit programs, an auditor should establish specific audit objectives that relate
primarily to the
a. Financial statement assertions.
b. Timing of audit procedures.
c. Cost-benefit of gathering evidence.
d. Selected audit techniques.
98. An audit pr ogram pr ovides proof that
a. Sufficient appr opriate evidence was obtained.
b. The work was adequately planned.
c. There was a proper study and evaluation of inter nal control.
d. There was compliance with generally accepted standards of reporting.
99. The audit program usually cannot be finalized until the
a. Reportable conditions have been communicated to the audit committee of the boar d of directors.
b. Engagement letter has been signed by the auditor and the client.
c. Consideration of the entitys internal control has been completed.
d. Search for unrecorded liabilities has been performed and documented.
100. A person or firm possessing special skill, knowledge and experience in a particular field excluding
accounting and auditing.
a. Quality control reviewer
b. Multiskilled personnel
c. Expert
d. Taxation specialist

SET 2
1.

The Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants in the Philippines is applicable to professional services in
the Philippines on or before:
a. December 31, 2009
b. July 1, 2004
c. June 30, 2008
d. June 30, 2009

2.

Which part of the Code of Ethics applies to professional accountants in public practice?
a. Part A
b. Part B
c. Part A and Part B
d. Part C

3.

This fundamental ethical principle prohibits association of professional accountants with reports, returns,
communications and other information that contains materially false or misleading information or
statements.
a. Integr ity
b. Objectivity
c. Professional competence and due care
d. Professional behavior

4.

The principle professional competence and due care imposes w hich of the following obligations on
professional accountants?
a. To maintain professional knowledge and skill at the level required to ensure that a client
or employer receives competent profess ional serv ice.

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b.
c.
d.

To comply with relevant laws and regulations and avoid any action that discredits the profession.
Not to override or compromise his professional or business judgment because of bias, conflict of
interest or undue influence of others.
To be fair and tr uthful.

5.

Attainment of professional competence requires the following, except:

a. Initially, a high standard of education.
b. Specific education, training, and examination in professionally relevant subjects.
c. Whether prescribed or not, a period of wor k experience.
d. A continuing awareness and an understanding of relevant technical professional and
business developments.

6.

A draft of statement, studies or standards should be discussed by the Council en banc.

members of the AASC are required to approve the draft for exposure?
a. Eight
b. Ten
c. Twelve
d. Major ity

7.

How many members of the AASC are needed to approved the exposed draft as PSA
a. At least 8
b. At least 10
c. At least 12
d. Majority of the regular members

8.

An auditor's examination performed in accordance wit h generally accepted auditing standards generally
should
a. Be expected to provide assurance that illegal acts will be detected where internal control is effective.
b. Be relied upon to disclose violations of tr uth-in-lending act.
c. Encompass a plan to search acti vely for illegalities which relate to operating aspects.
d. Not be relied upon to prov ide assurance that illegal acts will be detected.

9.

Which of the following statements is true?

a. It is usually equally difficult for the auditor to uncover errors or irregularities.
b. It is usually easier for the auditor to uncover irregularities than errors.
c. It is usually easier for the auditor to uncover errors than irregularit ies.
d. Usually, none of the above statements is tr ue.

How many

10. The audit should not assume that management is dishonest, but the possibility of dishonesty must be
considered." T his is an example of
a. Due diligence.
b. Unprofessional behavior.
c. An attitude of professional skept icism.
d. An ethical requirement.
11. In
a.
b.
c.
d.

discovering material management fraud and an equally material error, the audit plan
Cannot be expected to provide the same degree of assurance.
Provide no assurance of detecting either.
Should be expected to provide the same degree of assurance.
Should provide complete assurance of detection.

12. In
a.
b.
c.

comparing management fraud with employee fraud, the auditor's risk of failing to discover the fraud is
Greater for employee fraud because of the lar ger number of employees in the or ganization.
Greater for employee fraud because of the higher crime rate among blue collar w orkers.
Greater for management fraud because of management's ability to override exist ing
internal controls.
d. Greater for management fraud because managers are inherently smarter than employees.

13. The risk that the audit will fail to uncover a material misstatement is eliminated
a. When the auditor has complied with generally accepted auditing standards.
b. If client has good internal control.
c. If client follows generally accepted accounting principles.
d. Under no circumstances.
14. The practitioners report on an assurance engagement should always include the following, except
a. A description of the engagement and identification of the subject matter

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b. Identification of the standards under which the engagements was conducted.

c. Identification of the criteria.
d. Reference to the wor k of an expert.
15. Which of the following is required if the professional accountant uses exper ts who are not professional
accountants?
a. The professional accountant is discouraged to engage the ser vices of experts w ho are not a
professional accountant.
b. The ultimate responsibility for the professional service is assumed by the exper t who is not a
professional accountant.
c. The professional accountant must take steps to see that such experts are aware of the
ethical requirements of the profession.
d. Exper ts who are not professional accountants need not be informed of ethical requirements because
they are not members of the Accountancy profession.
16. Which of the following is expected of AASC to do?
a. AASC should normally expose its opinion on specific queries from a practicing CPA.
b. AASC should normally expose a proposed interpretation of statements.
c. To make the statements on Philippine Standards on Audit ing operative, the final
statement shall be submitted to the Board of Accountancy for approval.
d. When it is deemed necessary to expose a statement for a comment on proposed interpretations of
statements, the exposure period is understandably shor ter than those of the regular drafts of
standards.
17. Required auditor communication to the Audit Committee concerning noncompliance with laws and
regulations that were detected includes:
a. All those which are not adequately addressed by management.
b. All those that constitute management fraud.
c. All material items.
d. Any of such acts.
18. The decision as to how much evidence to be accumulated for a given set of circumstances is:
a. Provided in the Philippines Standards on Auditing.
b. Provided by following GAAP
c. One requir ing professional judgment
d. Determined by statistical analysis
19. The revised Code of Ethics is mandator y for all CPAs and is applicable to professional ser vices performed in
the Philippines on or:
a. Before June 30. 2008
b. After June 30, 2008
c. Before January 1,2008
d. After Januar y 1, 2008
20. Which of the following is not explicitly referred to in the Code of Ethics as source of technical standards?
a. Commission on Audit (COA)
b. Auditing and Assurance Standards Council (AASC)
c. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
d. Relevant legislation
21. Firm includes the following except:
a. A sole practicing professional accountant,
b. An entity that controls a par tnership of professional accountants.
c. An entity controlled by a partnership of professional accountants.
d. A sole practitioner, partnership or corporat ion of professional accountants.
22. The term pr ofessional accountant in public practice includes the following, except:
a. A sole proprietor providing professional services to a client.
b. Each partner or person occupying a position similar to that of a partner staff in a practice providing
professional services to a client.
c. Professional accountants employed in the public sector hav ing manager ial responsibilities.
d. A firm of professional accountants in public practice.
23. The term receiving accountant includes the following, except;
a. A professional accountant in public practice to whom existing accountant has referred tax engagement.

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b.

A professional accountant in public practice to whom the client of the existing accountant has referred
audit engagement.
c. A professional accountant in public practice who is consulted in order to meet the needs of the client.
d. A professional accountant in public practice currently holding an audit appoint ment or
carrying out accounting, taxation, consulting or similar professional services for a client.
24. Related entity is an entity that has any of the following relationships with the client, except:
a. An entity that has direct or indirect control over the client provided that the client is material to such
entity.
b. An entity with a direct financial interest in the client even though such entity has no
significant influence over the client provided the interest in the client is material to such
entity.
c. An entity over which the client has direct or indirect control.
d. An entity which is under common control with that client (referred to as a "sister entity") provided the
sister entity and the client are both material to the entity that controls both the client and sister entity.
25. A primary purpose for establishing a code of ethics within a pr ofessional organization is to:
a. Demonstrate the acceptance of responsibility Jo the interest of those served by the
profession.
b. Reduce the likelihood that members of the profession will be sued for substandard wor k.
c. Ensure that all members of the profession posses approximately the same level of competency.
d. Require members of the profession to exhibit loyalty in all matters pertaining to the affairs of the
organization.
26. The communication to the public of facts about a professional accountant which are not designed for the
deliberate promotion of that professional accountant.
a. Publicity
b. Indirect promotion
c. Advertising
d. Solicitation
27. Advertising, as defined in the Code of Ethics, means
a. The communication to the public of facts about a professional accountant w hich are not designed for
the deliberate promotion of that professional accountant.
b. The approach to a potential client for the purpose of offering professional ser vices.
c. The communicat ion to the public of infor mat ion as to the services or skills prov ided by
professional accountants in public practice with a v iew to procur ing professional business.
d. Any of the given choices.
28. Which of the following is least likely the basis of determining audit fees?
a. The skill and knowledge required for the type of w ork involved.
b. The degree of responsibility and urgency that the wor k entails.
c. The expected outcome of the engagement.
d. The required level of training and experience of the person engaged on the wor k.
29. Though PSAs do not provide "hard and fast r ules," they provide subjective guidance which allow the
auditors to:
a. Only apply those standards that are important to the audit.
b. Use adequate professional judgment when apply ing the standards.
c. Tailor their audit to procedures requested by management.
d. Accurately interpret the Code of Ethics for CPAs.
30. Which one of the following is not a key attribute that is essential to perform an assurance ser vice?
a. Independence
b. Established criteria or standards
c. Subject matter knowledge
d. Accounting skills
31. Upon completion of a typical audit, the auditor has
a. No assurance that all material errors and fraud have been found.
b. A low level of assurance that all material errors and fraud have been found.
c. High level of assurance that all mater ial errors and fraud have been found.
d. Total assurance that al material errors and fraud have been found.
32. An investor, while reading the financial statements of Star Corporation, learned that the s tatements are
accompanied by an unqualified auditor's repor t. From this the investor may conclude that:

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a. The auditor has ascertained that Silver's financial statements have been prepared accurately.
b. The auditor is satisfied that Silver is operationally effi cient.
c. Any disputes over significant accounting issues have been settled to the auditor's
satisfaction.
d. Informative disclosures in the financial statements but not necessarily in the notes to financial
statements are to be regarded as reasonably adequate.
33. A CPA should maintain objectivity and be free of conflicts of interest when performing:
a. All attestation services, but not other professional ser vices.
b. All attestation and tax ser vices, but not other professional ser vices.
c. Audits, but not any other professional ser vices.
d. All pr ofessional services.
34. Which of the following has primary responsibility for the performance of an audit?
a. The partner in char ge of the engagement
b. The senior assigned to the engagement
c. The managing partner of the firm
d. The manager assigned to the engagement
35. The most common type of audit repor t contains a(n):
a. Unqualified opinion.
b. Qualified opinion.
c. Adverse opinion.
d. Disclaimer of opinion.
36. In
a.
b.
c.

"auditing" accounting data, the auditor is concer ned with

Analyzing the financial information to be sure that it complied with government requirement.
Determining if fraud has occurred.
Deter mining whether recorded infor mat ion proper ly reflects the economic events that
occurred during the accounting per iod.
d. Determining if taxable income has been calculated correctly.

37. Which one of the following is an example of management expectations from the independent auditors?
a. An expert providing a wr itten communicat ion as the product of the engagement.
b. Individuals who perform day-to-day accounting functions on behalf of the company.
c. AN active par ticipant in management decision-making.
d. An internal source of expertise on financial and other matters.
38. Broadly defined, the subject matter of any audit consists of
a. Financial statements.
b. Assertions.
c. Operating data.
d. Economic data.
39. An engagement in which a CPA firm arranges for a critical review of its practices by another CPA firm.
a. Attestation engagement
b. Peer review engagement
c. Quality control engagement
d. Quality assurance engagement
40. The risk associated with a company's survival and profitability is referred to as:
a. Information risk
b. Business risk
c. Control risk
d. Detection risk
41. An operational audit differs in many ways from an audit of financial statements. Which of the following is
the best example of these differences?
a. Operation audits do not ordinarily result in the preparation of a report.
b. The usual audit of financial statement covers the four basic financial statements whereas the
operational audit is usually limited either the balance sheet or the income statement.
c. The boundaries of an operat ion audit are often drawn from an organizat ion chart and are
not limited to a single account ing per iod.
d. The operational audit deals with operating profit while financial audit considers both the operating and
net pr ofits.

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42. The audit of historical financial statements should be conducted by the CPA professionals in accordance
with
a. The auditor's judgment.
b. The audit program.
c. Philippine Financial Reporting Standards.
d. Philippine Standar ds on Audit ing.
43. Whenever a CPA professional is engaged t o perform an audit of financial statements accor ding to
Philippine Standards on Auditing, he required to comply with those standards in order to
a. Eliminate audit risk.
b. Eliminate the professional judgment in resolving audit issues.
c. Have a measure of the quality of audit perfor mance.
d. To reduce the audit program to be prepared by the auditor.
44. In determining the primar y responsibility of the external auditor for an audit of a company's financial
statements, the auditor owes primary allegiance to:
a. The management of the audit client because the auditor is hired and paid by management.
b. The audit committee of the audit client because that committee is responsible for coordinating and
reviewing all audit activities within the company.
c. Stockholders, creditors, and the investing public.
d. The Auditing and Assurance Standar ds Council, because it determines auditing standards and auditor's
responsibility.
45. Assurance services involve all the following except:
a. Improving the quality of information for decision purposes.
b. Improving the quality of the decision model used.
c. Improving the relevance of information.
d. Implementing a system that improves the processing of infor mat ion.
46. Which of the following is the broadest and most inclusive concept?
a. Audits of financial statements.
b. Internal control audit.
c. Assurance services.
d. Compilation ser vices.
47. When performing an engagement to review a nonpublic entity's financial statements, an accountant most
likely would:
a. Obtain an understanding of the entity's internal control.
b. Limit the distribution of the accountant's repor t.
c. Confirm a sample of significant accounts receivable balances.
d. Ask about actions taken at board of directors' meetings.
48. Assurance services may include w hich of the following?
a. Attesting to financial statements
b. Examination of the economy and efficiency of governmental operations
c. Evaluation of a division's performance for management
d. All of the given choices
49. The auditor of financial statements must make ver y difficult interpretations regarding authoritative
literature. Additionally, the auditor must
a. Proceed beyond PFRS to assess how the economic activ ity is portrayed in the financial
statements.
b. Force management to make certain decisions regarding their financial statements.
c. Disregard independence in or der to find the underlying truth of the evidence.
d. Establish new criteria by w hich financial statements may be compared.
50. Which one of the following is not a part of the attest process?
a. Evaluating evidence against objective criteria
b. Gathering evidence about assertions
c. Prov ing the accuracy of the books and records
d. Communicating the conclusions reached
51. Which one of the following is not a reason w hy the users of financial statements desire for an independent
assessment of the financial statement presentation?
a. Complexity of transactions affecting the financial statements
b. Lack of cr iteria on which to base infor mation

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c.
d.

Remoteness of the user from the organization

All of them are potential reasons

52. An audit which determines whether or ganizational policies ar e being followed and w hether external
mandates are being met is referred to as
a. A financial audit
b. A compliance audit.
c. An operational audit.
d. None of the above
53. Which of the following factors most likely w ould cause a CPA to decline a new audit engagement?
a. The CPA does not understand the entity's operations and industr y.
b. The CPA is unable to review the predecessor auditor's working papers.
c. Management is unwilling to per mit inquiry of its legal counsel.
d. Management acknowledges that the entity has had recurring operating losses.
54. Auditing standards are
a. Statutory in nature.
b. Rules imposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
c. General guidelines to help auditors.
d. Rules imposed by the PICPA.
55. Which of the following best describes what is meant by generally accepted auditing standards?
a. Pronouncements issued by the Auditing and Assurance Standards Council.
b. Rules acknowledged by the accounting profession because of their universal compliance.
c. Procedures to be used to gather evidence to support financial statements.
d. Measures of the quality of the auditor's perfor mance.
56. Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS) and Philippine Standards on Auditing (PSA) should be
looked upon by practitioners as
a. Ideals to w ork towards, but which are not achievable.
b. Benchmar ks to be used on all audits, reviews, and compilations.
c. Maximum standards w hich denote excellent wor k.
d. Minimum standards of perfor mance which must be achieved on each audit engagement.
57. Competence as a certified public accountant includes all of the following except
a. Consulting others if additional technical information is needed.
b. Possessing the ability to supervise and evaluate the quality of staff w ork.
c. Having the technical qualifications to perform an engagement.
d. Warranting the infallibility of the wor k perfor med.
58. Which one of the following attributes is required of an auditor in relation to audit clients?
a. Loyalty
b. Rationalization
c. Independence
d. Bias
59. To
a.
b.
c.
d.

be independent, the auditor:

Cannot place any reliance on the client's verbal and written assertions.
Is responsible only to third-par ty users of the financial statements.
Cannot perform any consulting services for an audit client.
Must be impart ial when dealing with the client.

60. Practitioner's independence:

a. Minimizes risk.
b. Defends against liability
c. Helps achieve public confidence
d. Achieves compliance with the standards of fieldwor k.
61. The exercise of due professional care requires that an auditor
a. Uses error-free judgment.
b. Considers internal control, including tests of controls.
c. Examines all corroborating evidence available.
d. Be responsible for fulfilling his or her dut ies diligently and carefully.
62. The exercise of due professional care requires that an auditor

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a.
b.
c.
d.

Cr itically review the judgment exercised at every level of supervision.

Attain the proper balance of professional experience and formal education.
Reduce control risk below the maximum.
Examine all available corroborating evidence.

63. The exercise of due professional care requires that an auditor

a. Use error-free judgment.
b. Consider internal control, including tests of controls.
c. Critically review the wor k done at ever y level of super vision.
d. Examine all corroborating evidence available.
64. An auditor who accepts an audit engagement and does not possess the industry expertise of the business
entity, should
a. Engage financial exper ts familiar with the nature of the business entity.
b. Obtain a knowledge of matters that relates to the nature of the entity's business.
c. Refer a substantial portion of the audit to another CPA who will act as the principal auditor.
d. First inform management that an unqualified opinion cannot be issued.
65. Which of the following underlies the application of generally accepted auditing standar ds, par ticularly the
standards of fieldwor k and reporting?
a. Element of corroborating evidence
b. Element of reasonable assurance
c. Elements of materiality and r is k
d. Element of inter nal control
66. Which of the following is the authoritative body designated to promulgate auditing standards?
a. Financial Reporting Standards Council
b. PICPA
c. Association of CPAs in Public Practice and PICPA
d. Audit ing and Assurance Standards Council
67. Which of the following mostly describes the function of AASC?
a. To monitor full compliance by auditors to PSAs.
b. To assist the Board of Accountancy in conducting administrative proceedings on erring CPAs in audit
practice.
c. To promulgate audit ing standards, practices and procedures that shall be generally
accepted by the account ing profession in the Philippines.
d. To under take continuing research on both auditing and financial accounting in order to make them
responsive to the needs of the public.
68. The Philippine Standar ds on Auditing issued by the Auditing and Assurance Standards Council (AASC)
a. Are interpretations of generally accepted auditing standards
b. Are the equivalent of laws for audit practitioners.
c. Must be followed in all situations.
d. Are optional guidelines which an auditor may choose to follow or not follow when conducting an audit.
69. Which of the following statements best describes the primar y purpose of Philippines Standards on
Auditing?
a. They are authoritative statements, enforced through the Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants,
that are intended to limit the degree of auditor judgment.
b. They are procedural outlines which are intended to narrow the areas of inconsistency and divergence
of auditor opinion.
c. They are guides intended to set forth auditing procedures that are applicable to a variety of situations.
d. They are interpretations which are intended to clar ify the meaning of "generally accepted
audit ing standards."
70. In financial statement audits, the audit process should be conducted in accor dance with
a. Philippine Financial Reporting Standards
b. International Accounting Standards
c. Philippine Standar ds on Audit ing
d. Philippine Accounting Standards
71. The Philippine Standar ds on Auditing issued by AASC
a. Need to be applied on all audit related.
b. Require that in no circumstances would an auditor may judge it necessar y to depart from a PSA, even
though such a departure may result to more effective achievement of the objective of an audit.

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c. Apply to independent examinat ion of financial statements of any ent ity when such an
examinat ion is conducted for the purpose of expressing an opinion.
d. Must not apply to other related activities of auditors.
72. An auditor needs not abide by a Philippines Standard on Auditing if the auditor believes that
a. The amount is insignificant.
b. The requirement of the PSA is impractical to perform.
c. The requirement of the PSA is impossible to perform.
d. Any of the above three is correct.
73. Auditing standards differ from auditing procedures in that procedures relate to:
a. Measures of performance
b. Acts to be performed.
c. Audit j udgments.
d. Audit principles.
74. Ever y independent audit engagement involves both auditing standar ds and auditing procedures. The
relationship between the two may be illustrated by how they apply from engagement to engagement. The
best representation of this application is that, from one audit engagement to the next,
a. Audit ing standards are applied unifor mly but audit ing procedures may vary.
b. Auditing standards may vary but auditing procedures are applied uniformly.
c. Auditing standards are applied uniformly but auditing procedures are optional.
d. Both auditing standards and auditing procedures are applied uniformly.
75. Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) are distinguished from generally accepted auditing
standards (GAAS) in that:
a. GAAP are the principles auditors follow when conducting an audit, while GAAS are the standards for
presentation of financial statements and underlying transactions.
b. GAAP are the principles for presentation of financial statements and underly ing
transactions, while GAAS are the standards that the auditors should follow when
conducting an audit.
c. When GAAP are violated, sufficiently strong GAAS may make up for most GAAP deficiencies.
d. GAAP are promulgated by the SEC, w hile GAAS are promulgated by the PFRC.
76. Which of the following is not allowed by the revised code of ethics?
a. A professional accountant in public practice may issue to client or, in response to an unsolicited
request, to a non-client a factual and objectively worded of the services
provided.
b. Booklets and other documents bearing the name of a professional accountant and giving technical
information for the assistance of staff or clients may be issued to such persons, other professional
accountants or other interested par ties.
c. The use of the name of a n internat ional accounting fir m affiliation/correspondence is
generally allowed.
d. A firm or CPA practitioner can continue to use the term "Accredited" or any similar words or phrase
calculated to convey the same meaning if the claimed accreditation has not expired.
77. How frequent can a professional accountants have press and other media releases commemorating their
anniversaries in public practice by informing the public of their achievements or accomplishments in
contributing toward nation building or enhancing the image or standards of the accounting profession?
a. 2 years
b. 3 years
c. 5 years
d. 6 years
78. Which of the following is not allowed to be included in a website of a firm of professional accountants?
a. Names of par tners/principals with their educational attainment.
b. Membership in any professional body.
c. Awards received
d. Listings of the fir m's clients.
79. In
a.
b.
c.
d.

their fiduciary r ole, the professional accountants owe their primar y loyalty to:
The accounting profession
The general public
The client
Government regulatory agencies

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80. Which of the following is a distinguishing mark of the accountancy profession?

a. A drive to excellence
b. Acceptance of the responsibility to act in the public interest
c. Professional objectivity
d. Professional skepticism
81. The IFAC Code of Professional Conduc t will ordinarily be considered to have been violated when the
member represents that specific consulting services will be performed for a stated fee and it is apparent at
the time of the representation that the
a. Actual fee would be substant ially higher.
b. Actual fee would be substantially lower than the fees charged by other members for comparable
services.
c. Fee was a competitive bid.
d. Member would not be independent.
82. A professional accountant is likened to a prudent father to his son.
principle?
a. Professional competence and due care
b. Confidentiality
c. Integrity
d. Objectivity

This relates to what f undamental

83. Which fundamental principle is seriously threatened by an engagement that is compensated based on the
net pr oceeds on loans received by the client from a commercial bank?
a. Integrity
b. Objectiv ity
c. Professional behavior
d. Confidentiality
84. Which of the following values is not necessar y for a professional accountant?
a. Honesty
b. Objectivity
c. Integrity
d. A primary commit ment to self- interest
85. Professional accountants may encounter problems in identifying unethical behavior or in resolving an
ethical conflict. When faced with significant ethical issues, professional accountants should do the
following, except
a. Follow the established policies of the employing organization to seek a resolution of such conflict
b. Review the conflict problem with the immediate superior if the organization's policies do not resolve
the ethical conflict.
c. If the problem is not resolved wit h the immediate super ior and the professional
accountant deter mines to go to the next higher manager ial level, the immediate super ior
need not be not ified of the decision.
d. Seek counseling and advice on a confidential basis with an independent advisor or the applicable
professional accountancy body or regulator y body to obtain an understanding of possible courses of
action.
86. As a resolution of the conflict in the application of fundamental principles, the auditor, after considering the
ethical issues and relevant facts may do any of the following, except:
a. Must immediately resign from the engagement or the employing entity.
b. Should weigh me consequences of each possible course of action.
c. Should consult with other appropriate persons within the firm or employing organization for help to
finally resolve the matter.
d. The professional accountant may wish to obtain professional advice from, the relevant professional
body without breaching confidentiality if significant conflict cannot be resolved.
87. Which of the following is incorrect regar ding integrity and objectivity?
a. Integrity implies not merely honesty but fair dealing and tr uthfulness.
b. The principle of objectivity imposes the obligation on all professional accountants to be fair,
intellectually honest and free of conflicts of interest.
c. Professional accountants ser ve in many different capacities and should demonstrate their objectivity in
varying circumstances.
d. Professional accountants should neither accept nor offer any gifts or entertainment.

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88. If a professional accountant is billing an audit client a number of hours greater than those actually wor ked,
which of the following fundamental principles is likely violated?
a. Objectivity
b. Integr ity
c. Professional due care
d. Confidentiality
89. Which of the following is not a function of the Boar d of Accountancy as specified in the Philippine
Accountancy Act of 2004?
a. To investigate violations of the Accountancy Law and the rules and regulations promulgated therewith.
b. To look from time to time into the conditions affecting the practice of the accountancy profession.
c. To create and direct accredit ing agencies that are entrusted the funct ions of reviewing
higher educat ional institut ions' policies and practices leading to
accreditation/reaccreditation of BSA program.
d. To determine and prescribe minimum requirements leading to the admission of candidates to the CPA
licensure examination.
90. All
a.
b.
c.
d.

of the following are represented to the Financial Repor ting Standar ds Council, except:
Securities and Exchange Commission
Bureau of Inter nal Revenue
Commission on Higher Education
Board of Accountancy

91. A CPA whose certificate of registration has been revoked:

a. Can no longer be reinstated.
b. Is automatically reinstated as a CPA by the PRC after two years if he has acted in an exemplar y
manner.
c. May be reinstated by the Professional Regulation Commission after tw o years if he has acted in an
exemplar y manner.
d. May be reinstated as a CPA by the Board of Accountancy after two years if he has acted in
an exemplary manner.
92. The Philippine Accountancy Act of 2004 provides that all Working papers made during an audit shall be the
property of the auditor. These working papers shall include the following, except:
a. Working papers prepared by the CPA and his staff.
b. Analysis and schedule prepared and submitted to the auditor by his client's staff.
c. Excerpts or copies of documents furnished to the auditor.
d. Any report submitted by the auditor to his client.
93. Who are required to apply for accreditation with the Professional Regulation Commission if the applicant is
a partnership of Professional Accountants?
a. Managing par tner only
b. All partners only
c. Partners and staff members
d. Partners, principals, and staff members
94. Which of the following is not included in the seal of a pr ofessional accountant?
a. Tax ident ification number
b. Name of the professional accountant
c. Title of the profession
d. Registration number
95. Individual CPAs, Firms or Partnerships of CPAs, including partners and staff members thereof shall register
with the BOA and the PRC. If the accreditation of Velasco and Co., CPAs, was renewed on September 30,
2008, the next renewal must be on or before:
a. September 30, 2010
b. September 30, 2011
c. December 31, 2010
d. December 31, 2011
96. The APO shall renew its Certificate of Accreditation once every how many years after the date of the
Resolution granting the petition for re-accreditation and the issuance of the said certificate upon
submission of the requirements?
a. 2 years
b. 3 years
c. 4 years

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d.

6 years

97. Engagement letters are widely used in practice for professional engagements of all types. The primary
purpose of the engagement letter is to
a. Remind management of its primary responsibility over the financial statements.
b. Satisfy the requirements of the Code of Professional Conduct for CPAs.
c. Provide a star ting point for the auditor's preparation of the preliminary audit program.
d. Prov ide a written record of the agreement wit h the client as to the services to be provided.
98. Which of the following is not likely a quality control procedure on consultation?
a. Identifies areas and specialized situations where consultation is required and encourages personnel to
consult with or in use authoritative sources on other complex matters.
b. Designates individuals as specialists to ser ve as authoritative sources and define their authority in
consultative situations.
c. Assigns an appropr iate person or persons to be responsible for assigning per sonnel to
audits.
d. Specifies the extent of documentation to be provided for the result of consultation in those areas and
specialized situations w here consultation is required.
99. According to Philippine Standards on Auditing, because there are inherent limitations in an audit that affect
the auditor's ability to detect material misstatements, the auditor is:
a. Neither a guarantor nor an insurer of financial statements.
b. A guarantor but not an insurer of the statements.
c. An insurer but not a guarantor of the statements.
d. Both a guarantor and an insurer of the financial statements.
100. The working papers prepared by a CPA in connection with an audit engagement are ow ned by the CPA,
subject to cer tain limitations. T he rationale for this rule is to
a. Protect the working papers from being subpoenaed.
b. Provide the basis for excluding admission of the working papers as evidence because of the privileged
communication rule.
c. Prov ide the CPA with ev idence and documentation which may be helpful in the event of a
lawsuit.
d. Establish a continuity of relationship with the client whereby indiscriminate replacement of CPAs is
discouraged.
SET 3
1.

The responsibility for adopting sound accounting policies, maintaining adequate internal control, and
making fair representations in the financial statements rests
a. With the management.
b. With the independent auditor.
c. Equally with management and the auditor.
d. With the internal audit department.

2.

The ordinary examination of financial statements is not primarily designed to disclose defalcations and
other irregularities although their discovery may result. Normal audit procedures are more likely to detect a
fraud arising from
a. Collusion on the part of several employees.
b. Failure to record cash receipts for ser vices rendered.
c. Forgeries on company checks.
d. Theft of inventor ies.

3.

A principal pur pose of a letter of representation from management is to

a. Serve as an introduction to company personnel and an authorization to examine the records.
b. Discharge the auditor from legal liability for his examination.
c. Confirm in writing management's approval of limitations on the scope of the audit.
d. Remind management of its primary responsibility for financial statements.

4.

The auditor should not assume that management is dishonest, but the possibility of dishonesty must be
considered." This is an example of
a. Expectation gap.
b. An attitude of professional skept icism.
c. Due diligence.
d. An ethical requirement.

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5.

Which of the following statements is true?

a. It is usually easier for the auditor to uncover irregularities than errors.
b. It is us ually easier for the auditor to uncover errors than irregularit ies.
c. It is usually equally difficult for the auditor to uncover errors or irregularities.
d. Usually, none of the given statements is true.

6.

Generally, the decision to notify parties outside the client's organization regarding a noncompliance with
laws and regulations
a. Independent auditor.
b. Management.
c. Outside legal counsel.
d. Internal auditors.

7.

An audit made in accordance with Philippine Standards on Auditing generally should

a. Be expected to provide assurance that noncompliance with laws and regulations will be detected if the
internal control is effective.
b. Be relied upon to disclose indirect-effect noncompliance with laws and regulations.
c. Encompass a plan to search actively for noncompliance with laws and regulations w hich relate to
operating aspects.
d. Not be relied upon to prov ide assurance that all noncompliance with laws and regulations
will be detected.

8.

An auditor who believes that a material irregularity may exist should initially
a. Discuss the matter with those believed to be involved in the perpetration of material irregularity.
b. Discuss the matter with a higher level of management.
c. Withdraw fr om the engagement.
d. Consult legal counsel.

9.

When management refuses to disclose in the financial statements noncompliance to laws and regulati ons
which are identified by the independent auditor, the CPA may be charged with unethical conduct for
a. Withdrawing from the engagement.
b. Issuing a disclaimer of opinion.
c. Failure to uncover the noncompliance to laws and regulations during the prior audits.
d. Reporting these activities to the audit committee.

10. A procedure in which a quality control partner periodically tests the application of quality control
procedures is most directly related to which quality control element?
a. Engagement performance
b. Independence, integrity, and objectivity
c. Monitoring
d. Personnel management
11. The work of each assistant needs to be reviewed by personnel of at least equal competence. Which of the
following is not one of the objectives of this requirement?
a. The conclusions expressed are consistent with the result of the wor k performed and suppor t the
opinion.
b. The work performed and the results obtained have been adequately documented.
c. The audit objectives have been achieved.
d. All available ev idences have been obtained, evaluated and documented.
12. Which of the following is incorrect regar ding the professional accountants' tax practice?
a. A professional accountant rendering professional tax services is entitled to put forward the best
position in favor of a client, or an employer.
b. Doubt may be resolved in favor of the client or the employer if there is a reasonable suppor t for the
position.
c. A professional accountant may hold out to a client or an employer the assurance that the
tax return prepared and the tax advice offered by him are beyond challenge.
d. Professional accountants should ensure that the client or the employer is aware of the limitations
attaching to tax advice and services so that they do not misinterpret an expression of opinion as an
assertion of fact.
13. Which of the following is least likely an application of maintaining an attitude of professional skepticism?
a. The auditor does not consider representations from management as substitute for obtaining sufficient
appropriate audit evidence to be able to draw reasonable conclusions on w hich to base the audit
opinion.
b. In planning and perfor ming an audit, the auditor assumes that management is dishonest.

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c.
d.

The auditor is alert to audit evidence that contradicts or brings into question the reliability of
documents or management representations.
The auditor makes a critical assessment, with a questioning mind, of the validity of audit evidence
obtained.

14. Which of the following statements is true when the CPA has been engaged to do an attestation
engagement?
a. The CPA firm is engaged and paid by the client; therefore, the firm has primar y responsibility to be an
advocate for the client.
b. The CPA fir m is engaged and paid by the client, but the primary beneficiar ies of the audit
are the statement users.
c. Should a situation arise where there is no convincing authoritative standard available, and there is a
choice of actions w hich could impact client's financial statements either positively or negatively, the
CPA is free to endorse the choice w hich is best in the client's interest.
d. As long as CPA firms are competent, it is not required that they remain unbiased.
15. Which of the following will impair the independence of a CPA in public practice?
a. He has his name and address listed on a one-page section of the telephone book.
b. He obtained a loan from a bank under the normal lending procedures, terms and requirements of the
bank.
c. He holds one share of the client's capital stock.
d. He failed to disclose a client's departure from GAAP.
16. When CPAs are able to maintain an independent attitude in fulfilling their responsibility, it is referred to as
independence in
a. Fact.
b. Appearance.
c. Conduct.
d. Total.
17. When the users of financial statements have confidence in the independence of the CPA, it is referred to as
in independence in
a. Fact.
b. Appearance.
c. Conduct.
d. Total.
18. When determining whether independence is impaired because of an ownership interest in client company,
materiality will affect w hether ownership is a violation of r ule of independence
a. In all circumstances.
b. Only for direct ow nership.
c. Only for indirect ownership.
d. Under no circumstances.
19. A professional accountant has a professional duty or right disclose confidential information in each of the
following, except:
a. To comply with technical standards and ethics requirements.
b. To disclose to the Bureau of Internal Revenue any fraudulent scheme committed by the
client on pay ment of income tax.
c. To comply with the quality review of a member body or professional body
d. To respond to an inquir y or investigation by a member body or regulator y body.
20. Which of the following best describes the passing of confidential information from a client to its auditor?
The information:
a. Should in no circumstances be conveyed to third par ties.
b. Is not legally protected and can be subpoenaed by a competent court.
c. Can only be released for peer reviews after receiving permission from the client.
d. Should be conveyed to the public if it affects the "correctness" of the financial statements.
21. A member in public practice may perform for a contingent fee any professional services for a client for
whom the member or member's firm per forms
a. An audit.
b. A review.
c. A compilat ion used only by management.
d. An audit of prospective financial information.

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22. Which one of the following contingent fee is allowed?

a. All services performed by a CPA film.
b. Non-attestation ser vices.
c. Non-attestation services, unless the CPA fir m was also perfor ming attestation services for
the same client.
d. Attestation services.
23. When the auditor issues an erroneous opinion as a consequence of an underlying failure to comply with
the requirements of generally accepted auditing standar ds, it results to
a. Business failure.
b. Audit failure.
c. Audit risk.
d. All of them
24. The responsibility for the fairness of the financial assertions that are embodied in the financial statements
and in the notes to the financial statements rests:
a. With the audit committee.
b. With management.
c. With Securities and Exchange Commission.
d. Equally with management and the stockholders.
25. When preparing the financial statements, it is acceptable for the auditor to prepar e
a. The footnotes for client.
b. The statement for client.
c. A draft of the statements and footnotes for client.
d. A draft of the statements for client.
26. Which of the following statements best describes the auditor's responsibility regarding the detection of
material errors and frauds?
a. The auditor is responsible for the failure to detect material errors and frauds only when such failure
results from the misapplication of generally accepted accounting principles.
b. The auditor is responsible for the failure to detect material errors and frauds only when the auditor
fails to confirm receivables or observe inventories.
c. The audit should be designed to prov ide reasonable assurance that mater ial errors and
frauds are detected.
d. Extended auditing procedures are required to detect unrecor ded transactions even if there is no
evidence that material errors and frauds may exist.
27. The auditor has considerable responsibility for notifying users as to whether or not the statements are
properly stated. This imposes upon the auditor a d uty to
a. Prov ide reasonable assurance that material misstatements will be detected.
b. Be an insurer of the fair ness in the statements.
c. Be a guarantor of the fairness in the statements.
d. Be equally responsible with management for the preparation of the financial statements.
28. The factor that distinguishes an error fr om an irregularity is
a. Whether it is peso amount or a process.
b. Whether it is a caused by the auditor or the client.
c. Materiality.
d. Intent.
29. The reason why an auditor accumulates evidence is to
a. Defend himself in the event of a lawsuit.
b. Justify the conclusions he has otherwise reached.
c. Satisfy the requirements of the bureau of inter nal revenue.
d. Enable him to reach conclusions about the fairness of the financial statements and issue
an appropriate audit report.
30. The auditor gives an audit opinion on the fair presentation of the financial statements and associates his or
her name with them when, on the basis of adequate evidence, the auditor concludes that the financial
statements are unlikely to mislead
a. A prudent user.
b. Management.
c. The reader.
d. Investors.

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31. The type of transactions that ordinarily have a high inherent because they involve management judgment
or assumptions referred to as
a. Est imat ion transactions.
b. Nonroutine transactions.
c. Routine transactions.
d. Related-par ty transactions.
32. The probability that an auditor's procedures leading to the conclusion that a material error does not exist in
an account balance when, in fact, such error does exist is referred to as
a. Prevention risk.
b. Inherent risk.
c. Control risk.
d. Detection r isk.
33. Which of the following is not included in an audit engagement letter?
a. Objectives of the engagement
b. Representations that the financial statements were prepared in accordance with PFRS
c. Management's responsibilities
d. A clear explanation of the services to be performed on the engagement
34. Which of the following is least likely included in an auditors inquir y of management while obtaining
information to identify the risks of material misstatement due to fraud?
a. Are financial report ing operations co ntrolled by and limited to one location?
b. Does it have knowledge of fraud or suspect fraud?
c. Does it have programs to mitigate fraud risks?
d. Has it repor ted to the audit committee the nature of the company's internal control?
35. Which of the following should the auditors normally interview as part of their assessment of fraud risk?
a. Senior management
b. Audit committee
c. Various employees whose duties financial reporting responsibilities
d. All of the given choices
36. An audit plan is a
a. Detailed plan of analytical procedures and all substantive tests to be performed in the course of the
audit.
b. Document that provides an overview of the company and a general plan for the audit wor k
to be accomplished, t iming of the work, and other matters of concern to the audit.
c. Generic document that auditing firms have developed to lead the process of the audit through a
systematic and logical process.
d. Budget of the time that should be necessary to complete each phase of the audit procedures.
37. What will an auditor who has been proposed for an audit engagement usually do prior to accepting a new
client?
a. Draft the financial statements of the client as a measure of goodwill.
b. With the per mission from the prospect ive client, contact the predecessor auditor to
determine if there are any disagreements between the client and the audit fir ms.
c. Obtain the potential client's permission to talk to the former auditor and review w ork papers.
d. Perform a peer review on the potential client in accordance with professional standards.
38. If the auditor sets the preliminary judgment about materiality level at a relatively low peso amount,
a. More evidence will be required than for a high level.
b. Less evidence will be required than for a high level.
c. The same amount of evidence will be required as for a high level.
d. The amount of evidence required will not be affected.
39. Which of the following statements is true with regard to the relationship among audit risk, audit evidence,
and materiality?
a. The lower the inherent risk and control risk, the lower the aggregate materiality threshold.
b. Under conditions of high inherent and control r isk, the auditor should place more
emphasis on obtaining external ev idence and should reduce reliance on internal evidence.
c. Where inherent risk is high and control risk is low, the auditor may safel y ignore inherent risk.
d. Aggregate materiality thresholds should not change under conditions of changing risk levels.
40. Which of the following is most likely to be an overall response to fraud risks identified in an audit?
a. Supervise members of the audit team less closely and rely more upon judgment.

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b. Use less predictable audit procedures.

c. Use only certified public accountants on the engagement.
d. Place increased emphasis on the audit of objective transactions rather than subjective transactions.
41. Which of the following represents a procedure that the auditor may use because plausible relationships
among financial statement balances are expected to exist?
a. Attributes testing
b. Enter prise risk assessment
c. Inherent tests of control
d. Analytical review
42. Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding obtaining an understanding of the entity and its
environment?
a. Obtaining an understanding of the entity and its envir onment is an essential aspect of performing an
audit in accordance with PSAs.
b. Understanding of the e ntity and its environment establishes frame of reference within which the
auditor plans the audit and exercises professional j udgment about assessing risks of material
misstatement in the financial statements and responding to those risks throughout the audit.
c. The auditor's primar y consideration is w hether the understanding that has been obtained is sufficient
to assess the risks of material misstatement in the financial statements and to design and per form
further audit procedures.
d. The depth of the overall understanding that is required by the auditor in perfor ming the
audit is at least equal to that possessed by management in managing the entity.
43. Which statement is incorrect regarding analytical procedures?
a. Analytical procedures may be helpful in identifying the existence of unusual transactions or events, and
amounts, ratios, and trends that might indicate matters that have financial statement and audit
implications.
b. In performing analytical procedures as risk assessment procedures, the auditor develops expectations
about plausible relationships that are reasonably expected to exist.
c. When comparison of those expectations with recorded amounts or ratios developed from recorded
amounts yields unusual or unexpected relationships, the auditor considers those results in identifying
risks of material misstatement.
d. When such analytical procedures use data aggregated at a high level (which is often the
situat ion), the results of those analytical procedures prov ide a clear -cut indicat ion
whether a material misstate ment may exist.
44. Inquiries directed towards those char ged with governance may most likely
a. Relate to their activities concerning the design, and effectiveness of the entity's internal control and
whether management has satisfactorily responded to any findi ngs from these activities.
b. Help the auditor understand the environment in which the financial statements are
prepared.
c. Relate to changes in the entity's mar keting strategies, sales trends, or contractual arrangements with
its customers.
d. Help the auditor in evaluating the appropriateness of the selection and application of certain
accounting policies.
45. The underlying reason for a code of pr ofessional conduct for any profession is
a. That it is required by congress.
b. The need for public confidence in the quality of service of the profession.
c. That it provides a safeguar d to keep unscrupulous people out.
d. That it allows Professional Regulation Commission to have a yar dstick to measure deficient
performance.
46. Professional accountants may encounter problems in identifying unethical behavior or in resolving an
ethical conflict. When faced with significant ethical issues, professional accountants should do the
following, except
a. Follow the established policies of the employing organization to seek a resolution of such conflict.
b. Review the conflict problem with the immediate superior if the organization's policies do not resolve
the ethical conflict.
c. If the problem is not resolved wit h the immediate super ior and the professional
accountant deter mines to go to the next higher manager ial level, the immediate super ior
need not be not ified of the decision.
d. Seek counseling and advice on a confidential basis with an independent advisor or the applicable
professional accountancy body or regulator y body to obtain an understanding of possible courses of
action.

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47. The assessment of the risks of material misstatement at financial statement level is affected by the
auditors understanding of the control environment. Weaknesses control environment ordinarily will lead
the auditor to
a. Have more confidence in internal control and the reliability audit evidence generated internally within
the entity.
b. Conduct some audit procedures at an interim date rather than at period end.
c. Modify the nature of audit procedures to obtain more persuasive audit evidence.
d. Decrease the number of locations to be included in the audit scope.
48. The auditor should determine overall responses to address the risks of material misstatement at the
financial statement level. Such responses least likely include
a. Emphasizing to the audit team the need to maintain professional skepticism in gathering and
evaluating audit evidence.
b. Assigning more experienced staff or those with special skills or using experts.
c. Incorporating additional elements of unpredictability in the selectio n of fur ther audit procedures to be
performed.
d. Perfor ming substant ive procedures at an inter im date instead of at per iod end.
49. The auditor should design and perform further audit procedures whose nature, timing, and extent are
responsive to the assessed risks of material misstatement at the assertion level. Which of the following is
the most important consideration in responding to the assessed risks?
a. The nature of the audit procedures.
b. The timing of the audit procedures.
c. The extent of the audit procedures.
d. All of these are equally important.
50. While assessing the risk of material misstatement, the auditors identity risks, relate risk to what could go
wrong, consider the magnitude of risks and:
a. Assess the risk of misstatements due to noncompliance to laws and regulations.
b. Consider the complexity of the transactions involved.
c. Consider the likelihood that the risks could result in material misstatements.
d. Determine materiality level.
51. Which of the following is least likely considered a financial statement audit risk factor?
a. Management operating and financing decisions are dominated by top management.
b. A new client with no prior audit history.
c. Rate of change in the entity's industry is rapid.
d. Profitability of the entity relative to its industr y is inconsistent.
52. Which of the following is most likely to be considered a risk factor relating to fraudulent financial repor ting?
a. Low turnover of senior management.
b. Extreme degree of competit ion within the industry.
c. Capital structure including various operating subsidiaries.
d. Sales goals in excess of any of the preceding three years.
53. Which of the following is correct concerning requirements about auditor's communications about fraud?
a. Fraud that involves senior management should be reported direct ly to the audit committee
regardless of the amounts involved.
b. All fraud with a material effect on the financial statements should be reported directly by the auditor to
the SEC
c. Fraud with a material effect on the financial statements should ordinarily be disclosed by the auditor
through the use of an emphasis of a matter paragraph added to the audit report.
d. The auditor has no responsibility to disclose fraud outside the entity under any circumstances.
54. Which of the following factors most likely would heighten an auditor's concern about the risk of fraudulent
financial reporting?
a. Large amounts of liquid assets that are easily convertible into cash.
b. Low grow th and profitability as compared to other entity's in the same industry.
c. Financial management's participation in the initial selection of accounting principles.
d. An overly complex or ganizat ional structure involv ing unusual lines of author ity.
55. Which of the following is most likely to be an overall response to fraud risks identified in an audit?
a. Only use cer tified public accountants on the engagement.
b. Place increased emphasis on the audit of objective transactions rather than subjective transactions.
c. Supervise members of the audit team less closely and rely more upon judgment.

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d. Use less predictable audit procedures.

56. There is generally an agreement within the auditing profession and the cour ts that the auditor
a. Is both a guarantor and an insurer of the financial statements.
b. Is a guarantor but not an insurer of the statements.
c. Is an insurer but not a guarantor of the statements.
d. Is neither a guarantor nor an insurer of financial statements.
57. Which of the following is correct?
a. The evidence w hich the auditor accumulates remains the same fr om audit to audit, but the general
objectives var y, depending on the circumstances.
b. The general audit objectives remain the same from audit to audit, but the evidence var ies,
depending on the circumstances.
c. The circumstances may vary form audit to audit, but the evidence accumulated remains the same.
d. The general audit objectives may var y from audit to audit, but t he circumstances remain the same.
58. The auditor is not liable to his client for
a. Negligence.
b. Bad faith.
c. Errors of judgment
d. Dishonesty.
59. A basic objective of a CPA firm is to provide professional services that conform to pr ofessional standards.
Reasonable assurance of achieving this basic objective is provided through
a. A system of peer review.
b. Continuing pr ofessional education.
c. Compliance with generally accepted repor ting standards.
d. A system of quality control.
60. Which of the following statements regarding quali ty control policies and procedures is incorrect?
a. Quality control policies and procedures should be implemented at both the level of the audit firm and
on an individual audits.
b. The audit firm should implement quality contr ol policies and procedures designed to ensure that all
audits are conducted in accor dance with PSAs or relevant national standards or practices.
c. Quality control policies are objectives and goals w hile quality control procedures are steps to be taken
to accomplish the policies adopted.
d. The policies and procedures adopted by indiv idual audit fir ms should not vary since t here
is an applicable PSA that prescribes quality control policies and procedures that must be
adopted by all auditing fir ms.
61. A principal pur pose of a letter of representation from management is to
a. Remind management of its primary responsibility for financial statements.
b. Serve as an introduction to company personnel and an authorization to examine the records.
c. Discharge the auditor from legal liability for his examination.
d. Confirm in writing management's approval of limitations on the scope of the audit.
62. Should the auditor uncover circumstances during the audit that may cause suspicions of management
fraud, the auditor must
a. Withdraw fr om engagement.
b. Issue an adverse opinion.
c. Issue a disclaimer.
d. Evaluate their implications and consider the need to modify audit evidence.
63. Most accounting and auditing professionals agree that when an audit has failed to uncover material
misstatements, and the wrong type of audit opinion is issued, the audit firm
a. Has failed to follow generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS).
b. Should be asked to defend the quality of the audit.
c. Deserves to lose the lawsuit.
d. Should not be held responsible for the financial loss suffered loss suffered by others.
64. A CPA firm studies its personnel advancement experience to ascertain w hether individuals meeting stated
criteria are assigned increased degrees of responsibility. This is evidence of the firm's adherence to
prescribed standar ds of
a. Supervision and review.
b. Continuing pr ofessional education.
c. Professional development.

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d. Quality control.
65. Which of the following is not likely a quality control procedure on consultation?
a. Identifies areas and specialized situations where consultation is required and encourages perso nnel to
consult with or in use authoritative sources on other complex matters.
b. Designates individuals as specialists to serve as authoritative sources and define their authority in
consultative situations.
c. Specifies the extent of documentation to be provided for the result of consultation in those areas and
specialized situations w here consultation is required.
d. Assigns an appropr iate person or persons to be responsible for assigning personnel to
audits.
66. The objective of quality control mandates that a public accounting firm should establish policies and
procedures for professional development w hich provide reasonable assurance that all entry-level personnel
a. Prepare working papers which are standardized in form and content.
b. Will advance within the organization.
c. Develop specialties in specific areas of public accounting.
d. Have the knowledge required to enable them to fulfill responsibilit ies assigned.
67. Which of the following is an element of "directing an audit assistant" objective?
a. Identifying in advance the staffing requirements of a particular audit engagement.
b. Resolving any differences in professional judgment between audit personnel.
c. Resolution of differences in audit findings.
d. Infor ming assistants of their responsibilities and the objectives of the procedures they
are to perform.
68. In pursuing its quality control objectives with respect to assigning personnel to engagements, a public
accounting firm may use policies and procedures such as
a. Rotating employees from assignment to assignment on a random basis to aid in the staff training
effort.
b. Allowing staff to select the assignments of their choice to promote better client relationships.
c. Assigning a number of employees to each engagement in excess of the number required so as not to
overburden the staff, and inter fere with the quality of the audit wor k performed.
d. Requiring t imely ident ificat ion of the staffing requirements of specific engagements so
that enough qualified personnel can be made available.
69. In connection with the element of professional developmen t, a CPA firm's system of quality control should
ordinarily provide that all personnel
a. Possess judgment, motivation, and adequate experience.
b. Seek assistance from persons having appropriate level of knowledge, judgment, and authority.
c. Demonstrate complianc e with peer review directives.
d. Have the knowledge required to enable them to fulfill responsibilit ies assigned.
70. A CPA establishes quality control policies and procedures for deciding whether to accept a new client or
continue to perform services for a current client. The primary purpose for establishing such policies and
procedures is
a. To enable the auditor to attest to the integrity or reliability of a client.
b. To comply with the quality control standards established by regulatory bodies.
c. To lessen the exposure to litigation resulting from failure to detect irregularities in client financial
statements.
d. To minimize the likelihood of association with clients whose management lacks integrity.
71. The implementation of quality control procedures that are applicable to the individual audit engagement is
the responsibility of the
a. CPA firm.
b. Engagement quality contr ol reviewer.
c. Exper t contracted by the firm in connection with the audit engagement.
d. Engagement team.
72. It involves a study or evaluation of the quality of audit of financial statements through a review of quality
control measures established by on CPA firms and individual CPAs in public practice to ensure compliance
with accounting and auditing standards and practices
a. External audit
b. Compliance audit
c. Peer review
d. Quality review

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73. Which of the following risks is entirely a quality criterion based on professional judgment?
a. Inherent risk
b. Control risk
c. Detection risk
d. Audit risk
74. The concept of materiality is not used by auditors as a guide to
a. Making decisions about the audit report
b. Planning the audit program
c. Evaluation of the audit evidence
d. Applicat ion of general standards
75. Inherent risk is not a characteristic of the
a. Major types of transactions.
b. Clients business.
c. Substant ive procedures.
d. Effectiveness of the clients accountants.
76. Misstatements must be compared to some measurement base before a decision can be made about the
materiality of the failure to follow GAAP. A commonly accepted measurement base w ould be
a. Net income.
b. Total assets.
c. Working capital.
d. All of the above.
77. The primary deliverable of an engagement to perform based on procedures prescribed by the intended
user of the report is/are:
a. The Review Repor t
b. Report of Fact ual Findings
c. Management Letter
d. The financial statements
78. Fraudulent financial reporting is often called:
a. Theft of assets
b. Employee fraud
c. Management fraud
d. Defalcation
79. The ordinar y examination of financial statements is not primarily designed to disclose defalcations and
other irregularities although their discover y may result. Normal audit procedures are more likely to detect
a fraud arising from
a. Theft of inventor ies.
b. Collusion on the part of several employees.
c. Failure to record cash receipts for ser vices rendered.
d. Forgeries on company checks.
80. Which of the following is one of the functions of QCR:
a. To adopt a Code of Ethics for the practice of accountancy.
b. To promulgate accounting and auditing standards that will be generally accepted in the Philippines.
c. To evaluate periodically the per formance of educational institutions offering accountancy educa tion.
d. To conduct a review on applicants for registration to practice public accountancy and
render a report which shall be attached to the application for registration.
81. Working papers prepared by a CPA in connection with an audit engagement are owned by t he CPA, subject
to certain limitations. T he rationale for this rule is to
a. Protect the working papers from, being subpoenaed.
b. Prov ide the CPA with ev idence and documentation which may be helpful in the event of a
lawsuit.
c. Provide the basis for excluding admission of the working papers as evidence because of the privileged
communication rule.
d. Establish a continuity of relationship with the client whereby indiscriminate replacement of CPAs is
discouraged.
82. The auditor's responsibility for failure to detect fraud arises
a. Whenever the amounts involved are material.

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b. When such failure clear ly results from noncompliance to generally accepted audit ing
standards.
c. Only when such failure clearly results from negligence so gross as to sustain an inference of fraud on
the par t of the auditor.
d. Only when the examination was specifically designed to detect fraud.
83. The factor that distinguishes constructive fraud from actual fraud is
a. Materiality.
b. Quality of internal control.
c. Type of error or irregularity.
d. Intent.
84. If a CPA recklessly abandons standards of due care and diligence while performing an audit, he or she may
be held liable to unknow n third parties for:
a. Gross negligence.
b. Fraudulent misconduct.
c. Gross misconduct.
d. Contributory negligence.
85. Of the following statements, which best distinguishes ordinary negligence from gross negligence?
a. The more material the undetected error the greater the likelihood of ordinar y negligence.
b. Gross negligence is most probable when the auditor fails to detect errors that occurred under
conditions of strong internal control.
c. Failure to detect material errors, whether internal control is str ong or weak, suggests gross negligence.
d. Failure to exercise reasonable care denotes ordinary negligence, whereas failure to
exercise minimal care indicates gross negligence.
86. The auditor is most likely to presume that a high risk of irregularities exists if
a. The client does business with several related parties.
b. The client is a multinational company that does business in numerous foreign countries.
c. Inadequate segregation of dut ies places an employee in a position to perpetrate and
conceal thefts.
d. Inadequate employee training results in lengthy EDP exception reports each month.
87. An auditor who believes that a material irregularity may exist should initially
a. Consult legal counsel.
b. Discuss the matter with those believed to be involved in the
perpetration of the material irregularity.
c. Discuss the matter with a higher level of management.
d. Withdraw fr om the engagement.
88. Which of the following statements is correct concerning the auditor's responsibility with respect to illegal
acts?
a. An auditor must design tests to detect both direct-effect and indirect-effect illegal acts.
b. An auditor must design tests to detect both immaterial and material direct-effect illegal acts.
c. An auditor must design tests to obtain reasonable assurance of detecting material direct effect illegal acts.
d. An auditor must design tests to detect both material direct-effect and material indirect-effect illegal
acts.
89. If specific information comes to an auditor's attention that implies the existence of possible illegal acts that
could have a material, but indirect effect on-the financial statements, the auditor should next
a. Report the matter to an appropriate level of management at least one level above thos e involved.
b. Apply audit procedures specifically directed to ascertaining whether an illegal act has
occurred.
c. Seek the advice of an informed expert qualified to practice law as to possible contingent liabilities.
d. Discuss the evidence with the client's audit committee, or others with equivalent authority.
90. When planning the audit, if the auditor has no reason to believe that illegal acts exist, the auditor should
a. Include audit pr ocedures which have a str ong probability of detecting illegal acts.
b. Make inquir ies of management regarding their policies and regar ding their knowledge of
violat ions, and then rely on nor mal audit procedures to detect errors, irregular ities, and
illegalit ies.
c. Still include some audit procedures designed specifically to uncover illegalities.
d. Ignore the topic.

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91. When management refuses to disclose illegal activities which were identified by the independent auditor,
the independent auditor may be charged with unethical conduct for
a. Issuing a disclaimer of opinion.
b. Withdrawing from the engagement.
c. Failure to uncover the illegal activities during prior audits.
d. Reporting these activities to the audit committee.
92. What is the independent auditor's responsibility prior to completion of fieldwork w hen he believes that a
material fraud may have occurred?
a. Notify the appropriate law enforcement authority.
b. Continue to perform normal audit procedures and write the audit report in such a way to disclose
adequately the suspicions of material fraud.
c. Investigate the persons involved, the nature of the fraud, and the amounts involved.
d. Reach an understanding with the appropr iate client representatives as to the desired
nature and extent of subsequent audit wor k.
93. An auditor who finds that the client has committed an illegal act would be most likely to withdra w from the
engagement when the
a. Illegal act has received widespread publicity.
b. Illegal act affects the auditor's ability to rely on management representations.
c. Illegal act has material financial statement implications.
d. Auditor cannot reasonably estimate the effect of the illegal act on the financial statements.
94. When the auditor knows that an illegal act has occurred, the auditor must
a. Issue an adverse opinion.
b. Withdraw fr om the engagement.
c. Report it to the proper government authorities.
d. Consider the effects on the financial statements, including the adequacy of disclosure.
95. When an independent auditor's examination of financial statements discloses special circumstances that
make the auditor suspect that fraud may exist, the auditor's initial course of action should be to
a. Decide whether the fraud, if in fact it should exist, might be of such a magnitude as to
affect the auditor's report on the financial statements.
b. Recommend that the client pursue the suspected fraud to a conclusion that is agreeable to the auditor.
c. Reach an understanding with the pr oper client representative as to whether the auditor or the client is
to make the investigation necessary to determine if a fraud has in fact occurred.
d. Extend normal audit procedures in an attempt to detect the full extent of the suspected fraud.
96. The auditor's evaluation of the likelihood of material employee fraud is normally done initially as a part of
a. The assessment of w hether to accept the audit engagement.
b. Understanding the ent ity's internal control structure.
c. The Tests of Controls.
d. The Tests of Transactions.
97. In which circumstance is a CPA firm's independence most likely to be impaired?
a. An individual on the audi t has a close relative w ho is a receptionist for the client.
b. The father of the audit senior holds a material financial interest in the client of w hich the senior is
unaware.
c. The spouse of a staff member on the audit has an immater ial common stock invest ment in
the audit client.
d. The partner in charge of the office's compensation is affected by office profi tability, a portion of w hich
arises from this audit.
98. Which of the following partners is least likely to be considered a "covered member" for purposes of
rendering assurance ser vice to of Company A, a nonaudit client, performed by the head office of a nati onal
CPA firm?
a. The partner in charge of the entire CPA firm.
b. A partner in the Cebu office of the CPA fir m who maintains a small, immater ial invest ment
in Company A.
c. A partner in the Davao office w ho wor ked on the Company A for a different assurance engagem ent in
previous years, but currently has no responsibilities with respect to the engagement
d. The partner in charge of the Davao office.
99. In a common law action against an accountant, the lack of privity is a viable defense if the plaintiff
a. Bases his action upon fraud.
b. Is the accountant's client.

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c. Is a creditor of the client who sues the accountant for negligence.

d. Can prove the presence of gross negligence w hich amounts to a reckless disregard for the truth.
100. A third party sues a public accounting firm for negligence under common law on the basis of materially
false financial statements. Which of the following is the firms defense?
a. Lack of reliance
b. Lack of pr iv ity
c. Lack of intent
d. Contributory negligence
101. The factor that distinguishes constructive fraud from ordinar y negligence is
a. Type of error or irregularity.
b. Intent.
c. Level of care.
d. Materiality.
102. While performing ser vices for their clients, professionals have always had a duty to provide a level of care
which is
a. Reasonable.
b. Greater than average.
c. Superior.
d. Guaranteed to be free from error.
103. The existence of extreme or unusual negligence, even though there was no intent to deceive or do harm,
is
a. Fraud.
b. Gross fraud.
c. Constructive fraud.
d. Ordinar y fraud.
104. The failure of the auditor to meet generally accepted auditing standards is
a. An accepted practice.
b. A suggestion of negligence.
c. An evidence of negligence.
d. Tantamount to criminal behavior.
105. Which of the following statement/s is true?
a. Gross negligence may constitute constr uctive fraud.
b. Constructive fraud is also termed recklessness.
c. Fraud requires the intent to deceive.
d. All three above are true.
106. Which of the following, if present, would support a finding of
constructive fraud on the par t of a CPA?
a. Privity of contract
b. Intent to deceive
c. Reckless disregard
d. Ordinar y negligence
107. In rare cases auditors have been, held liable for criminal acts. A criminal conviction against an auditor can
result only w hen it is demonstrated that the auditor
a. Was negligent.
b. Was grossly negligent.
c. Intended to deceive or har m others.
d. Caused financial loss to an innocent third party.
108. The principal issue to be resolved in cases involving alleged negligence is usually
a. The amount of the damages suffered by the users of the financial statements.
b. Whether to impose punitive damages on defendant.
c. The level of care required to be exercised.
d. Whether defendant was involved in fraud.
109. "Absence of reasonable care that can be expected of a person in a set of circumstances" is the definition
of
a. Ordinary negligence.
b. Constructive fraud.

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c.
d.

Gross negligence.
Fraud.

110. The limitation of auditor liability under contract law is know n as

a. Contributory liability.
b. Pr ivity of contract.
c. Statutory liability,
d. Common law liability.
111. Privity of contract exists between the
a. Auditor and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
b. Auditor and c lient.
c. Auditor and thir d parties.
d. All of the above
112. As a consequence of his failure to adhere to generally accepted auditing standards in the course of his
examination of the ABC Corporation, Bugoy, CPA, did not detect the embezzlement of a material amount of
funds by the company's controller. As a matter of common law, to w hat extent w ould Bugoy be liable to
Leis Corporation for losses attributable to the theft?
a. He would be liable for losses attributable to his negligence.
b. He would have no liability, since the ordinar y examination cannot be relied upon to detect defalcations.
c. He would have no liability because privity of contract is lacking.
d. He would be liable only if it could be proven that he was grossly negligent.
113. A
a.
b.
c.

CPA is criminally liable if he

Refuses to turn over the schedules or wor king papers prepared by the client staff to the client.
Performs an audit in a negligent manner.
Intent ionally allows an omission of a material fact required to be stated in a financial
statement.
d. Was not able to submit the audited financial statements on time.

114. The auditor's legal liability to third parties under common law extends to?
a. All third parties for all acts of negligence.
b. All third parties for acts of willful misconduct.
c. All third parties for fraud; selected third parties for gross and ordinary negligence,
d. All third parties for acts of fraud and gross negligence; selected third parties for ordinary
negligence.
115. The auditor's defense of contributor y negligence is most likely to prevail when
a. Third party injury has been minimal.
b. The auditor fails to detect fraud resulting from management override of the control
structure.
c. The client is privately held as contrasted with a public company.
d. Undetected errors have resulted in materially misleading financial statements.
116. A
a.
b.
c.
d.

CPA will most likely be negligent when the CPA fails to:
Correct errors discovered in the CPA's previously issued audit reports.
Detect all of a client's fraudulent activities.
Include a negligence disclaimer in the CPA's engagement letter.
Warn a client's customers of embezzlement that may be perpetuated by the client's employees.

117. The concept of privity may be important in defending auditors against potential claimants. Privity in
general only allows:
a. Lenders of the client to sue the auditor.
b. Clients to sue their auditors.
c. Anyone that relied upon the audited financial statements to make a decision to sue the auditor as long
as the auditor knew or should have know n of such reliance.
d. Shareholders who relied upon the audited financial statements to make an investment decision.
118. Public accountants are not prohibited from providing w hich of the following services for public audit
clients?
a. The function of the internal controls
b. Selection and implementation of an accounting information system
c. Quarterly financial statement bookkeeping
d. Audits of the effectiveness of internal control

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119. An expectation of the public is that the auditor will recognize that the primary users of audit services are:
a. The employees
b. The investors and creditors
c. The SEC
d. The board of directors
120. What is the primary purpose of effective inter nal control?
a. Obtaining profitability and financial strength
b. Achievement of certain organizational goals.
c. Completion of a successful audit for the entity
d. Shareholder involvement in the companys success
121. The overriding objective of the International Auditing Standards that are issued by the International
Auditing Practices Committee of the IFAC is
a. To override a countr ys regulations governing the audit of financial statements.
b. To improve the unifor mity of audit ing practices and related services throughout the
wor ld.
c. To provide a uniform application of specific audit procedures that are acceptable worldwide.
d. To replace generally accepted auditing standards.
122. Managements assertions in the financial statements are relevant to the audit process because:
a. They provide evidence that auditors have prepared financial statements in accordance with GAAP
b. They embody the audit procedures that will be performed by the audit engagement team.
c. They include representations of financial statements in accordance with the applicable
reporting criter ia
d. They relate to regulators expectations about audit results.
123. A CPA firm is considered independent when it performs which of the following ser vices for a publicly
traded audit client?
a. Tax return preparation as approved by the board of directors.
b. Serving as a member of the clients board of directors.
c. Accounting information system design and implementation.
d. Determining which accounting policies will be adopted by the client.
124. Jessie Garcia, CPA, forgot to test a clients assessment of goodwill impairment during an audit. Such an
act is probably an example of:
a. Reckless professional behavior
b. Ordinary negligence
c. Due diligence
d. Fraud
125. Similar to auditors in the CPA realm, internal auditors also strive to possess:
a. Independence
b. Competence
c. Objectivity
d. All of the above
126. Analytical procedures are used
a. To set materiality limits.
b. To assess the reasonableness of financial statement amounts.
c. To provide direct evidence about the numbers in the financial statements.
d. To test internal controls.
127. The risk that material misstatements have occurred in transactions entering the accounting system is
a. Audit risk
b. Inherent risk
c. Control risk
d. Detection risk
128. A
a.
b.
c.
d.

review engagement differs in scope as compared to an audit due to

The subject matter of the audit.
The quant ity and type of evidence obtained.
Ethical requirements with respect to independence.
The users of the financial statements.

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