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The objective of the ordinary audit of financial statements is the expression of an opinion on: the fairness of the financial statements. the accuracy of the financial statements. the accuracy of the annual report. the balance sheet and income statement. If management insists on financial statement disclosures that the auditor finds unacceptable, the auditor can: issue an adverse audit report. issue a qualified audit report. ithdra from the engagement. choose any of these three courses of action. "hich of the follo ing is not one of the reasons that auditors provide only reasonable assurance on the financial statements# The auditor commonly examines a sample, rather than the entire population of transactions. $ccounting presentations contain complex estimates hich involve uncertainty. %raudulently prepared financial statements are often difficult to detect. $uditors believe that reasonable assurance is sufficient in the vast majority of cases. If a short'term note payable is included in the accounts payable balance on the financial statement, there is a violation of the: completeness assertion. existence assertion. cutoff assertion. classification and understandability assertion. %raudulent financial reporting is most li)ely to be committed by hom# *ine employees of the company. +utside members of the company,s board of directors. -ompany management. The company,s auditors.

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The auditor has considerable responsibility for notifying users as to hether or not the statements are properly stated. This imposes upon the auditor a duty to: provide reasonable assurance that material misstatements ill be detected. be a guarantor of the fairness in the statements. be equally responsible ith management for the preparation of the financial statements. be an insurer of the fairness in the statements. "hich of the follo ing statements is true# It is usually easier for the auditor to uncover frauds than errors. It is usually easier for the auditor to uncover errors than frauds. It is usually equally difficult for the auditor to uncover errors or frauds. 0sually, none of the above statements is true. If several employees collude to falsify documents, the chance a normal audit ould uncover such acts is: very lo . very high. 2ero. none of the above. The most important general ledger account included in and affecting several cycles is the: cash account. inventory account. income tax expense and liability accounts. retained earnings account.

14. 5anagement assertions are: a. implied or expressed representations about accounts, transactions, and disclosures in the financial statements. b. stated in the footnotes to the financial statements. c. explicitly expressed representations about the financial statements. d. provided to the auditor in the assertions letter, but are not disclosed on the financial statements. 11. 6riefly explain each management assertion related to classes of transactions and events for the period under audit. $ns er: Occurrence. Transactions and events that have been recorded have

occurred and pertain to the entity. Completeness. $ll transactions and events that should have been recorded have been recorded. Accuracy. $mounts and other data relating to recorded transactions and events have been recorded appropriately. Classification. Transactions and events have been recorded in the proper accounts. Cutoff. Transactions and events have been recorded in the correct accounting period. 7iscuss three reasons hy auditors are responsible for 8reasonable9 but not 8absolute9 assurance.

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$ns er: 5ost audit evidence results from testing a sample of a population. :ampling involves some ris) of not uncovering material misstatements. $ccounting presentations contain complex estimates, hich inherently involve uncertainty and can be affected by future events. $s a result, the auditor has to rely on evidence that is persuasive but not convincing. %raudulently prepared financial statements are often very difficult for the auditor to detect, especially hen there is collusion among management.