Modern Auditing: Assurance Services and the Integrity

of Financial Reporting, 8th Edition

William C. Boynton California Polytechnic State

University at San Luis Obispo

Raymond N. Johnson Portland State University

Chapter 2 – Auditors’ Responsibilities and Reports

Chapter 2 Overview

Relationship Between

Accounting and Auditing

Important Fundamental

Concepts

• Verifiability

• Fair Presentation

• Professional Judgment

• Materiality

Independent Auditor

Relationships

• Management

• Board of Directors and Audit Committee

• Internal Auditors

• Stockholders

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1. It is the responsibility of management to

complete all of the following except:

A. Assess the risk of material misstatement

in the financial statements

B. Measure and record transaction data

C. Classify and summarize recorded data

D. Prepare financial statements per GAAP

A. Assess the risk of material misstatement

in the financial statements

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2. Items that are considered to be _____, are significant to financial statement users.

A. Verifiable

B. Material

C. Fairly Presented

D. Recorded

B. Material

Generally Accepted Auditing

Standards (GAAS)

• General Standards

• Standards of Field Work

• Standards of Reporting

GAAS – General Standards

• Adequate Technical Training and

Proficiency

• Independence in Mental Attitude

• Due Professional Care

GAAS – Standards of Field Work

• Adequate Planning and Proper

Supervision

• Understanding the Entity,

Environment, and Internal Control

• Sufficient Competent Audit Evidence

GAAS – Standards of Reporting

• Financial Statements Presented in

Accordance with GAAP

• Consistency in the Application of GAAP

• Adequacy of Informative Disclosures

• Expression of Opinion

Additional Standards

• Statements on Auditing Standards

– AICPA website : Audit and Attest

Standards

• PCAOB Auditing Standards

– Public Companies Accounting

Oversight Board website

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3. General Standards include all of

the following except:

A. Adequate Training

B. Independence

C. Understanding the Entity

D. Due Professional Care

C. Understanding the Entity

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4. These standards pertain specifically to

the conduct of the audit at the entity’s

place of business.

A. General Standards

B. Standards of Field Work

C. Standards of Reporting

D. Statement on Auditing Standards

B. Standards of Field Work

Assurance Provided by an Audit

The Auditor’s Standard Report –

Unqualified Opinion

• Title and Address

• Introductory Paragraph

• Scope Paragraph

• Opinion Paragraph

• Firm’s Signature and Date

Departures from the Standard

Report

• Standard Report with Explanatory

Language

• Qualified Opinion

• Adverse Opinion

• Disclaimer of Opinion

Types of Auditor’s Reports and

Circumstances

Typical Report Profiles

The Auditor’s Standard Report

on Internal Controls

• Title and Address

• Introductory Paragraph

• Scope Paragraph

• Definition Paragraph

The Auditor’s Standard Report

on Internal Controls (cont.)

• Inherent Limitations Paragraph

• Opinion Paragraph

• Explanatory Paragraph

• Firm’s Signature and Date

Defining Criteria for Departures

from the Standard Report

Departures from the Standard

Report on Internal Controls

Study Break

5. All of the following are components of

assurance provided by an audit except:

A. Auditor independence

B. Reasonable assurance

C. Detecting and reporting illegal acts

D. Guaranteed accuracy of financial

statements

D. Guaranteed accuracy of financial

statements

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6. The standard report includes all of

the following except:

A. Introductory Paragraph

B. Scope Paragraph

C. Explanatory Language Paragraph

D. Opinion Paragraph

C. Explanatory Language Paragraph

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7. This opinion states that the auditor

does not express and opinion on the

financial statements.

A. Unqualified Opinion

B. Qualified Opinion

C. Adverse Opinion

D. Disclaimer of Opinion

D. Disclaimer of Opinion