Audit Answer Key 2
Audit Answer Key 2
Audit Answer Key 2
Control over the receipt of cash sales is best achieved when two or more employees participate
in each transaction.
True False
2. Signed checks should be returned to the cash disbursements clerk for mailing.
True False
3. Confirmations for cash balances should be mailed only to the financial institutions with which
the client has a cash balance at year-end.
True False
4. A compensating balance agreement generally requires that cash be reclassified as a noncurrent
asset.
True False
5. For investments in securities accounted for by the equity method, the auditors are primarily
concerned with verifying the market value of the investments.
True False
6. By preparing a four-column bank reconciliation ("proof of cash") at year-end, an auditor will
generally be able to detect:
A. An unrecorded deposit made at the bank at the end of the month.
B. A second payment of an account payable which had already been paid in full two months
earlier.
C. An embezzlement of cash receipts not recorded in the cash receipts journal before they had
been deposited into the bank.
D. A receivable collected that had previously been written off as uncollectible.
7. Your client left the cash receipts journal open after year-end for an extra day and included
January 1 cash receipts in the 12/31/XX totals. All of those cash receipts were due to cash sales.
Assuming the client uses a periodic inventory system with a 12/31/XX count of the physical
inventory, which of the following is most likely to be true relating to the year XX financial
statements?
A. Sales are understated.
B. Accounts receivable are understated.
C. Inventory is overstated.
D. Net income is overstated.