CHAPTER 8 Auditing-Theory-MCQs-by-Salosagcol-with-answers
CHAPTER 8 Auditing-Theory-MCQs-by-Salosagcol-with-answers
CHAPTER 8 Auditing-Theory-MCQs-by-Salosagcol-with-answers
Computerized selection
1. This involves the application of the procedures to less than 100%
of the items within an account balance or class of transactions.11. A method of sampling in which all the items in the population are
This enables the auditor to obtain and evaluate audit evidence divided into two or more sub-population is
about some characteristics of the selected items in order to form a. Variable sampling
an opinion about the characteristics of all items supporting an b. Stratified sampling
account balance or transaction class. c. Attribute sampling
a. Audit techniques d. Divisible sampling
b. Selective testing
c. Audit sampling 12. If the auditor is concerned that a population may contain
d. Specific identification exceptions, the determination of a sample size sufficient to
include at least one such exception is a characteristic of
2. Audit sampling for substantive tests is appropriate when a. Discovery sampling
a. Analytical procedures are used b. Random sampling
b. The auditor wants to eliminate sampling risks c. Variables sampling
c. A population contains small number of large value items d. Peso-unit sampling
d. Tests of details are performed
13. Which of the following statistical sampling plans does not use a
3. Audit sampling for test of control is generally appropriate when fixed sample size for tests of controls?
a. Control leaves evidence of performance a. PPS sampling
b. Control leaves no evidence of performance b. Value-weighted sampling
c. 100% of the transactions is tested c. Sequential sampling
d. Examining specific high value items in the population d. Variables sampling
4. In a sampling application, the group of items about which the14. Value weighted sampling is most appropriate when the auditor
auditor wants to estimate some characteristic is called the a. Anticipates understatement errors
a. Population c. b. Expects no errors
Attribute of interest c. Anticipate overstatement errors
b. Sample d. d. Has assessed control risk at high level
Sampling unit
15. The maximum amount of error in a population that the auditor is
5. Non-sampling error occur when the audit tests do not uncover willing to accept is referred to as the
existing exceptions in the a. Acceptable risk
a. Population b. Tolerable error
b. Planning stage c. Expected error
c. Sample d. Tolerable materiality
d. Financial statement
16. The deviation rate the auditor expects to find in the population,
6. PSA 530 identifies two general approaches to audit sampling. before testing begins, is called the
They are a. Tolerable deviation rate
a. Random & nonrandom b. Computer upper deviation rate
b. Statistical & nonstatistical c. Sample deviation rate
c. Precision & reliability d. Expected deviation rate
d. Risk and nonrisk
17. Which of the following sampling methods would be most
7. The relationship between sample size and the allowable sampling appropriate in performing tests of controls over authorization of
risks is cash disbursements
a. Direct a. Attributes
b. Inverse b. Variables
c. Sample deviation rate c. Ratio
d. Expected deviation rate d. Stratified
8. Principal methods of sampling selection include all of the18. In assessing sample risk, alpha risk relate to the
following except a. Efficiency of the audit
a. Haphazard b. Selection of the sample
b. Random number c. Effectiveness of the audit
c. Systematic d. Audit quality controls
d. Statistical
19. Which of the following sampling plans would be designed to
9. A sample in which every possible combination of items in the estimate a numerical measurement of a population such as peso
population has a chance of constituting the sample is a value?
a. Representative sample a. Numerical sampling
b. Random sample b. Sampling attributes
c. Statistical sample c. Discovery sampling
d. Judgment sample d. Sampling for variables
10. The process which requires the calculation of an interval and them20. Statistical samples do not allow
selects the items based on the size of the interval is a. A. more efficient samples
a. Statistical sampling b. Measurement of sample reliability
b. Systematic selection c. Replacement of the auditor’s professional judgment
c. Random selection d. Measurement of sample risk