Description : Pronouncements of Auditing and Assurance Standards Council (AASC) do not cover a. Review engagement b. Compilation engagement c. Consultancy d. Agreed-upon procedures engagement
Last Answer : Consultancy
Description : The Framework of Philippine Standards on Auditing distinguishes audits from related services. Related services include all of the following, except a. Reviews. b. Compilations. c. Agreed-upon procedures. d. Management consulting.
Last Answer : Management consulting.
Description : For assurance engagements regarding historical financial information, reasonable assurance engagements are called: a. Review engagements. b. Audit engagements. c. Compilation engagements. d. Agreed-upon procedures engagements
Last Answer : Audit engagements
Description : A report on factual findings is the end product of the auditor when performing: a. Audit. b. Review. c. Agreed-upon procedures. d. Compilation
Last Answer : Agreed-upon procedures
Description : For assurance engagements regarding historical financial information, reasonable assurance engagements are called: a. Review engagements. b. Audit engagements. c. Compilation engagements. d. Agreed-upon procedures engagements.
Last Answer : Audit engagements.
Description : A report on factual findings is the end product of the auditor when performing: a. Audit. b. Review. c. Agreed-upon procedures. d. Compilation.
Description : The Philippine Standards on Assurance Engagements (PSAEs) are to be applied in a. The audit or review of historical financial information. b. Assurance engagements dealing with ... information. d. Assurance engagements dealing with subject matters other than historical financial information.
Last Answer : Assurance engagements dealing with subject matters other than historical financial information.
Description : The Framework of PSA applies to a. Taxation b. Consultancy c. Accounting advice d. Compilation
Last Answer : Compilation
Description : The term "accountant" has been used by Auditing and Assurance Standards Council to refer to a CPA in public practice who is engaged to: a. Audit financial statements. b. Review financial statements. c. Apply agreed-upon procedures. d. Compile financial statements
Last Answer : Compile financial statements
Description : The term "accountant" has been used by Auditing and Assurance Standards Council to refer to a CPA in public practice who is engaged to: a. Audit financial statements. b. Review financial statements. c. Apply agreed-upon procedures. d. Compile financial statements.
Last Answer : Compile financial statements.
Description : Compilation is an example of which one of the following types of services? a. Auditing b. Review c. Consulting d. Accounting
Last Answer : Accounting
Description : The procedures employed in doing compilation are: a. Designed to enable the accountant to express a limited assurance b. Designed to enable the accountant to express a negative assurance c. ... form of assurance d. Less extensive than review procedures but more extensive than agreed-upon procedures
Last Answer : Not designed to enable the accountant to express any form of assurance
Description : Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS) and Philippine Standards on Auditing (PSA) should be looked upon by practitioners as a. Ideals to work towards, but which are not achievable. b. ... excellent work. d. Minimum standards of performance which must be achieved on each audit engagement.
Last Answer : Minimum standards of performance which must be achieved on each audit engagement.
Description : Engagements frequently performed by professional accountants that are not assurance engagements include the following except a. Compilation b. Agreed-upon procedures. c. Compliance audit d. Management consulting
Last Answer : Compliance audit
Description : Which of the following standards are to be applied to compilation engagements and engagements to perform agreed-upon procedures to information? a. PSRSs b. PSAs c. PSAEs d. PSREs
Last Answer : PSRSs
Description : The Philippine Standards 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 necessary to depart from a PSA, ... for the purpose of expressing an opinion. d. Must not apply to other related activities of auditors
Last Answer : Apply to independent examination of financial statements of any entity when such an examination is conducted for the purpose of expressing an opinion.
Description : The Philippine Standards on Auditing issued by AASC: a. Apply to independent examination of financial statements of any entity when such an examination is conducted for the purpose of expressing an ... though such a departure may result to more effective achievement of the objective of an audit
Last Answer : Apply to independent examination of financial statements of any entity when such an examination is conducted for the purpose of expressing an opinion
Description : Which of the following services provides positive assurance through attestation? a. Tax services b. Review c. Auditing d. Accounting services
Last Answer : Auditing
Description : In an engagement to perform agreed-upon procedures, an auditor is engaged to: a. Use accounting expertise as opposed to auditing expertise to collect, classify, and summarize financial information. b ... and the entity and any appropriate third parties have agreed and to report on factual findings
Last Answer : Carry out those procedures of an audit nature to which the auditor and the entity and any appropriate third parties have agreed and to report on factual findings
Description : Non-assurance engagements include all of the following services, except: a. Agreed-upon procedures engagements. b. Compilations of financial or other information. c. Management and tax consulting. d. Examination of prospective financial information
Last Answer : Examination of prospective financial information
Description : Distribution of a report is always restricted when a. Negative assurance is given. b. A review has been performed. c. There is a positive expression of opinion. d. Agreed-upon procedures have been performed
Last Answer : Agreed-upon procedures have been performed
Description : Which of the following services provides the highest level of assurance to third parties about a company's financial statements? a. Audit. b. Review. c. Compilation. d. Each of the above provides the same level of assurance.
Last Answer : Audit
Description : 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 performs a. An audit. b. A review. c. A compilation used only by management. d. An audit of prospective financial information
Last Answer : A compilation used only by management.
Description : 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 performs a. An audit. b. A review. c. A compilation used only by management. d. An audit of prospective financial information.
Description : Which of the following services provides a moderate level of assurance about the client's financial statements? a. Forecasts and projections b. Compliance with contractual agreement c. Review d. Compilation
Last Answer : Review
Description : The Philippine Standards on Quality Control (PSQCs) are to be applied to a. Assurance engagements only. b. Review engagements only. c. Compilation and review engagements only. d. All services that fall under the AASC's engagement standards.
Last Answer : All services that fall under the AASC's engagement standards.
Description : The auditor is required to comply with all PSAs relevant to the audit of an entity's financial statements. A PSA is relevant to the audit when: I. The PSA is in effect II. The circumstances addressed by the PSA exist. a. I only b. II only c. Either I or II d. Both I and II
Last Answer : Both I and II
Description : An engagement to apply agreed-upon procedure engagement may be accepted, provided a. The CPA has audited the financial statements of the client. b. The CPA is independent with respect to the client. ... involved. d. The adequacy of the procedures to be performed will be determined by the CPA.
Last Answer : The distribution of the report will be limited only to specified parties involved.
Description : Which of the following does not constitute a practice of accountancy? a. A person holding out himself as one skilled in the knowledge, science and practice of accounting and as a qualified person ... d. A person is appointed as a marketing director of a government owned and controlled corporation.
Last Answer : A person is appointed as a marketing director of a government owned and controlled corporation.
Description : A CPA is in public accounting practice when he/she a. Holds, or is appointed to, in an accounting professional group in government or in a government-owned and/or controlled ... advisory services, accounting aspect of finance, business law, taxation, and other technically related subjects
Last Answer : Represents his/her clients before government agencies on tax and other matters related to accounting
Description : PSA 315 requires that the auditor should obtain an understanding' of relevant industry, regulatory and other external factors including the applicable financial reporting framework. Which of the ... product. c. Legislation and regulation significantly affecting the entity's operation d. Taxation
Last Answer : Product technology relating to the entity's product
Description : PSA 315 requires that the auditor should obtain an understanding of relevant industry, regulatory and other external factors including the applicable financial reporting framework. Which of the ... Inflation and currency revaluation c. Market and competition d. Cyclical or seasonal activity
Last Answer : Inflation and currency revaluation
Description : 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
Last Answer : Any of the above three is correct
Description : Which of the following is incorrect regarding a compilation engagement? a. The CPA uses his auditing expertise to collect, classify and summarize financial information. b. The CPA should exercise due ... . d. The procedures performed do not enable the accountant to express any form of assurance.
Last Answer : The CPA uses his auditing expertise to collect, classify and summarize financial information
Description : Which of the following is incorrect regarding a compilation engagement? a. The CPA uses his auditing expertise to collect, classify and summarize financial information. b. The CPA should exercise due ... form. d. The procedures performed do not enable the accountant to express any form of assurance
Last Answer : The CPA uses his auditing expertise to collect, classify and summarize financial information.
Description : Non-assurance engagements include all of the following except a. Compliance audit. b. Management consulting. c. Agreed-upon procedures. d. Preparation of tax returns where no conclusion is expressed.
Last Answer : Compliance audit.
Description : This is the traditional service provided by CPA firms. a. Tax services b. Compilation c. Reviews d. Audits
Last Answer : Audits
Description : Which of the following is an example of an assurance engagement? a. Management advisory services b. Reporting on financial statements prepared using other comprehensive basis of accounting. c. compilation of financial information d. preparation of tax returns
Last Answer : Reporting on financial statements prepared using other comprehensive basis of accounting.
Description : Which of the following engagements is covered by the Framework for Assurance Engagements? a. Consulting engagements b. Preparation of tax returns c. Independent financial statements audit d. Agreed-upon procedures
Last Answer : Independent financial statements audit
Description : Auditing is based on the assumption that financial data and statements are a. Verifiable b. In conformity with the identified applicable financial reporting framework c. Presented fairly d. Consistently applied
Last Answer : Verifiable
Description : Which of the following statements does not properly describe an element of the theoretical framework of auditing? a. An audit benefits the public. b. The data to be audited can be verified. c. ... . d. Short-term conflicts may exist between managers who prepare data and auditors who examine the data
Last Answer : Auditors act on behalf of management
Description : The criteria for evaluating quantitative information vary. For example, in the audit of historical financial statements by CPA firms, the criteria are usually: a. Generally accepted auditing ... Regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission d. Regulations of the Bureau of Internal Revenue
Last Answer : Acceptable financial reporting framework
Description : Which of the following is a conceptual difference between the attestation standards and generally accepted auditing standards? a. The attestation standards do not permit an attest engagement ... standards of fieldwork in generally accepted auditing standards are included in the attestation standards
Last Answer : The attestation standards provide a framework for the attest function beyond historical financial statements.
Description : Which of the following is an incorrect statement relating to the theoretical framework of auditing? a. Effective internal control structure reduces the probability of fraud or irregularities in ... collecting evidence, auditors should maintain an attitude of trust about their clients' assertions.
Last Answer : In collecting evidence, auditors should maintain an attitude of trust about their clients' assertions.
Description : The auditor's judgment concerning the overall fairness of presentation of financial position, results of operation, and changes in cash flow is applied within the framework of a. ... b. Generally accepted accounting principles. c. Philippine Financial Reporting Standards d. Quality control
Last Answer : Philippine Financial Reporting Standards
Description : Which of the following statements does not properly describe an element of the theoretical framework of auditing? a. Remoteness of users. b. An audit benefits the public. c. The data to be audited are verifiable. d. Auditor should maintain independence with respect to the audit client
Last Answer : Remoteness of users
Description : An accountant who reviews the financial statements should issue a report stating that a review a. Is substantially less in scope than an audit. b. Provides negative assurance that the internal ... the financial statements are fairly presented. d. Is substantially more in scope than a compilation
Last Answer : Is substantially less in scope than an audit.
Description : 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
Last Answer : The highest level of service rendered.
Description : Which of the following procedures is normally performed in connection with a compilation engagement? a. Inquire of management about subsequent events b. Making inquiries of management ... meeting c. Applying analytical review procedures d. Collect, classify and summarize financial information
Last Answer : Collect, classify and summarize financial information
Description : Each page of the financial information compiled by the accountant should include the following reference, except a. "Unaudited" b. "Compiled, Negative Assurance Expressed" c. "Compiled without Audit or Review" d. "Refer to Compilation Report
Last Answer : "Compiled, Negative Assurance Expressed"