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7. This kind of audit is conducted generally between two annual audit ______.
A. internal audit.
B. interim audit.
C. final audit.
D. continuous audit.
ANSWER: B
9. A number of checks and controls exercised in a business to ensure its efficient working is known as
________.
A. Internal check.
B. Internal control.
C. Internal audit.
D. Interim check.
ANSWER: B
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C. helping audit is depth.
D. detection of errors.
ANSWER: A
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D. he statutory body.
ANSWER: A
14. A kind of audit conducted for a part of the accounting year is called _______.
A. Periodical audit.
B. Partial audit.
C. Cost audit.
D. Interim audit.
ANSWER: A
16. The audit that is made compulsory under statute is called _________.
A. Statutory audit.
B. Partial audit.
C. Complete audit.
D. Continuous audit.
ANSWER: A
18. Auditing standards differ from auditing procedures in that procedures relate to ________.
A. Measure of performance.
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B. Audit principles.
C. Acts to be performed.
D. Audit judgments.
ANSWER: C
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22. An auditor of a company will be held liable under the companies act _________.
A. if the destroys, mutilates, secrets etc., any documents, vouchers, books etc., with a view to deceive
any person.
B. if he has examined all the documents of the company.
C. if he has not contravened the provisions of sec.227.
D. if he is an auditor of the company.
ANSWER: A
23. The main object of the audit of the cash book may be ________.
A. to verify the assets and liabilities.
B. to know that all receipts and payments have been properly recorded.
C. to check the internal control system in business.
D. to check the bank balance.
ANSWER: B
24. The purpose of the audit of wage payment is to determine that __________.
A. the work is executed completely for which the workers are paid wages.
B. the workers are paid the correct amount of wages under proper authorization.
C. the workers are working regularly.
D. none of the above.
ANSWER: B
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25. One of the audit procedures to check the issue of share capital of the newly formed company is
__________.
A. the memorandum of association and articles of association.
B. the share transfer register.
C. the issue of debenture.
D. none of the above.
ANSWER: A
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27. A good audit report must at least meet one of the following qualifications __________.
A. it should offer constructive and timely suggestions to the management.
B. it should not point out mistakes.
C. it should not be based on factual information.
D. it should not be based on balance sheet.
ANSWER: A
28. The work of one clerk is automatically check by another clerk is called _________.
A. Internal control.
B. Internal check.
C. Internal audit.
D. None of the above.
ANSWER: B
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ANSWER: A
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D. till the conclusion of the first annual general meeting.
ANSWER: D
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ANSWER: A
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C. intensive audit of a few items.
D. audit of a few selected items.
ANSWER: C
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D. final audit.
ANSWER: C
50. Which of the following statements is not true about continuous audit?
A. It is conducted at regular interval.
B. It may be carried out on daily basis.
C. It is needed when the organisation has a good internal control system.
D. It is expensive.
ANSWER: C
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B. vouching of income and expense accounts related to assets and liabilities.
C. examination of adjusting and closing entries.
D. routine checks.
ANSWER: D
53. When issuing unqualified opinion the auditor who evaluated the audit findings should be satisfied that
the ______________.
A. amount of known misstatement is documented in working papers.
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54. In determining the level of materiality for an audit what should not be considered?
A. Prior years errors.
B. The auditor remuneration.
C. Adjusted interim financial statement.
D. Prior year financial statements.
ANSWER: B
55. Analytical procedures issued in the planning stage of an audit, generally ___________.
A. helps to determine the nature, timing and extent of other audit procedures.
B. directs attention to potential risk areas.
C. indicate important aspects of business.
D. all of the above.
ANSWER: D
56. Of the following, which is the least persuasive type of audit evidence?
A. Bank statements obtained from the client.
B. Documents obtained by auditor from third parties directly.
C. Carbon copies of sales invoices inspected by the auditor.
D. Computations made by the auditor.
ANSWER: C
57. Which of the following Auditing Assurance Standard deals with Audit planning?
A. AAS-7.
B. AAS-8.
C. AAS-9.
D. AAS-3.
ANSWER: B
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59. The working papers which auditor prepares for financial statements audit are _______ .
A. evidence for audit conclusions.
B. owned by the client.
C. owned by the auditor.
D. retained in auditor office until a change in auditors.
ANSWER: C
60. Which of the following best describes the primary purpose of audit programmed preparation?
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61. Which of the following is not an advantage of the preparation of working paper?
A. To provide a basis for review of audit work.
B. To provide a basis for subsequent audits.
C. To ensure audit work is being carried out as per Programme.
D. To provide a guide for advising another client on similar issues.
ANSWER: D
62. The auditor permanent working paper file should not normally, include ________
A. extracts from clients bank statements.
B. past years financial statements.
C. attorney letters.
D. debt agreements.
ANSWER: A
63. Who is responsible for the appointment of statutory auditor of a limited company?
A. Directors of the company.
B. Members of the company.
C. The central government.
D. The state government.
ANSWER: B
64. Which of the following sections deals with qualification of the auditor?
A. Section 226(1) and Section 226(2).
B. Section 224(1) and Section 224(2).
C. Section 226(3) and Section 226(4).
D. Section 224(3) and Section 224(4).
ANSWER: A
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66. The board of directors shall appoint first auditor of a company ___________.
A. within one month of completion of capital subscription state of the company.
B. within one month of the promotion of the company.
C. within one month of the commencement of the business of the company.
D. within one month of incorporation of the company.
ANSWER: D
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67. In case the directions fail to appoint first auditors, the shareholders shall appoint them at _______ by
passing a resolution.
A. a general meeting.
B. first annual general meeting.
C. statutory meeting.
D. annual general meeting.
ANSWER: A
68. The auditor of a government company is appointed by the C & AG. His remuneration is fixed by
_____________.
A. the C & AG.
B. the shareholders.
C. the shareholders at an annual general meeting.
D. the board of directors.
ANSWER: B
69. The section which contains provisions regarding remuneration of the auditor is _____.
A. Section 224(9).
B. Section 224(7).
C. Section 224(8).
D. Section 224(6).
ANSWER: C
70. The authority to remove the first auditor before the expiry of term is with ___________.
A. the shareholders in a general meeting.
B. the shareholders in the first annual general meeting.
C. the board of directors.
D. the central government.
ANSWER: A
71. Which of the following statement is not correct regarding removal of first auditor before expiry of the
term?
A. He is removed at a general meeting.
B. The shareholders are authorized to do so.
C. The approval of the central government is required for such removal.
D. The provision for such removal are contained in section 224(7).
ANSWER: C
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B. get his representation circulated.
C. be heard at the meeting.
D. speak as a member of the company.
ANSWER: D
73. Who out of the following cannot be appointed as a statutory auditor of the company?
A. Erstwhile director.
B. Internal auditor.
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C. Relative of a director.
D. Only (2) and (3).
ANSWER: B
77. Auditor of a _______ company does not have right to visit foreign branches of the company.
A. unlimited liability.
B. manufacturing.
C. banking.
D. non-profit making.
ANSWER: B
78. Special audit is conducted at the order of the central government. Which section givers such powers?
A. Section 233(A).
B. section 233(B)
C. Section 242(A).
D. Section 242(B).
ANSWER: C
79. Who among the following can be appointed as special auditor by the central government?
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A. The statutory auditor.
B. Chartered accountant in practice.
C. Any chartered accounted who is not in practice.
D. Both (1) and (2).
ANSWER: B
80. As per C & AG Act, 1971 the tenure of the comptroller and Auditor General is ______ a. four years.
A. four years.
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B. five years.
C. six years.
D. seven years.
ANSWER: C
82. The income tax department has sent MR. X refund of Advance tax. The government Auditor
detected this while conducting ____________.
A. audit of expenditure.
B. performance audit.
C. audit of stores and stock.
D. audit of receipts.
ANSWER: A
83. Audit of rent, deposits and remittances does not cover ____________.
A. audit of borrowings.
B. audit of amortization of debt.
C. Audit of sanctions.
D. remittance audit.
ANSWER: C
85. Who among the following is eligible to be appointed as an audit of Government Company?
A. A chartered accountant in practice.
B. A chartered accountant whether in practice or not.
C. An auditor appointed by the A & AG.
D. An unsound mind person.
ANSWER: A
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86. The statutory auditor of a Government Company submits his report to _________.
A. the BOD of the company
B. the C & AG.
C. the legislature.
D. the company secretary.
ANSWER: B
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87. Which of the following statement is not distinguishing feature for computer based processing and
manual processing?
A. Errors in a CIS environment are less systematic as compared to error in manual processing.
B. The potential for human error in the CIS environment is greater as compared to manual system.
C. In a computer based accounting system, audit trail is in electronic form.
D. Computer processing offers management a variety of analytical tools.
ANSWER: A
88. When computer programmed or files can be accessed from terminals, access can be limited to
authorized individuals by __________.
A. appointing a librarian.
B. controlling passwords.
C. appointing EEP auditor.
D. Both (a) and (b).
ANSWER: D
90. Which of the following activities would most likely be performed by EDP department?
A. Authorizing transactions.
B. Parity checks.
C. Distributing output.
D. Correction of transaction errors.
ANSWER: C
91. Which of the following will not affect audit in a CIS environment?
A. The objective of expression of opinion on financial statements.
B. Compliance procedures adopted by the auditor.
C. Performance of substantive procedures.
D. Evaluation of inherent risk and control risk.
ANSWER: A
92. Which of the following statement is not true of the test data approach in a test of
computerized accounting system?
A. Test data tests only those controls which the auditor wished to rely.
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B. Test data should consist of data related to all controls prevalent in the organisation.
C. The result of test data indicates that all the application and general controls are functioning properly.
D. Test data processed by the client computer programmed under the auditors control.
ANSWER: B
93. Which of the following CAAT allow fictitious transactions planted by the auditor to be processed
along with real ones on client system?
A. Integrated test facility.
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95. The auditor should examine subsequent realization of revenue such as dividends, interest, and
commission etc to _____________.
A. identify cases of unrecorded revenue.
B. ensure proper disclosure in the balance sheet .
C. recomputed accrued income on the data of balance sheet.
D. performance of procedures.
ANSWER: A
96. To test whether sales have been recorded, the auditor should draw a sample from a file ______.
A. purchase orders.
B. sales orders.
C. sales invoices.
D. bill of lading.
ANSWER: C
97. For vouching of which item, the auditor is most likely to examine cost records?
A. Commission earned.
B. Bad debts recorded.
C. Credit sales.
D. Sale of scrap.
ANSWER: D
98. The Guidance Note on Revenue issued by the ICAI does not deal with _________.
A. sales revenue.
B. revenue rendering service.
C. revenue from sale of fixed assets.
D. income from interest, dividend etc.
ANSWER: C
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100. In order to vouch, which of the expenses, the auditor will examine Bill of entry?
A. Custom.
B. Excise duties.
C. Sales tax.
D. Income tax.
ANSWER: A
101. In case of sales return, the auditor should examine which documents?
A. Credit notes, advice notes and inward return notes.
B. Debit notes, advice notes and inward return notes.
C. Purchase invoices, advice notes and inward return notes.
D. Credit notes, inspection report and inward return notes.
ANSWER: D
103. The creditors accounts generally, have credit balance. Debit balance may be due to __________.
A. advance paid against an order.
B. goods returned.
C. wrong debit to supplier account.
D. any of the above.
ANSWER: D
104. Which of the following is not true with regard to verification of assets?
A. It invoices substantiation of occurrence of transactions.
B. Its objective is to establish existence, ownership, possession, valuation and disclosure of assets.
C. The auditor has to form an opinion on different aspects.
D. The auditor has to form an opinion on managerial aspects.
ANSWER: A
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D. Valuation is not part of auditor duty.
ANSWER: C
106. For granting subsidy to the sick units, the audit required would be ___________.
A. financial audit.
B. internal audit.
C. management audit.
D. statutory audit.
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ANSWER: A
108. Statutory auditor of a company is the case of a casual vacancy may be appointed by the ___________.
A. board of directors.
B. managing director.
C. extraordinary general meeting.
D. government concerned.
ANSWER: A
109. The auditor of a company not supposed to issue qualified report when __________.
A. goodwill worth Rs. 100000 built up when the company is not shown in the balance sheet.
B. goodwill is shown in the balance sheet although it has been totally lost.
C. balance sheet and profit and loss account show a true and correct view of the company. affair and
are drawn in conformity with law.
D. proper books of accounts as required by law have been refused access to some of these books.
ANSWER: D
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B. record of important points and enquires which an auditor has to refer to his clients.
C. records of mistake and errors detected during the course of audit of account books.
D. record of work performed by an auditor.
ANSWER: C
113. By observing, testing and assessing, an auditor examines the system of ___________.
A. internal audit.
B. internal control.
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C. continuous audit.
D. statutory audit.
ANSWER: B
118. In case of audit of statutory report, an auditor is expected to give his report on the ____.
A. Number of shares allotted, amount received in cash and summarized, Receipt and payment account.
B. Authorized capital, subscribed capital and paid-up capital.
C. Profit and loss account, Balance sheet and Directors report.
D. Director qualification calls in arrears and calls in advance.
ANSWER: A
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A. collection of debts by the accountant.
B. test checks by the auditor.
C. checking pass-book entries by the accountant.
D. suppression by the works managers.
ANSWER: B
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124. As far as a company is concerned, which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
A. Internal audit - Obligatory.
B. Statutory audit - Mandatory.
C. Continuous Audit - Optional.
D. Management - Voluntary.
ANSWER: A
125. A file which contains rules governing the organisation under audit is known as _____.
A. Convert file.
B. Permanent file.
C. Routine file.
D. Precedence file.
ANSWER: B
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126. Special audit of the accounts of a company is directed by ______________.
A. shareholders of the company.
B. comptroller and auditor general of india.
C. company law board.
D. central government.
ANSWER: D
127. Section 224 of the companies Act, 1956 deals with __________.
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A. special audit.
B. secretarial audit.
C. cost audit.
D. appointment and remuneration of auditor.
ANSWER: D
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D. ensuring systematic accounting.
ANSWER: A
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ANSWER: C
136. An auditor can be held liable under CA act 1949 for _________.
A. breach of control.
B. negligence.
C. criminal officer.
D. professional misconduct.
ANSWER: A
137. __________ Audit is a comprehensive critical review of all aspects or processes of management.
A. Company.
B. Management.
C. Conventional .
D. Computerized.
ANSWER: D
138. _______ refers to such audit programme where plans for the auditor are not fixed.
A. Special audit.
B. Fixed audit.
C. Pre-determined audit.
D. none of these.
ANSWER: D
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C. government audit.
D. periodical audit.
ANSWER: B
140. Accountancy work is done throughout the accounting period although auditing work is done
____________.
A. after the end of accounting period.
B. in the middle of accounting period.
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143. The main object of audit of account of a joint stock company is __________.
A. detection and prevention of frauds.
B. detection and prevention of errors.
C. detection and prevention of errors and frauds.
D. To find whether the financial statements are drawn up according to the companies act.
ANSWER: D
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A. prevention of frauds.
B. detection of frauds.
C. helping audit in depth.
D. the existence of a good system of internal check reduces to a great extent.
ANSWER: A
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149. In an audit of inventories, an auditor would least likely verify that _________.
A. all inventory owned by the clients is on hand at time of the count.
B. the client has used proper inventory pricing.
C. the financial statement presentation of inventories is appropriate.
D. damaged goods and obsolete items have been properly accounted for.
ANSWER: A
150. A file which contains rules governing the organisation under audit is known as _____.
A. Convert file.
B. Permanent file.
C. Routine file.
D. Precedence file.
ANSWER: B
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