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That cash on hand as shown in the general ledger is represented by currency and coins on hand

Ownership and proper accountabilities That cash balances are available without

restrictions

a. b. c. d.
B
Yes Yes Yes Yes

No Yes No Yes

No Yes Yes No

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The primary audit objective for cash is to establish


that the balance is properly stated. This involves
determining:

That cash on hand as shown in the general ledger is


represented by currency and coins on hand

Ownership and proper accountabilities That cash


B
balances are available without

restrictions

a. b. c. d.

Yes Yes Yes Yes

No Yes No Yes

No Yes Yes No

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ACAUD - FA 5 An auditor for a large service company is performing


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an audit of the company's cash balance. The auditor
is considering the most appropriate audit procedure
to use to ensure that the amount of cash is accurately
recorded on the company's financial statements. The
most appropriate audit procedures for the objective
are

a. Examine bank reconciliations, confirm bank


balances, and verify cut off of receipts and
disbursements; foot totals of reconciliations and
compare to cash account balances.

b. Review collection procedures and perform an


A analytical review of accounts receivable; confirm
balances of accounts receivable; and verify the
existence of appropriate

procedures and facilities.

c. Compare cash receipt lists with the receipts journal


and bank deposit slips; review the

segregation of duties, observe, and test cash


receipts.

d. Review the organizational structure and functional


responsibilities; verify the existence

and describe protection procedures for unused


checks, including security measures.

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ACAUD - FA 5 Cash receipts should be deposited on the day of


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receipt or the following business day. Select the most
appropriate audit procedure to determine that cash
is promptly deposited.

a. Review the functions of cash receiving and


disbursing for proper separation of duties.

b. Review cash register tapes prepared for each sale.

D
c. Review the functions of cash handling and
maintaining accounting records for proper

separation of duties.

d. Compare the daily cash receipts totals with the


bank deposits.

Which of the following sets of information does an


auditor usually confirm on one form?

form?
a. Cash in bank and collateral for loans.

b. Accounts payable and purchase commitments.

A
c. Accounts receivable and accrued interest
receivable.

d. Inventory on consignment and contingent


liabilities.

The primary purpose of sending a standard


confirmation request to financial institutions with

which the client has done business during the year is


to.

a. Corroborate information regarding deposit and


loan balances.

A
b. Provide the data necessary to prepare a proof of
cash.

c. Detect kiting activities that may otherwise not be


discovered.

d. Request information about contingent liabilities


and secured transactions.

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ACAUD - FA 5 An auditor ordinarily sends a standard confirmation


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request to all banks with which the client has done
business during the year under audit, regardless of
the year-end-balance. A purpose of this procedure is
to

a. Request a cutoff bank statement and related


C checks be sent to the auditor.

b. Detect kiting activities that may otherwise not be


discovered.

c. Seek information about contingent liabilities and


security agreements.

d. Provide the data necessary to prepare a proof of


cash.

As one of the year-end audit procedures, the auditor


instructed the client's personnel to prepare a
standard bank confirmation request for a bank
account that had been closed during the year. After
the client's treasurer had signed the request, it was
mailed by the assistant treasurer. What is the major
flaw in this audit procedure?

D
a. The CPA did not sign the confirmation request
before it was mailed.

b. Sending the request was meaningless because the


account was closed before year-end.

c. The confirmation request was signed by the


treasurer.

d. The request was mailed by the assistant treasurer.

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ACAUD - FA 5 The usefulness of the standard bank confirmation


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request may be limited because the bank employee
who completes the form may.

a. Not believe that the bank is obligated to verify


confidential information to a third party.

b. Be unaware of all the financial relationships that the


B
bank has with the client.

c. Sign and return the form without inspecting the


accuracy of the client's bank

reconciliations.

d. Not have access to the client's cutoff bank


statement.

An auditor who is engaged to examine the financial


statements of a business entity will request

cutoff bank statement primarily in order to

a. Detect lapping.

C b. Detect kiting.

c. Verify reconciling items on the client's bank


reconciliation.

d. Verify the cash balance reported on the bank


confirmation inquiry form.

Which of the following auditing procedures would


the auditor not apply to a cutoff bank statement?

a. Trace year end outstanding checks and deposits in


transit to the cutoff bank statement.

b. Reconcile the bank account as of the end of the


cutoff period.

B
c. Compare dates, payees and endorsements on
returned checks with the cash

disbursements record.

d. Determine that the year-end deposit in transit was


credited by the bank on the first

working day of the following accounting period.

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ACAUD - FA 5 A client maintains two bank accounts. One of the


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accounts, Bank A, has an overdraft of P100,000. The
other account, Bank B, has a positive balance of
P50,000. To conceal the overdraft from the auditor,
the client may decide to

a. Draw a check for at least P100,000 on Bank A for


deposit in Bank B. Record the receipt but not the
disbursement and list the receipt as a deposit in
transit. Record the disbursement at the beginning of
the following year.

b. Draw a check for at least P100,000 on Bank B for


deposit in Bank A. Record the receipt but not the
disbursement and list the receipt as a deposit in
B
transit. Record the disbursement at the beginning of
the following year.

c. Draw a check for P100,000 on Bank B for deposit in


Bank A. Record the disbursement but not the receipt.
List the disbursement as an outstanding check, but do
not list the receipt as a deposit in transit. Record the
receipt at the beginning of the following period.

d. Draw a check for at least P100,000 on Bank A for


deposit in Bank B. Record the disbursement but not
the receipt and list the disbursement as an
outstanding check. Record the receipt at the
beginning of the following year.

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ACAUD - FA 5 While performing an audit of cash, an auditor begins


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to suspect check kiting. Which of the following is the
best evidence that the auditor could obtain
concerning whether kiting is taking place?

a. Documentary evidence obtained by vouching


credits on the latest bank statement to supporting
documents.

D
b. Documentary evidence obtained by vouching
entries in the cash account to supporting documents.

c. Oral evidence obtained by discussion with


controller personnel.

d. Evidence obtained by preparing a schedule of


interbank transfers.

Two months before year-end, the bookkeeper


erroneously recorded the receipt of a long-term
bank loan by a debit to cash and a credit to sales.
Which of the following is-the most effective
A procedure for detecting this type of error?

a. Analyze bank confirmation information.

b. Analyze the notes payable journal.

c. Prepare year-end bank reconciliation.

d. Prepare a year-end bank transfer schedule.

Postdated checks received by mail in settlement of


customer's accounts should be

a. Returned to customer.

B b. Stamped with restrictive endorsement.

c. Deposited immediately by the cashier.

d. Deposited the day after together with cash


receipts.

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ACAUD - FA 5 The cashier of Weakness Company covered a Study


shortage in the cash working fund with cash obtained
at December 31 from a bank by cashing but not
recording a check drawn on the company out of
town bank. How would you as an auditor discover the
manipulation?

a. By confirming all December 31 bank balances.

C
b. By counting the cash working fund at the close of
business on December 31.

c. By investigating items returned with the bank cut-


off statements of the succeeding

month.

d. By preparing independent bank reconciliations as


of December 31.

An essential phase of the audit of the cash balance at


the end of the year is the auditor's review of cutoff
bank statement. This specific procedure is not useful
in determining if

B a. Kiting has occurred.

b. Lapping has occurred.

c. The cash receipts journal was held open.

d. Disbursements per the bank statement can be


reconciled with total checks written.

A proof of cash is used by an auditor to

a. Prove the correctness of the cash balance in the


client's year-end statement of financial position.

b. Prove that the client's bank did not make an error


during the period under examination.

C
c. Determine if there were any unauthorized
disbursements or unrecorded deposits during

the reconciliation period.

d. Comply with Philippine Auditing Practice


Statements.

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ACAUD - FA 5 Which of these is not required to be included inStudy


an
auditor's cash count report?

a. The audited balance of the fund.

b. The date and time of the count.

A c. That the count was made in the presence of the


custodian.

d. That the items counted were returned intact to the


custodian.

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