Specific Audit of Assets (87Q) PDF

Chapter 19 Multiple-Choice Questions 1. Which of the following accounts is associated with a transaction cycle other than acquisition easy and payment? a a. Common stock. b. Property, plant and equipment. c. Accrued prop...

Chapter 19 Multiple-Choice Questions 1. Which of the following accounts is associated with a transaction cycle other than acquisition easy and payment? a a. Common stock. b. Property, plant and equipment. c. Accrued property taxes. d. Income tax expense. 2. Property, plant, and equipment are assets that: easy a. have expected lives of more than one year. d b. are used in the business. c. are not acquired for resale. d. meet all of the requirements stated above. 3. Which of the following expenses is not typically evaluated as part of the audit of the acquisition easy and payment cycle? c a. Depreciation expense. b. Insurance expense. c. Bad debts expense. d. Property tax expense. 4. Debits to manufacturing equipment arise from which cycle(s)? easy a. Sales and collection c b. Payroll c. Acquisition and disbursement d. Inventory and warehousing 5. It should ordinarily be unnecessary to examine supporting documentation for each addition to easy property, plant, and equipment, but it is customary to verify: d a. all large transactions. b. all unusual transactions. c. a representative sample of typical additions. d. all three of the above. 6. The auditor must know the client’s capitalization policies to determine whether acquisitions are: easy d Recorded in accordance Treated consistently with Necessary with GAAP those of the preceding year a. Yes Yes Yes b. Yes No No c. No No No d. Yes Yes No 7. To be capitalized as part of property, plant and equipment, assets must: easy a. have expected useful lives of more than one year. d b. not be acquired for resale. c. be useful in multiple productive capacities within the organization. d. a and b, but not c. 8. The primary accounting record for manufacturing equipment and other fixed assets is the: Arens/Elder/Beasley easy a. depreciation ledger. b b. fixed asset master file. c. asset inventory. d. equipment roster. 9. Which of the following statements about the audit of fixed assets is not correct? easy a. The primary accounting record for manufacturing equipment and other property, plant b and equipment is generally a fixed asset master file. b. Manufacturing equipment and current assets are normally audited in the same fashion regardless of the activity within a particular account. c. The emphasis on auditing fixed assets is on verification of current-period acquisitions. d. Failure to record the acquisition of a fixed asset affects the income statement until the assets is fully depreciated. 10. During the audit of prepaid insurance, the auditor should keep in mind that the amount in easy insurance expense is based on: d a. the beginning balance in prepaid insurance. b. the payment of premiums during the year. c. the ending balance in prepaid insurance. d. all three of the above. 11. Which of the following is not a category of tests commonly associated with the audit of easy manufacturing equipment? d a. Verification of depreciation expense. b. Analytical procedures. c. Verification of current-period disposals. d. Verification of the beginning balance in accumulated depreciation. 12. The audit procedure that requires an auditor to “foot the acquisition schedule” relates to which easy balance-related audit objective? b a. Classification. b. Detail tie-in. c. Existence. d. Cut-off. 13. Which of the following audit objectives is not typically a major objective in the audit of current easy year fixed asset additions? c a. Classification. b. Completeness. c. Existence. d. Accuracy. 14. The extent to which auditors verify current period acquisitions of property, plant and equipment easy normally depends upon: c a. assessed control risk for acquisitions. b. tolerable misstatement. c. Both a and b. d. Neither a nor b. 15. Inadequate controls and misstatements discovered through tests of controls and substantive tests easy of transactions are an indication of the likelihood of misstatements in: d a. the balance sheet. b. the income statement. c. the cash flow statement. d. both the income statement and the balance sheet. Arens/Elder/Beasley 16. Failure to capitalize a fixed asset at the correct amount affects __________ until the company medium disposes of the asset. d a. the balance sheet only b. the income statement only c. the cash flow statement only d. both the income statement and the balance sheet 17. Which of the following tests are typically not necessary when auditing a client’s schedule of medium recorded disposals? d a. Footing the schedule. b. Tracing schedule totals to the general ledger. c. Tracing cost and accumulated depreciation of the disposals to the property master file. d. All of the above are necessary. 18. Which of the following is not likely to be a test related to the audit of manufacturing equipment? medium a. Verify current year additions. b b. Observe current year disposals. c. Verify depreciation expense. d. Perform analytical procedures. 19. A set of records for each piece of equipment that includes descriptive information, date of medium acquisition, original cost, current year depreciation, and accumulated depreciation is the: c a. acquisitions journal. b. depreciation schedule. c. fixed asset master file. d. file of purchase requisitions. 20. In the audit of property, plant, and equipment, it is helpful to separate the tests into all but which medium one of the following categories? a a. Verification of the beginning balance. b. Verification of current year acquisitions. c. Verification of current year disposals. d. Verification of the ending balance. 21. Methods used to determine if there are legal encumbrances related to fixed assets include all but medium which of the following? d a. Reading terms of loan and credit agreements. b. Reviewing loan confirmations received from banks. c. Inquiring of the client regarding possible legal encumbrances. d. All of the above may be used to identify legal encumbrances. 22. The test of details of balances procedure which requires a “recalculation of investment credit” medium satisfies the audit objective of: d a. classification. b. detail tie-in. c. existence. d. accuracy. 23. The test of details of balances procedure to “examine vendors’ invoices of closely related medium accounts such as repairs to uncover items that should be property, plant, and equipment” a satisfies the audit objective of: a. classification. b. detail tie-in. c. cutoff. d. existence. Arens/Elder/Beasley 24. The auditor’s starting point for verifying disposals of property, plant, and equipment is the: medium a. equipment account in the general ledger. c b. file of shipping documents. c. client’s schedule of recorded disposals. d. equipment subsidiary ledger. 25. Failure to capitalize a fixed asset at the correct amount will affect ___________ until the asset is medium fully depreciated. d a. the balance sheet b. the income statement c. the cash flow statement d. both the income statement and the balance sheet 26. Because the failure to record disposals of property, plant, and equipment can significantly affect medium the financial statements, the search for unrecorded disposals is essential. Which of the following c is not a procedure used to verify disposals? a. Make inquiries of management and production personnel about the possibility of the disposal of assets. b. Review whether newly acquired assets replace existing assets. c. Test the valuation of fixed assets recorded in prior periods. d. Review plant modifications and changes in product line, taxes, or insurance coverage. 27. In rare cases, the auditor may believe it is necessary that a complete physical inventory of fixed medium assets be taken to make sure they actually exist. If an inventory is taken, the auditor normally: c a. takes the inventory. b. requires client to take the inventory and provide documentation to the auditor. c. observes the count. d. requires that it be done by an outside, independent third party. 28. A major consideration in verifying the ending balance in fixed assets is the possibility of medium existing legal encumbrances. Tests to identify possible legal encumbrances would satisfy the b audit objective of: a. existence. b. presentation and disclosure. c. detail tie-in. d. classification. 29. When auditing depreciation expense, the two major concerns related to the accuracy audit medium objective are: c a. consistent application of depreciation method and useful lives. b. consistent application of depreciation method and classification of assets. c. correctness of calculations and consistent application of depreciation method. d. cost of the fixed asset and useful lives. 30. Which type of audit procedure is often sufficient for purposes of auditing prepaid expenses and medium deferred charges? d a. Tests of controls. b. Tests of transactions. c. Tests of details of balances. d. Analytical procedures. 31. Depreciation expense is one of the few expense accounts that is not verified as a part of: medium a. tests of controls. d b. tests of transactions. c. test of details of balances. Arens/Elder/Beasley  d. a and b, but not c. 32. Changing circumstances may require a change in the useful life of an asset. When this occurs, it medium involves a change in: a a. accounting estimate rather than a change in accounting principle. b. accounting principle rather than a change in accounting estimate. c. both accounting principle and accounting estimate. d. neither accounting principle nor accounting estimate. 33. The auditor ___________ to test the accuracy or classification of fixed assets recorded in prior medium periods. c a. normally needs b. never needs c. normally does not need d. is required 34. The auditor normally does not need to test the accuracy or classification of fixed assets recorded medium in prior periods because: c a. they are rarely material to the audit. b. they rarely contain misstatements. c. they are verified in previous audits. d. they don’t affect the balance sheet. 35. Internal controls for prepaid insurance are typically categorized into all but which of the medium following? d a. Controls over the acquisition and recording of insurance. b. Controls over the insurance register. c. Controls over the charge-off of insurance expense. d. All of the above. 36. A record of insurance policies in force and the due date of each policy is contained in the: medium a. voucher register. b b. insurance register. c. insurance expense account. d. prepaid insurance account. 37. Insurance expense for the period is a function of which of the following? medium a. The beginning prepaid balance, current premium payments and the ending prepaid balance. a b. The beginning prepaid balance and the current period premium payments. c. The current period premium payments. d. The current period premium payments and the ending prepaid balance. 38. Expense accounts analysis is closely related to tests of controls and substantive tests of medium transactions. The major difference is: b a. the difference in the types of underlying documentation which is examined. b. the degree of concentration on an individual account. c. the use or nonuse of cutoff tests. d. that one emphasizes transactions and the other emphasizes amounts. 39. In connection with a review of the prepaid insurance account, auditors would typically not medium perform which of the following procedures? c a. Recompute the portion of the premium that expired during the year. b. Prepare excerpts of insurance policies for audit working papers. c. Confirm premium rates with an independent insurance broker. d. Examine support for premium payments. Arens/Elder/Beasley 40. Which of the following audit procedures would be least likely to lead the auditor to find an medium unrecorded fixed asset disposal? b a. Examination of insurance policies. b. Review of repairs and maintenance expense. c. Review of property tax files. d. Scanning of invoices for fixed asset additions. 41. To achieve effective internal accounting control over fixed asset additions, a company should medium establish procedures that require: a a. authorization and approval of major fixed asset additions. b. capitalization of the cost of fixed asset additions in excess of a specific dollar amount. c. classification, as investments, of those fixed asset additions that are not used in the business. d. performance of recurring fixed asset maintenance work solely by maintenance department employees. 42. Which of the following is a customary audit procedure for the verification of the legal medium ownership of real property? d a. Examination of correspondence with the corporate counsel concerning acquisition matters. b. Examination of ownership documents registered and on file at a public hall of records. c. Examination of corporate minutes and resolutions concerning the approval to acquire property, plant, and equipment. d. Examination of deeds and title guaranty policies on hand. 43. Once the initial audit of a newly constructed industrial plant has been performed, with respect to medium consistency, which of the following is of least concern to the continuing auditor in the following b year? a. Prior years’ capitalization policy. b. Prior years’ capitalization costs. c. Prior years’ depreciation methods. d. Prior years’ depreciable life. 44. Controls over the acquisition and recording of insurance are a part of the ________. medium a. inventory and warehousing cycle d b. capitalization cycle c. treasury cycle d. acquisition and payment cycle 45. The approach used to verify manufacturing equipment is different than the one used to verify: challenging a. current assets. a b. patents. c. copyrights. d. all other types of property, plant, and equipment. 46. Which balance-related audit objective is not relevant to an audit of prepaid expenses? challenging a. Rights. d b. Accuracy. c. Detail tie-in. d. Realizable value. 47. The failure to capitalize a permanent asset, or the recording of an asset acquisition at the challenging improper amount, affects the balance sheet: d a. forever. b. for the current period. Arens/Elder/Beasley  c. for the depreciable life of the asset. d. until the firm disposes of the asset. 48. The failure to capitalize a permanent asset, or the recording of an asset acquisition at the challenging improper amount, affects the income statement: b a. for the current period. b. for the depreciable life of the asset. c. until the firm disposes of the asset. d. forever. 49. ____________ both have the effect of simultaneously verifying balance sheet and income challenging statement accounts. b a. Analytical procedures and substantive tests of transactions b. Tests of controls and substantive tests of transactions c. Tests of details of balances and substantive tests of transactions d. Tests of controls and analytical procedures 50. The tests of details of balances procedure for fixed assets which require the auditor to examine challenging vendors’ invoices of closely related accounts such as repairs and maintenance to uncover items d that should be fixed assets would satisfy the audit objective of: a. accuracy. b. existence. c. detail tie-in. d. completeness. 51. The erroneous inclusion of transactions that should properly be recorded as assets into accounts challenging such as repairs expense, lease expense, or supplies is a common client error. The auditor should a evaluate the likelihood of these types of misclassifications in conjunction with: a. obtaining an understanding of internal control. b. the test of controls. c. the tests of transactions. d. the tests of details of balances. 52. If the client fails to record disposals of property, plant, and equipment, both the original cost of challenging the asset account and the net book value will be incorrect. b a. Both will be overstated indefinitely. b. The original cost will be overstated indefinitely, and the net book value will be overstated until the asset is fully depreciated. c. The original cost will be overstated indefinitely, and the net book value will be understated indefinitely. d. The original cost will be overstated indefinitely, and the net book value will be understated until the asset is fully depreciated. 53. Income statement accounts resulting from allocations are typically verified as a part of: challenging a. tests of controls. c b. substantive tests of transactions. c. analytical procedures. d. planning. 54. Which of the following explanations might satisfy an auditor who discovers significant debits to challenging an accumulated depreciation account? a a. Extraordinary repairs have lengthened the life of an asset. b. Prior years’ depreciation charges were erroneously understated. c. A reserve for possible loss on retirement has been recorded. d. An asset has been recorded at its fair value. 55. An auditor would be least likely to use confirmations in connection with the examination of: Arens/Elder/Beasley challenging a. inventories. c b. long-term debt. c. property, plant, and equipment. d. stockholders’ equity. 56. Which of the following is the most important internal control procedure over acquisitions of challenging property, plant, and equipment? b d. Requiring acquisitions to be made by user departments. b. Using a budget to forecast and control acquisitions and retirements. c. Analyzing monthly variances between authorized expenditures and actual costs. a. Establishing a written company policy distinguishing between capital and revenue expenditures. 57. The auditor interviews the plant manager. The auditor is most likely to rely upon this interview challenging as primary support for an audit conclusion on: c a. capitalization vs. expensing policy. b. allocation of fixed and variable cost. c. the necessity to record a provision for deferred maintenance costs. d. the adequacy of the depreciation expense. 58. The audit procedures used to verify accrued liabilities differ from those employed for the challenging verification of accounts payable because: d a. accrued liability balances are less material than accounts payable balances. b. accrued liabilities at year end will become accounts payable during the following year. c. evidence supporting accrued liabilities is non-existent, whereas evidence supporting accounts payable is readily available. d. accrued liabilities usually pertain to services of a continuing nature, whereas accounts payable are the result of completed transactions. Other Objective Answer Format Questions 75. When an audit is a first-year engagement, some additional risk is involved and more audit work easy is required than in subsequent years. a a. True b. False 76. One of the auditor’s primary objectives when auditing manufacturing equipment is accuracy. easy a. True b b. False 77. Completeness and existence are the auditor’s primary objectives in auditing manufacturing easy equipment. a a. True b. False 78. Wages expense is normally considered to be associated with the acquisition and payment cycle. easy a. True b b. False 79. The primary characteristic that distinguishes property, plant, and equipment from inventory, easy prepaid expenses, and investments is the intention to use property, plant, and equipment as a b part of the operations of the client’s business and their expected life of approximately one year. a. True b. False 80. The emphasis in auditing manufacturing equipment is on the verification of current-period easy disposals. b a. True b. False 81. The auditor should keep in mind that the amount in insurance expense is a residual amount. easy a. True a b. False 82. The realizable value audit objective is not applicable when auditing prepaid insurance or easy insurance expense. a a. True b. False 83. The starting point for the verification of current-year acquisitions of property, plant, and medium equipment is normally a client-prepared schedule of all acquisitions recorded in the general a ledger during the year. a. True b. False Arens/Elder/Beasley 84. The least common audit test to verify current period acquisitions of property, plant, and medium equipment is examining vendors’ invoices and receiving reports. b a. True b. False 85. Depreciation expense is normally verified as a part of tests of details of balances rather than as medium part of tests of controls or substantive tests of transactions. a a. True b. False 86. The most important audit objective for depreciation expense is accuracy. medium a. True a b. False 87. The audit of insurance expense is normally limited to analytical procedures and a brief test of medium whether charges to insurance expense arose from credits to prepaid insurance. a a. True b. False 88. Tests of the cutoff objective for prepaid insurance are rarely performed by auditors. medium a. True a b. False 89. In auditing the current year acquisitions of property, plant and equipment, all balance-related medium audit objectives except realizable value and disclosure are used as a frame of reference. a a. True b. False 90. While analytical procedures are commonly used when auditing balance sheet accounts, they are medium rarely used when auditing income statement accounts. b a. True b. False 91. Tests of controls provide an indication of the likelihood of misstatements in both the income medium statement and the balance sheet, simultaneously. a a. True b. False 92. The auditor’s review of current year acquisition’s cutoff is normally done as part of accounts medium payable cutoff tests. a a. True b. False 93. The auditor’s tests for proper cutoff of current year acquisitions of property, plant, and medium equipment are usually done as part of accounts payable cutoff tests. a a. True b. False 94. In deciding the useful life of an asset, the company’s policy is relatively unimportant. medium a. True b b. False Arens/Elder/Beasley 95. The audit procedure “foot the schedule of fixed assets acquisitions and trace the total to the medium general ledger” relates most closely to the accuracy objective for fixed assets acquisitions. b a. True b. False 96. Confirmations are commonly used to verify additions of property, plant, and equipment. medium a. True b b. False 97. When auditing insurance expense, auditors normally rely on analytical procedures and limited medium testing of the debits to ensure that they arose from credits to prepaid insurance. a a. True b. False 98. One very useful method of auditing depreciation is to use an analytical procedure to test for medium reasonableness. a a. True b. False 99. The approach to auditing patents and copyrights is more similar to that used for current assets challenging than the approach used for property, plant, and equipment accounts. b a. True b. False 100. Recording an acquisition of a fixed asset at an improper amount affects the balance sheet until challenging the company disposes of the asset, but the income statement is not affected. b a. True b. False 101. Ordinarily, it is unnecessary to test the accuracy objective or the classification objective for challenging fixed assets acquired in prior years. a a. True b. False 102. In the audit of accrued property taxes, the two most important balance-related audit objectives challenging are completeness and accuracy. a a. True b. False 103. Typically, analytical procedures are the primary means of verifying income statement accounts challenging resulting from allocations. a a. True b. False 104. When auditing acquisitions of property, plant, and equipment, the auditor’s review of lease and challenging rental agreements most closely relates to the cutoff objective. b a. True b. False Arens/Elder/Beasley