This Question Will Represent a Statement, Question, Excerpt, or Comment

question 903

Multiple Choice

This question will represent a statement, question, excerpt, or comment taken from various parts of an auditor's documentation file. Letter choices A-P represent a list of the likely sources of the statement, question, excerpt, or comment. Select, as the best answer for each item, the most likely source. Select only one source for each item. Our audit is designed to provide reasonable assurance of detecting misstatements that, in our judgment, could have a material effect on the financial statements taken as a whole. Consequently, our audit will not necessarily detect all misstatements that exist due to error, fraudulent financial reporting, or misappropriation of assets.

• A) Practitioner's report on management's assertion about an entity's compliance with specified requirements.
• B) Auditor's communications on significant deficiencies in internal control.
• C) Audit inquiry letter to legal counsel.
• D) Lawyer's response to audit inquiry letter.
• E) Communication from those charged with governance to the auditor.
• F) Auditor's communication to those charged with governance (other than with respect to significant deficiencies in internal control
• G) Report on the application of accounting principles.
• H) Auditor's engagement letter.
• I) Letter for underwriters.
• J) Accounts receivable confirmation request.
• K) Request for bank cutoff statement.
• L) Explanatory paragraph of an auditor's report on financial statements.
• M) Partner's engagement review notes.
• N) Management representation letter.
• O) Successor auditor's communication with predecessor auditor.
• P) Predecessor auditor's communication with successor auditor.

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Definitions:

Net Advantage

The quantitative benefit or gain derived from a particular decision or action, after considering all related costs and disadvantages.

Leasing

A financial arrangement where one party allows another to use an asset for a period of time in exchange for payment.

NPV

Net Present Value, a calculation used to determine the present value of an investment by the sum of its future cash flows minus the initial investment.

Leveraged Lease

A financial arrangement in which a lessor uses borrowed funds to purchase an asset and then leases the asset to a lessee, who pays lease payments that cover the lessor's financing cost and provide a return.