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

question 220

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. As discussed in Note 4 to the financial statements, the company experienced a net loss for the year ended July 31, 20XX, and is currently in default under substantially all of its debt agreements. In addition, on September 25, 20XX, the company filed a prenegotiated voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. These matters raise substantial doubt about the company's ability to continue as a going concern.

• 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:

Operating Leverage (DOL)

A financial metric indicating the proportion of fixed versus variable costs a company has, which affects its earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) for every percentage change in sales.

Variable Cost

Costs that vary directly with the level of production or volume of output.

Fixed Costs

Constant expenses that do not change in relation to the level of production or sales.

Operating Leverage

A measure of how revenue growth translates into growth in operating income, indicating the degree to which a firm can increase its profits by increasing sales.