A)There Are Four Important Purposes of Analytical Procedures

question 57

Essay

A)There are four important purposes of analytical procedures.Identify each of these four purposes and for each purpose give a specific example of an analytical procedure that an auditor might perform.B)Identify each of the five major types of analytical procedures and give an example of each.C)One purpose of performing analytical procedures in the planning phase of an audit is to assess the client's financial condition.Explain how the assessment of a client's financial condition can affect the auditor's decisions concerning evidence accumulation in later phases of the audit.

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Definitions:

Optimizing

The process of making something as effective, perfect, or functional as possible within given constraints.

Heuristic

This term refers to a practical approach to problem-solving, learning, or discovery that employs a practical method not guaranteed to be optimal but sufficient for reaching an immediate goal.