Below Are Five Audit Procedures, All of Which Are Tests

question 123

Short Answer

Below are five audit procedures, all of which are tests of transactions associated with the audit of the sales and collection cycle. Also, below are the six general transaction-related audit objectives and the five management assertions. For each audit procedure, indicate (1) its audit objective, and (2) the management assertion being tested.
1. Vouch recorded sales from the sales journal to the file of bills of lading.
(1) ________
(2) ________
2. Compare dates on the bill of lading, sales invoices, and sales journal to test for delays in recording sales transactions.
(1) ________
(2) ________
3. Account for the sequence of prenumbered bills of lading and sales invoices.
(1) ________
(2) ________
4. Trace from a sample of prelistings of cash receipts to the cash receipts journal, testing for names, amounts, and dates.
(1) ________
(2) ________
5. Examine customer order forms for credit approval by the credit manager.
(1) ________
(2) ________

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Definitions:

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