While Observing a Client's Annual Physical Inventory,an Auditor Recorded Test

question 52

Multiple Choice

While observing a client's annual physical inventory,an auditor recorded test counts for several items and noticed that certain test counts were higher than the recorded quantities in the client's perpetual records.This situation could be the result of the client's failure to record

• A) Purchase discounts.
• B) Purchase returns.
• C) Sales.
• D) Sales returns.

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Definitions:

Deposits

Funds placed into an account in a bank or financial institution for safekeeping or to earn interest.

Compounded Monthly

Describes the process of calculating interest on both the initial principal and the accumulated interest from previous periods on a monthly basis.

Mortgage

A loan used to purchase real estate, secured by the property itself, which the borrower is obligated to pay back with a predetermined set of payments.

Balance

The amount of money in a financial repository, such as a bank account, at any given time, or the equilibrium state of an account after considering all debits and credits.