An Entity's Income Statements Were Misstated Due to the Recording

question 29

Multiple Choice

An entity's income statements were misstated due to the recording of a journal entry that involved debits and credits to an unusual combination of expense and revenue accounts. The auditor most likely to detect this irregularity by ________.

• A) tracing a sample of journal entries to the general ledger
• B) evaluating the effectiveness of the internal control system policies and procedures
• C) investigating the reconciliation of control accounts with the subsidiary records
• D) performing analytical procedures designed to disclose differences between the balances in the accounts and budgeted amounts

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