After Performing a Risk Assessment of a Food Processing Company

question 72

Multiple Choice

After performing a risk assessment of a food processing company, Sean Spino has come to the conclusion that he will require more evidence to be obtained by his audit team from substantive procedures. Which of the factors below led him to this conclusion?

• A) the level of assurance necessary
• B) the type of evidence required
• C) the nature of the test
• D) the complexity of the client's data capturing systems

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Definitions:

Beginning Inventory

The recorded value of inventory held by a business at the start of an accounting period.

Average Inventory

The mean value of inventory within a certain period, calculated by averaging the sum of starting and ending inventory.

Quarterly Inventories

The process of counting and valuing all assets, typically merchandise or supplies, that a business holds, conducted every three months.

Beginning Inventory

The economic worth of goods set for sale at the initiation of a financial term.