14. An explanatory paragraph would be added to an unqualified
audit report [“good report”] for:
a. An accounting (GAAP) problem.
b. A lack of evidence (scope) problem.
c. The company’s status as a viable entity (i.e. going
concern issue) is doubtful.
d. Lack of independence.
26. An auditor wishes to evaluate a test of controls. A sample
of 120 items was selected and FOUR deviations are detected.
Some of the auditor's initial parameters were as follows:
Tolerable deviation rate 6.0%
Sampling Risk i.e. Risk of Overreliance 10.0%
Use the tables provided to answer the following two-part
question:
I. What is the (achieved; Computed) Upper deviation
Rate (in percent)?
II. Can the auditor rely on the internal control
structure to do less substantive testing for the
assertion the control involves? i.e. Are controls
considered to be acceptable?
a. I 4.4; II No e. I 6.6; II No
b. I 4.4; II Yes f. I 6.6; II Yes
c. I 5.5; II No g. None of the above.
d. I 5.5; II Yes
Question - (14)
Answer -
Particulars | Explanation |
An explanatory paragraph would be added to an unqualified audit report [“good report”] for: The company’s status as a viable entity (i.e. going concern issue) is doubtful. | When an auditor concludes there is substantial doubt about the client's ability to continue as a going concern, an unqualified opinion with an explanatory paragraph following the opinion paragraph is appropriate. |
Hence, Option - (c) is Correct.
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