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Assignment

Question 1

Which of the following is responsible for establishing a private company's internal control?
Management
Auditors
Management and auditors
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations

Question 2

Which section of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires management to issue an internal control report?
202
203
404
408

Question 3

Which of management's concerns with respect to implementing internal controls is the auditor primarily concerned?
Efficiency of operations
Reliability of financial reporting
Effectiveness of operations
Compliance with applicable laws and regulations

Question 4

Even with the most effectively designed internal control, the auditor must obtain audit evidence, beyond testing the controls, for every
transaction.
financial statement account.
material financial statement account.
financial statement account that will be relied upon by third parties.

Question 5

Which of the following is correct?
A significant deficiency is always a material weakness.
A reportable condition is always a material weakness.
A material weakness is less significant that a control deficiency.
A significant deficiency may be a material weakness.

Question 6

Which of the following is not a risk to IT systems?
Need for IT experience
Separation of IT duties
Improved audit trail
Hardware and data vulnerability

Question 7

The extent to which IT duties are separated in an organization depends on
the organization's size.
the organization's complexity.
both A and B.
neither A nor B.

Question 8

Which of the following is a category of general controls?
Processing controls
Output controls
Physical and online security
Input controls

Question 9

A control that relates to all parts of the IT system is called a(n)
general control.
systems control.
universal control.
applications control.

Question 10

Which of the following is not an example of an application control?
An equipment failure causes system downtime.
There is a preprocessing authorization of the sales transactions.
There are reasonableness tests for the unit selling price of a sale.
After processing, all sales transactions are reviewed by the sales department.