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(c) Identify TWO QUALITATIVE benefits that might arise as a consequence of the investment in a new IT system
and explain how you would attempt to assess them. (4 marks)
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第1题
(c) Excluding the number of complaints by patients, identify and briefly explain THREE quantitative
non-financial performance measures that could be used to assess the ‘quality of service’ provided by the
Dental Health Partnership. (3 marks)
第2题
A.got
B.vases
C.All
D.are
第3题
(b) Identify and discuss the appropriateness of the cost drivers of any TWO expense values in EACH of levels (i)
to (iii) above and ONE value that relates to level (iv).
In addition, suggest a likely cause of the cost driver for any ONE value in EACH of levels (i) to (iii), and
comment on possible benefits from the identification of the cause of each cost driver. (10 marks)
第4题
Required:
(a) Identify and explain TWO factors which would indicate that an engagement letter for an existing audit client should be revised. (2 marks)
(b) List SIX matters which should be included within an audit engagement letter. (3 marks)
(c) Your audit firm has just won a new audit client, Milky Way Technologies Co (Milky Way), and you have been asked by the audit engagement partner to gain an understanding about the new client as part of the planning process.
Required:
Identify FIVE sources of information relevant to gaining an understanding of Milky Way Technologies Co and describe how this information will be used by the auditor. (5 marks)
第5题
(a) (i) Identify and explain FOUR financial statement assertions relevant to account balances at the year end; and
(ii) For each identified assertion, describe a substantive procedure relevant to the audit of year-end inventory. (8 marks)
(b) Pineapple Beach Hotel Co (Pineapple) operates a hotel providing accommodation, leisure facilities and restaurants. Its year end was 30 April 2012. You are the audit senior of Berry & Co and are currently preparing the audit programmes for the year end audit of Pineapple. You are reviewing the notes of last week’s meeting between the audit manager and finance director where two material issues were discussed.
Depreciation
Pineapple incurred significant capital expenditure during the year on updating the leisure facilities for the hotel. The finance director has proposed that the new leisure equipment should be depreciated over 10 years using the straight-line method.
Food poisoning
Pineapple’s directors received correspondence in March from a group of customers who attended a wedding at the hotel. They have alleged that they suffered severe food poisoning from food eaten at the hotel and are claiming substantial damages. Pineapple’s lawyers have received the claim and believe that the lawsuit against the company is unlikely to be successful.
Required:
Describe substantive procedures to obtain sufficient and appropriate audit evidence in relation to the above two issues.
Note: The total marks will be split equally between each issue. (8 marks)
(c) List and explain the purpose of FOUR items that should be included on every working paper prepared by the audit team. (4 marks)
第6题
Project tradeoffs are usually made by comparing _____ and constraints.
ATime, cost, and quality
BTime, risk, and quality
CRisk, quality, and manpower availability
DCost, quality, and technical performance
ECost, quality, and risk
第7题
Grouse Co is a significant audit client which develops software packages. Its managing director, Max Partridge, has contacted one of your firm’s partners regarding a potential business opportunity. The proposal is that Grouse Co and Raven & Co could jointly develop accounting and tax calculation software, and that revenue from sales of the software would be equally split between the two firms. Max thinks that Raven & Co’s audit clients would be a good customer base for the product.
Plover Co is a private hospital which provides elective medical services, such as laser eye surgery to improve eyesight. The audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2012 is currently taking place. The audit senior overheard one of the surgeons who performs laser surgery saying to his colleague that he is hoping to finish his medical qualification soon, and that he was glad that Plover Co did not check his references before employing him. While completing the subsequent events audit procedures, the audit senior found a letter from a patient’s solicitor claiming compensation from Plover Co in relation to alleged medical negligence resulting in injury to the patient.
Required:
Identify and discuss the ethical, commercial and other professional issues raised, and recommend any actions that should be taken in respect of:
(a) Grouse Co; and (8 marks)
(b) Plover Co. (7 marks)
第8题
(ii) On 1 July 2006 Petrie introduced a 10-year warranty on all sales of its entire range of stainless steel
cookware. Sales of stainless steel cookware for the year ended 31 March 2007 totalled $18·2 million. The
notes to the financial statements disclose the following:
‘Since 1 July 2006, the company’s stainless steel cookware is guaranteed to be free from defects in
materials and workmanship under normal household use within a 10-year guarantee period. No provision
has been recognised as the amount of the obligation cannot be measured with sufficient reliability.’
(4 marks)
Your auditor’s report on the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2006 was unmodified.
Required:
Identify and comment on the implications of these two matters for your auditor’s report on the financial
statements of Petrie Co for the year ended 31 March 2007.
NOTE: The mark allocation is shown against each of the matters above.
第9题
(b) You are the audit manager of Jinack Co, a private limited liability company. You are currently reviewing two
matters that have been left for your attention on the audit working paper file for the year ended 30 September
2005:
(i) Jinack holds an extensive range of inventory and keeps perpetual inventory records. There was no full
physical inventory count at 30 September 2005 as a system of continuous stock checking is operated by
warehouse personnel under the supervision of an internal audit department.
A major systems failure in October 2005 caused the perpetual inventory records to be corrupted before the
year-end inventory position was determined. As data recovery procedures were found to be inadequate,
Jinack is reconstructing the year-end quantities through a physical count and ‘rollback’. The reconstruction
exercise is expected to be completed in January 2006. (6 marks)
Required:
Identify and comment on the implications of the above matters for the auditor’s report on the financial
statements of Jinack Co for the year ended 30 September 2005 and, where appropriate, the year ending
30 September 2006.
NOTE: The mark allocation is shown against each of the matters.
第10题
designs and manufactures wooden tables and chairs. The business has expanded rapidly in the last two years, since
the arrival of Patrick Tiler, an experienced sales and marketing manager.
The directors want to secure a loan of $3 million in order to expand operations, following the design of a completely
new range of wooden garden furniture. The directors have approached LCT Bank for the loan. The bank’s lending
criteria stipulate the following:
‘Loan applications must be accompanied by a detailed business plan, including an analysis of how the finance will
be used. LCT Bank need to see that the finance requested is adequate for the proposed business purpose. The
business plan must be supported by an assurance opinion on the adequacy of the requested finance.’
The $3 million finance raised will be used as follows:
$000
Construction of new factory 1,250
Purchase of new machinery 1,000
Initial supply of timber raw material 250
Advertising and marketing of new product 500
Your firm has agreed to review the business plan and to provide an assurance opinion on the completeness of the
finance request. A meeting will be held tomorrow to discuss this assignment.
Required:
(a) Identify and explain the matters relating to the assurance assignment that should be discussed at the meeting
with Mulligan Co. (8 marks)
