1.
The most effective procedure to verify compliance with a requirement that materials be purchased from the lowest-priced source is to compare:
2.
A major insurance company provides a discount on automobile insurance if the vehicle meets certain safety criteria. Which of the following audit tests would provide an internal auditor with the best evidence that all qualifying insured automobiles are receiving the discount?
3.
Which of the following best describes the most important criteria when assigning responsibility for specific tasks required in an audit engagement?
4.
Cross-referencing individual payroll time cards to personnel department records and reports would allow an internal auditor to determine whether:
5.
Which of the following would most likely contribute to discrepancies between receiving reports and the number of units in a shipment?
6.
Which of the following would have the least significance in an audit of the efficiency of a driver's license testing facility?
7.
A bakery chain has a statistical model that can be used to predict daily sales at individual stores based on a direct relationship to the cost of ingredients used and an inverse relationship to rainy days. What conditions would an internal auditor look for as an indicator of employee theft of food from a specific store?
8.
An organization's policies allow buyers to authorize expenditures up to $50,000 without any other approval.
Which of the following audit procedures would be most effective in determining if fraud in the form of payments to fictitious companies has occurred?
9.
Production managers for a manufacturing company are authorized to prepare emergency purchase orders for raw materials. These manually prepared orders do not go through the purchasing department and do not require a receiving report. The managers forward the invoice and purchase order to the accounting department for payment. Which of the following internal controls would efficiently prevent abuse of this system?
10.
Which of the following is most appropriate when conducting an interview during the course of a fraud investigation?