Terms
Audit Areas
Basics
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
100

What's another type of service an auditor can provide aside from doing a full-scope audit?

Review, compilation, etc.

100

What are two reports you need to test AP?

Subsequent disbursement listing, AP Aging, Subsequent AP Aging, etc.

100

What are two things that affect retained earnings?

Dividends, net income, distributions, contributions, etc.
100

What is an example of a non-current asset?

Goodwill, PPE, etc.

100

What is an example of a prepaid?

Prepaid rent

200

Minimum number of years you have to keep accounting records for?

7 years

200

What expense are we testing with PPE testing?

Depreciation expense

200

What are the three sections of the SOCF?

Operating, investing and financing

200

What is an example of an accrual? Describe and set the scene for it. 

Accrued payroll. Earned prior to year-end but paid after. 

200

What's the term for when financial statements show multiple years?

Comparative

300

What does AICPA stand for?

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

300

What is our main concern with inventory as to why we do testing over it?

Overstating inventory (an asset) on the balance sheet
300

What is one sampling technique used in auditing?

Monetary unit sampling; random sample; etc.

300

What type of account is unearned revenue?

Liability

300

Name a type of audit opinion and what does it mean.

Unqualified - meaning clean opinion... reasonable assurance that there are no material misstatements

400
What does BOL stand for?

Bill of Lading

400

What is the term for what we use to determine if we need to look into an account or not (dollar value wise)?

Materiality

400

Describe two things we do in auditing cash

Confirm (material) balances; obtain bank reconciliations; tie book to bank balances; etc.

400

Property or items of value owned by a business

What is assets?

400

What's an example of an analytic we could use in audit testing and what does it tell us?

Inventory turnover - how fast inventory is turning and how quickly a company is able to cycle through their products on hand

500

What does PCAOB stand for?

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board

500

How do we test for purchased versus manufactured inventory?

Obtain invoices for purchased inventory versus BOM testing for manufactured

500

Name two assertions in auditing and a place where we would test for each of them (what area of the audit)

Cutoff - revenue; accuracy - inventory; etc.

500
Is a list of all accounts used by a business.
What is chart of accounts?
500

What is the private company alternative for amortizing goodwill?

PCC alternative is amortizing goodwill over 10 years or less if you an demonstrate another useful life is more appropriate