Question: 1
What conclusion can be reached by comparing a random sample of vendor invoices to purchase orders?
Question: 2
An internal auditor has taken an attributes sample of a bank's existing loan portfolio. Out of a sample of 60 loans, the auditor found:
Four that were not properly collateralized.
Five that were not in compliance with bank policies (other than lack of collateralization).
Four that were part of a related-party group, but were set up as separate loan entities.
Of the 60 loans selected in the sample, these errors were noted on a total of 10 loans.
Several loans had multiple problems.
Which of the following conclusions can the auditor reach from these observations?
1. There is sufficient evidence that fraudulent activity is taking place by one or more of the bank's lending officers.
2. The financial statements will be misstated as a result of these actions.
3. There are significant noncompliance audit findings that should be reported.
Question: 3
Which of the following, if observed, would not indicate the need to extend the search for other indicators of fraud in a purchasing department?
Question: 4
Which of the following might alert an internal auditor to the possibility of fraud in a division?
1. The division is not scheduled for an external audit this year.
2. Sales have increased by 10 percent.
3. A significant portion of management's compensation is directly tied to reported net income of the division.
Question: 5
A production division received 45 responses to a customer-service survey distributed to 100 purchasing departments randomly selected from all customers who made purchases in the prior 12 months. Which of the following is the most likely reason that the division manager would be concerned about nonresponse bias in this situation?
