Question: 1
When planning an audit engagement, what should an internal auditor first consider when assessing the risk of fraud in the area to be audited?
Question: 2
An organization has developed a large database that tracks employees, employee benefits, payroll deductions, job classifications, and other similar information. The internal auditor reviews the retirement benefits plan and determines that the pension and medical benefits have been changed several times in the past ten years. The auditor wishes to determine whether there is justification to perform further audit investigation. The most appropriate audit procedure would be to:
Question: 3
Which of the following is not likely to be included as an audit step when assessing vendor performance policies?
Question: 4
Which of the following is least likely to vary when conducting audit engagements in different regions of an international organization?
Question: 5
A chief audit executive (CAE) is evaluating four potential audit engagements based on the following factors: the engagement's ability to reduce risk to the organization, the engagement's ability to save the organization money, and the extent of change in the area since the last engagement. The CAE has scored the engagements for each factor from low to high, assigned points, and calculated an overall ranking. The results are shown below with the points in parentheses:
Risk Reduction
Cost Savings
Changes
High (3)
Medium (2)
Low (1)
High (3)
Low (1)
High (3)
Low (1)
High (3)
Medium (2)
Medium (2)
Medium (2)
High (3)
If the organization has asked the CAE to consider the cost savings factor to be twice as important as any other factor, which engagements should the CAE pursue?
