The following questions concern internal controls and accumulating evidence in the acquisition and payment cycle. Choose the best answer.
a. While auditing a client’s purchase transactions, an auditor selects a sample of vouch-
ers and then compares the dates on the vouchers to the dates on which the corre-
sponding transactions were actually recorded in the client’s purchase journal. The
audit procedure is most likely designed to test the
(1) occurrence assertion.
(2) completeness assertion.
(3) accuracy assertion.
(4) cutoff assertion.
b. In assessing control risk for purchases, an auditor vouches a sample of entries in the
voucher register to the supporting documents. Which assertion would this test of
controls most likely support?
(1) Completeness
(2) Occurrence
(3) Valuation and allocation
(4) Rights and obligations
c. Which of the following tests would an auditor be least likely to perform during an
audit of accounts payable?
(1) Examine open vouchers, receiving reports, and vendor invoices shortly after the
year end
(2) Trace a sample of vouchers to the purchase journal
(3) Send out accounts payable confirmations
(4) Select cash disbursements made shortly after year end and examine supporting
documentation such as receiving reports and vendor invoices