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Q1. Matching the supplier’s invoice, the purchase order, and the receiving report normally should be the
responsibility of the
a) warehouse receiving function
b) purchasing function
c) general accounting function
d) treasury function
Response:
The correct option is (c)
Justification for answer:
The function of the warehouse department is to receive the goods ordered and that of the purchase
department is to prepare the purchase order. Further, the role of the treasury function is cash and liquidity
management, funding and capital markets, etc. Hence the matching of the supplier’s invoice, purchase
order, and the receiving report comes under the scope of the general accounting function due to which
option (c) is correct.
Q2. While performing an internal audit, the audit team observed that there have been various instances
wherein the company has failed to bill its customers for some shipments. You have to suggest the audit
team regarding which of the following control procedures may prevent the failure to bill customers for
some shipments?
a) Each shipment should be supported by a pre‐numbered sales invoice that is accounted for.
b) Each sales order should be approved by authorized personnel.
c) Sales journal entries should be reconciled to daily sales summaries.
d) Each sales invoice should be supported by a shipping document.
Response:
The correct option is (a)
Justification for answer:
If the shipment already contains a pre‐numbered sales invoice, then it itself establishes the fact that the
shipment sent to the customer has already been billed and will help in controlling the failure to bill
customers for shipments. Hence, option (a) is correct.
Other options are not correct as they will not help in reducing the failure to bill customers for shipments.
Q3. The internal auditor should maintain the confidentiality of the information acquired in the course of
his work and should not disclose any such information to:
Response:
The correct option is (d)
Justification for answer:
As per Standard on Internal Audit (SIA) 2 Basic Principles Governing Internal Audit, the internal auditor
should maintain the confidentiality of the information acquired in the course of his work and should not
disclose any such information to a third party, including the employees of the entity, without the specific
authority of the management/ client or unless there is a legal or a professional responsibility to do so. The
internal auditor, therefore, needs to ensure that there are well laid out policies and controls to protect
confidentiality of the information. Hence, option (d) is correct.
Q4. An internal audit schedule should be prioritized on the basis of all of the following criteria EXCEPT the
a) size of the auditee’s department
b) cost of the activities
c) risk of the activities
d) management’s requests
Response:
The correct option is (a)
Justification for answer:
The size of the auditee’s department is not a major criterion while finalizing an internal audit schedule as
any actual or suspected frauds or any other misappropriation of assets can also occur in a small sized
department of an auditee. Hence, an internal audit schedule is largely dependant upon the criteria viz. cost
and risk of activities and management’s requests. Thus, an internal audit schedule should not be prioritized
on the basis of size of the auditee’s department and accordingly, option (a) is correct.
Q5. The company from which you are pursuing your articleship training is the internal auditor of XYZ Ltd.
You are a part of the audit team which has been assigned the internal audit of Purchase Department of
XYZ Ltd. for the quarter ending 30.06.2018. While conducting the internal audit of the said department,
you have noticed various discrepancies between the quantity of goods ordered and the quantity actually
received from the vendors. The reason for the same is that the receiving clerk does not match the required
documents while receiving the goods. While preparing your internal audit report, you suggest the
management that to avoid the said discrepancies, when goods are received, the receiving clerk should
match the goods with the
Response:
The correct option is (d)
Justification for answer:
As any discrepancy between goods ordered and goods dispatched by the vendor can be traced after
matching the vendor’s shipping document and the purchase order, option (d) is correct.
As the quantity of goods sent by the vendor shall be the same in vendor’s invoice, receiving report and
vendor’s shipping document, options (b) and (c) are incorrect.
Further, as requisition form is a document through which materials required are requested and purchase
order is an order through which goods are ordered, both do not contain the quantity of goods received,
hence, option (a) is also incorrect.