The person who conducts audit is called
A. Chartered Accountant
B. Company Secretary
C. Auditor
D. Accountant
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The section of the companies Act, 2013 which contains provisions regarding remuneration of the auditor is:
A. Section 139
B. Section 141
C. Section 142
D. Section 148
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The first auditor of a company will hold office
A. For a period of one year
B. Till the holding of statutory meeting
C. Till the conclusion of the first annual general meeting
D. Till a new auditor is appointed
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. . . . . . . . is the backbone of auditing.
A. Accounting
B. Vouching
C. Revaluation
D. Reassessment
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Process of checking the evidence of the entries called . . . . . . . .
A. Verification
B. Observation
C. Vouching
D. Inspection
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The cost auditor submits the report to the
A. Shareholders
B. Board of directors
C. Employees
D. Creditors
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Consider the following activities
1. Valuation
2. Verification
3. Vouching
The correct sequence of the activities undertaken by an auditor is
A. 3, 1, 2
B. 3, 2, 1
C. 2, 3, 1
D. 1, 2, 3
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Which of the following statements is not true?
A. Management fraud is difficult to detect than employee fraud
B. An internal control system reduces the possibility of occurrence of employee fraud and management fraud
C. The auditor's responsibility for the detection and prevention of errors and fraud is similar
D. None of the above
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Management audit is done by
A. Chartered Accountant
B. Company Secretary
C. Manager
D. Any Qualified Person
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The objective(s) of vouching is/are
A. No knowledge of entire business transactions
B. Authorisation of transactions
C. Partial knowledge of the transactions unrelated to business
D. All of the above
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If an auditor does something wrongfully in the performance of his duties, resulting in a financial loss to the company, he will be held guilty of :
A. Negligence
B. Misfeasance
C. Criminal act
D. None of the above
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Concurrent audit is a part of:
A. Internal check system
B. Continuous audit
C. Internal audit system
D. None of these
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Which industries fall under strategic area?
1. Industries related to equipments for safety and power generation.
2. Electricity, road and steel industries.
3. Industries related to railway and mineral products.
4. Health and education related industry.
Select the correct answer:
A. Only 1
B. Only 2
C. Both 3 and 4
D. All of the above
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The audit which is performed by a statutory auditor throughout the year is known as:
A. Internal audit
B. Interim audit
C. Annual audit
D. Continuous audit
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Which of the following statement(s) is/are true?
1. Audit can be done by any person.
2. Auditing is guarantee of 100% correctness.
3. Errors can be detected and prevented from auditing.
4. Auditing is the examination of books and statements.
A. Both 1 and 2
B. Both 2 and 3
C. Both 3 and 4
D. 1, 2 and 4
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When an auditor delegates work to his assistants, then
A. He is responsible for work performed by the assistants
B. He is not responsible for the work done by his assistants
C. He is responsible only when he had not taken written permission from the management of the company in this regard
D. None of the above
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The auditor gives in his report his
A. Decision
B. Opinion
C. Guarantee of the correctness of accounts
D. All of these
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Interim audit refers to:
A. Audit of accounts just after one accounting year
B. Audit of accounts after 5 years
C. An audit which is generally conducted in between two annual audits
D. It is an audit which is prepared to decide the % of commission to be paid to the manager on the basis of the sales record
E. An audit to know the progress of the sales in the middle of the accounting year
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To whom special audit report is addressed?
A. Manager
B. Director
C. Central Government
D. Shareholders
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The beneficiary(s) of audit report is/are
1. Creditor
2. Income tax authority
3. Director
4. Government
Select the correct answer:
A. Only 1
B. Both 2 and 4
C. Both 3 and 4
D. All of the above
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