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ACC 490 Week 1 DQ 1
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ACC 490 Week 1 Generally Accepted Auditing
Standards Paper ACC 490 Week 1 DQ 1  ACC 490
Week 1 DQ 2  ACC 490 Week 2 Individual Ch. 1
Textbook Exercise ACC 490 Week 2 Learning Team
Auditing, Attestation, and Assurance Services
Paper ACC 490 Week 2 DQ 1 ACC 490 Week 3
Individual Ch. 5, 6, 7 Textbook Exercises ACC
490 Week 3 Learning TeamCh. 6 7 Textbook
Exercises ACC  490 week 3 Learning TeamAssessing
Materiality and Risk Simulation  
Why is public accounting often viewed as a
guarantor of results, or even as a provider of
assurance that ones investment is of high
quality? To what extent is it reasonable to view
the auditor as a guarantor? Explain. To what
extent do you believe that user expectations of
the public accounting profession appear to be
unwarranted? Explain.
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ACC 490 Week 1 Generally Accepted Auditing
Standards Paper
ACC 490 Week 1 DQ 2
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has been described
as the most far-reaching legislation affecting
business since the passage of the 1933 Securities
Act. What are the specific portions of the
legislation that affect the external audit
profession, and how do they affect the
profession? How does the legislation affect the
internal audit profession? What are some
activities that are implied in the
Generally Accepted Auditing Standards Paper   
Prepare a 700-1,050-word paper in which you
explain the nature and functions of auditing.
Relate your explanation to the audit functions in
your organization, or an organization with which
you are familiar. In your paper, be sure to
address
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ACC 490 Week 2 DQ 2
ACC 490 Week 2 DQ 1
Why is public accounting often viewed as a
guarantor of results, or even as a provider of
assurance that ones investment is of high
quality? To what extent is it reasonable to view
the auditor as a guarantor? Explain. To what
extent do you believe that user expectations of
the public accounting profession appear to be
unwarranted? Explain.
The third generally accepted standard of audit
fieldwork requires that auditors obtain
sufficient, competent audit evidence to afford a
reasonable basis for an opinion regarding the
financial statements under examination. In
considering what constitutes sufficient,
competent audit evidence, a distinction should be
made between underlying accounting data and all
corroborating information available to the
auditor.
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ACC 490 Week 2 Learning Team Auditing,
Attestation, and Assurance Services Paper
ACC 490 Week 2 Individual Ch. 1 Textbook Exercise
Prepare a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you
compare and contrast auditing, attestation, and
assurance services. In your paper, address the
following   An example of each type of
service Who might request such a service?
Resources Ch. 1 of Modern Auditing Assurance
Services and the Integrity of Financial
Reporting Prepare written answers to the
following assignment from Modern Auditing
Assurance Services and the Integrity of Financial
Reporting
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ACC 490 Week 3 DQ 2
ACC 490 Week 3 DQ 1
Why do auditors have to consider the internal
controls of the organization? What are some key
elements of internal control? Which are the most
important? How will the auditor have to modify
the audit program if the internal controls are
deemed inadequate to support management
assertions?
What are the two types of audit tests? What are
some examples of each of these two types of
tests? How will the auditor use the data gathered
from these tests?
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ACC 490 Week 4 DQ 1
ACC 490 Week 3 Learning Team Ch. 6 and 7 Textbook
Exercises
Why do auditors find it necessary to use
sampling? What are the risks associated with
sampling? How might these risks affect the audit
conclusion?
Resources Ch. 6 7 of Modern Auditing
Assurance Services and the Integrity of Financial
Reporting   Prepare written answers to the
following assignments from the text Modern
Auditing Assurance Services and the Integrity of
Financial Reporting
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ACC 490 Week 4 IndividualCh. 8, 10, and 11
Textbook Exercises
ACC 490 Week 4 DQ 2
Resources Ch. 8, 10, 11 of Modern Auditing
Assurance Services and the Integrity of Financial
Reporting Prepare written answers to the
following assignments from Modern Auditing
Assurance Services and the Integrity of Financial
Reporting   Ch. 8 Comprehensive Questions
8-16 Analytical procedures
How does the auditor evaluate the results of
audit procedures? What types of qualitative
factors might the auditor consider when
encountering an error? How might the results
affect the audit conclusion?
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ACC 490 Week 5 Individual Ch. 11 and 13 Textbook
Exercises
ACC 490 Week 4 Learning Team Apollo Shoes Case
Assignment
Resources Ch. 11 13 of Modern Auditing
Assurance Services and the Integrity of Financial
Reporting Prepare written answers to the
following assignments from Modern Auditing
Assurance Services and the Integrity of Financial
Reporting   Ch. 11 Learning Checks 11-6,
11-8, 11-9  Ch. 13 Learning Check 13-8
Resources Apollo Shoes Case materials located on
the student website   Complete the Internal
Control audit section of the case using the
Apollo Shoes Case materials, available under the
Assessment section of Week Three on the student
website. 
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ACC 490 Week 5 Learning Team Audit Sampling Case
Memo and Presentation
Resources Ch. 13 of Modern Auditing Assurance
Services and the Integrity of FinancialReporting  
Prepare a 1,400- to 1,750-word memo to the Audit
Partner, John Smith, summarizing your findings
from the following case found in Ch. 13 of Modern
Auditing Assurance Services and the Integrity of
Financial Reporting
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