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• ACC 490 Entire Course

• ACC 490 Week 1 DQ 1

• 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

• 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 DQ 2

• ACC 490 Week 1 Generally Accepted Auditing
  Standards

• 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

• 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 the following

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• ACC 490 Week 2 DQ 1

• ACC 490 Week 2 DQ 2 

• 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

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• ACC 490 Week 2 Individual Ch. 1 Textbook Exercise

• ACC 490 Week 2 Learning Team Auditing,
  Attestation,

• 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
•   Ch. 1 Comprehensive Question 1-23
  Organizations Associated with the Public
  Accounting Profession.

• 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?
• What standards apply to each service

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• ACC 490 Week 3 DQ 1

• ACC 490 Week 3 DQ 2

• 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?

• 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?

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• ACC 490 Week 3 Learning Team Ch. 6 and 7 Textbook

• ACC 490 Week 4 DQ 1

• Resources Ch. 6 7 of Modern Auditing
  Assurance Services and the Integrity of Financial
  Reporting
• Ch. 6 Comprehensive Question 6-26 Audit
  Programs and Assertions
•  Prepare written answers to the following
  assignments from the text Modern Auditing
  Assurance Services and the Integrity of Financial
  Reporting

• Why do auditors find it necessary to use
  sampling? What are the risks associated with
  sampling?
• How might these risks affect the audit conclusion?

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• ACC 490 Week 4 DQ 2

• ACC 490 Week 4 IndividualCh. 8, 10, and 11

• 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?

• 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

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• ACC 490 Week 4 Learning Team Apollo Shoes Case

• ACC 490 Week 5 Individual Ch. 11 and 13 Textbook

• 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.
• Review the Planning section, with emphasis on the
  Apollo Accounting and Control

• 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

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• ACC 490 Week 5 Learning Team Audit Sampling Case

• 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