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• ACC 490 Entire Course (UOP Course)

• ACC 490 Week 1 DQ 1 (UOP Course)

• ACC 490 Week 1 Generally Accepted Auditing
  Standards Paper (UOP Course)
• ACC 490 Week 1 DQ 1 (UOP Course)
• ACC 490 Week 1 DQ 2 (UOP Course)
• ACC 490 Week 2 Individual Ch. 1 Textbook
  Exercises (UOP Course)
• ACC 490 Week 2 Learning Team Auditing,
  Attestation, and Assurance Services Paper (UOP
  Course)
• ACC 490 Week 2 DQ 1 (UOP Course)
• ACC 490 Week 2 DQ 2 (UOP Course)
• ACC 490 Week 3 Individual Ch. 5, 6, 7 Textbook
  Exercises (UOP Course)

• 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 (UOP Course)

• ACC 490 Week 1 Generally Accepted Auditing
  Standards Paper (UOP Course)

• 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 legislation,
  as well as activities that will likely emerge as
  companies implement various provisions of the
  act? Do you believe the legislation enhances the
  power and prestige of the audit profession, or
  alternatively, does it decrease both the power
  and prestige of the profession? Explain.

• 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
• a. Describe the elements of the Generally
  Accepted Auditing
• Standards (GAAS).
• b. Describe how these standards apply to
  financial, operational, and compliance audits.
• c. Explain the effect that the
  Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and the Public
  Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) will
  have on audits of publicly traded companies.

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• ACC 490 Week 2 DQ 1 (UOP Course)

• ACC 490 Week 2 DQ 2 (UOP Course)

• 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. What presumptions can be made about the
  following?

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• ACC 490 Week 2 Individual Ch. 1 Textbook
  Exercises (UOP Course)

• ACC 490 Week 2 Learning Team Auditing,
  Attestation, and Assurance Services Paper (UOP
  Course)

• 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
  and who establishes those standards?

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• ACC 490 Week 3 DQ 1 (UOP Course)

• ACC 490 Week 3 DQ 2 (UOP Course)

• 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 Individual Ch. 5, 6, 7 Textbook
  Exercises (UOP Course)

• ACC 490 week 3 Learning Team Assessing
  Materiality and Risk Simulation (UOP Course)

• Resources Ch. 5, 6, 7 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. 5 Comprehensive Questions 5-30
  Assertions
• Ch. 6 Comprehensive Questions 6-22
  Audit Evidence
• Ch. 7 Comprehensive Questions 7-22
  Understanding the Entity and its Environment

• Resources Assessing Materiality and Risk
  simulation on student website
• Complete the Assessing Materiality and Risk
  simulation located on the student website.
• Prepare a 350-word response to following
  questions after completing the simulation

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• ACC 490 Week 3 Learning Team Ch. 6 7 Textbook
  Exercises (UOP Cours

• ACC 490 Week 4 DQ 1 (UOP Course)

• 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
• Ch. 6 Comprehensive Question 6-26
  Audit Programs and Assertions
• Ch. 7 Case 7-25 New Client Acceptance, Part b

• 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 (UOP Course)

• ACC 490 Week 4 Individual Ch. 8, 10, 11
  Textbook Exercises (UOP Course)

• 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
• Ch. 10 Comprehensive Questions 10-32
  Components of Internal Control
• Ch. 11 Comprehensive Questions 11-21 Assessing
  Control Risk

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• ACC 490 Week 4 Learning Team Apollo Shoes Case
  Assignment (UOP Course)

• ACC 490 Week 5 Individual Ch. 11 13 Textbook
  Exercises (UOP Course)

• 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 Procedures
  Manual and the Apollo Shoes Minutes, before
  completing the Internal Control audit section.

• 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
  Memo and Presentation (UOP Course)

• Resources Ch. 13 of Modern Auditing Assurance
  Services and the Integrity of Financial Reporting
  
• 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
• Case 13-36 Mt. Hood FurniturePPS
  Sampling Problem

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