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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
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ACC 490 Week 1 DQ 1   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.acc490edu.com   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?
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ACC 490 Week 1 DQ 2   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.acc490edu.com   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
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ACC 490 Week 1 Generally Accepted Auditing
Standards Paper   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.acc490edu.com   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   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.acc490edu.com   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 2 DQ 2   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.acc490edu.com   Week 2 DQ 2 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
Exercise   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.acc490edu.com   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 2 Learning Team Auditing,
Attestation, and Assurance Services Paper   FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.acc490edu.com   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
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ACC 490 Week 3 DQ 1   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.acc490edu.com   Week 3 DQ 1 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 3 DQ 2   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.acc490edu.com   Week 3 DQ 2 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, and 7
Textbook Exercises   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.acc490edu.com   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
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ACC 490 Week 3 Learning Team Assessing Materialiy
and Risk Simulation   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.acc490edu.com   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
Why do certain accounts have to be audited
100?
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ACC 490 Week 3 Learning Team Ch. 6 and 7 Textbook
Exercises   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.acc490edu.com   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 DQ 1   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.acc490edu.com   Week 4 DQ 1 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   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.acc490edu.com   Week 4 DQ 2 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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AC 490 Week 4 Individual Ch. 8, 10, and 11
Textbook Exercises   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.acc490edu.com   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
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ACC 490 Week 4 Learning Team Apollo Shoes Case
Assignment   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.acc490edu.com   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 Individual Ch. 11 and 13 Textbook
Exercises   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.acc490edu.com   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
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ACC 490 Week 5 Learning Team Audit Sampling Case
Memo and Presentation   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.acc490edu.com   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 Mo
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