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Which of the following agencies/organizations govern the independence rules for audits of public companies? A) AICPA. B) Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. C) FASB. D) Auditing Standards Board [ASB]. 2 A CPA is aware that a sole proprietor client has "skimmed" unrecorded cash receipts and thus not reported them to the Internal Revenue Service. If the CPA signs the entity's tax return as a CPA after preparing the return, he/she would be violating which AICPA Rule of Conduct? A) Rule 101 Independence. B) Rule 102 Integrity & Objectivity. C) Rule 203 Accounting Principles. D) Rule 301 Confidential Client Information. 3 A CPA, while performing an audit, strives to achieve independence in appearance in order to A) Reduce risk and liability. B) Comply with the generally accepted standards of fieldwork. C) Become independent in fact. D) Maintain public confidence in the profession. 4 A violation of the profession's ethical standards is most likely to occur when a CPA A) Issues an unqualified opinion on an entity's financial statements when fees for the prior year audit have not been paid in full. B) Serves as an honorary member of the board of directors of a charitable organization for which he or she also audits the entity's financial statements. C) Arranges with a financial institution to collect notes issued by a client in payment of fees due. D) Compiles the financial statements of an entity that employs the CPA's spouse as a bookkeeper. 5 Which of the following is not considered an act discreditable to the profession? A) Solicitation of CPA exam questions. B) Failure to file a personal tax return on a timely basis. C) Billing an audit client an amount in excess of the originally quoted fee. D) Discrimination or harassment of employees. 6 The SEC and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 prohibit public accounting firms from providing certain services to audit clients that are public companies. Which of the following services is not prohibited? A) Internal audit outsourcing services. B) Information system design services. C) Tax preparation services. D) Business valuation and appraisal services. 7 Without first receiving consent from the client, a CPA firm should not disclose confidential client information contained in its working papers to (a) A) Another entity looking for benchmarking information. B) PCAOB inspection team. C) Disciplinary body created under state statute. D) Federal court that has issued a subpoena. 8 Which of the following is not an element of quality control as defined by the AICPA's Statement of Quality Control Standards No. 8? A) Monitoring. B) Human resources. C) Reliability. D) Acceptance and continuance of clients and engagements. 9 A CPA firm should establish monitoring procedures to provide reasonable assurance that the policies and procedures over each of the other elements of quality control are suitably designed and are being applied effectively. To achieve this goal, the firm would most likely establish procedures for A) Evaluating prospective and continuing client relationships. B) Reviewing engagement audit documentation and reports. C) Requiring personnel to adhere to the applicable independence rules. D) Maintaining personnel files containing documentation related to the evaluation of personnel. 10 Which of the following statements is false concerning PCAOB and AICPA inspections of public accounting firms? A) The AICPA peer review program is mandatory for participating firms. B) The AICPA peer review process is conducted more frequently and in more depth in comparison with new PCAOB guidelines. C) These inspections focus on the system of quality controls put in place by the CPA firms. D) The "Big 4" CPA firms are a good example of a "registered" firm with the PCAOB. 11 In order to maintain independence from a public company audit client, the partner on the engagement must rotate off from the client A) Every year. B) Every 5 years. C) Every 7 years. D) There is no requirement for the partner to be reassigned from any public company audit client after any specified period of time. 12 Which of the following is not one of the SEC's three basic principles of auditor objectivity and independence? A) An auditor should not audit his or her own work. B) An auditor should not enter into contingent fee arrangements. C) An auditor should not function in the role of management. D) An auditor should not serve in an advocacy role for his or her client. 13 For which of the following services is an auditor not required to be independent? A) Financial statement audits. B) Financial statement reviews. C) Any attest service. D) A compilation of financial statements. 14 Which of the following is not a covered member according to Interpretation 101-1? A) An individual in a position to influence the attest engagement. B) The firm, including the firm's employee benefits plans. C) A firm staff member in the office servicing the audit client, but who doesn't participate in the client's audit. D) An individual on the attest engagement team. 15 Each of the following pairings includes a category of rules and a specific rule which may or may not pertain to that category. Choose the pairing which is correctly matched. A) Independence; Confidential client information. B) General standards; Contingent fees. C) General standards; Due professional care. D) Responsibilities to clients; Acts discreditable. Which of the following is least likely to be considered an act of discreditable to the accounting profession?Numerous moving traffic violations would most likely NOT be considered an "act discreditable to the profession". Traffic violations will not affect the reputation of the professional activities carried out by the accountant.
Which of the following acts by a CPA would not necessarily be considered an act discreditable?Which of the following acts by a CPA would not necessarily be considered an act discreditable to the profession under the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct? Prohibiting a client's new CPA firm from reviewing the audit working papers after the client has requested the CPA to do so.
Which of the following is not one of the aicpa's code of professional conduct principles?The correct option is: d trustworthiness
There are seven principles of AICPA's code of conduct, which are: Integrity principle. Responsibility principle. Public interest principle.
Which of the following is prohibited by the aicpa code of professional conduct?The AICPA Code of Professional Conduct prohibits direct solicitation of clients by CPAs.
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