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Chapter 2
The Financial Statement Auditing Environment
Learning Objectives
Review
Questions
Multiple-
Choice
Questions
Problems
Discussion
Cases
Internet
Assignments/
ACL
Problems
LO 2-1: Be familiar with the
different types of auditors.
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LO 2-2: Be familiar with the
various types of audit, attest, and
assurance services offered by
accounting professionals.
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LO 2-3: Understand the
organization of public accounting
firms and the composition of audit
teams.
LO 2-4 : Understand the significant
changes that have taken place in
the auditing profession over the
past decade.
3,4 1 8
LO 2-5: Know that management
is primarily responsible for the
entity ’ s financial statements and
understand the auditor ’ s
responsibility for detecting errors,
material fraud, and illegal acts.
5 1 9
LO 2-6: Recognize that an audit is
shaped by the auditee’ s business,
industry, and economic
environment.
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LO 2-7: Understand essential
processes and components
characteristic of most business
entities.
6,7 20
LO 2-8: Be familiar with a five-
component model of business
processes used to organize an
audit.
7 20
LO 2-9: Identify and be familiar
with the major organizations that
affect the public accounting
profession ’ s environment.
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LO 2-10 : Understand that auditing
standards are established by both
U.S. and international standard
setters.
22
LO 2-11: Be familiar with the 1 0
“ generally accepted auditing
standards ” and the “ principles
underlying an audit conducted in
accordance with generally accepted
auditing standards. ”
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LO 2-12: Understand the nature
of auditing standards.