Below are ten independent risk factors: 1. The client lacks sufficient working capital to continue operations. 2.

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Below are ten independent risk factors:
1. The client lacks sufficient working capital to continue operations.
2. The client fails to detect employee theft of inventory from the warehouse because there are no restrictions on warehouse access and the client does not reconcile inventory on hand to recorded amounts on a timely basis.
3. The company is publicly traded.
4. The auditor has identified numerous material misstatements during prior year audit engagements.
5. The assigned staff on the audit engagement lack the necessary skills to identify actual errors in an account balance when examining audit evidence accumulated.
6. The client is one of the industry's largest based on its size and market share.
7. The client engages in several material transactions with entities owned by family members of several of the client's senior executives.
8. The allowance for doubtful accounts is based on significant assumptions made by management.
9. The audit plan omits several necessary audit procedures.
10. The client fails to reconcile bank accounts to recorded cash balances.

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Identify which of the following audit risk model components relates most directly to each of the ten risk factors:
• Acceptable audit risk
• Inherent risk
• Control risk
• Planned detection risk

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Auditing and Assurance services an integrated approach

ISBN: 978-0132575959

14th Edition

Authors: Alvin a. arens, Randal j. elder, Mark s. Beasley

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