Question: Please help me complete this case. Apollo Audit Risk Mini - Case In this mini - case you will evaluate information related to your client

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Apollo Audit Risk Mini-Case
In this mini-case you will evaluate information related to your client - Apollo Shoes to determine audit risk.
Instructions:
Auditors are tasked with gathering a wide variety of information and then determining if it could impact the fair
presentation of the financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. To do this
auditors use a framework of risk called the audit risk model. On the following tab you will be presented with a set of
facts about Apollo, you must decide if it is related to the audit, if so which part of the audit risk model they fall under
(inherent risk or control risk), how they affect the risk of material misstatement and what impact they have on
detection risk. \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}
\hline & Factor & Relevant to Apollo's Financial Statement
Audit? & IR Factor & CR Factor & Why? Comments & Impact on RMM & Impact on DR \\
\hline & Apollo operates in the competitive athletic and outdoor footwear industry. & Yes & Yes & & & & \\
\hline & Apollo advanced \(\$ 1.25\) million to Larry Lancaster's secretary. & Yes & Yes & NA & & +(increase) & -(decrease)\\
\hline 3 & Apollo believes a major future market for their shoes is in galactic athletic footwear, but advances in space travel must be made for this market to emerge. & No & & & & & \\
\hline & Apollo does not have adequate documentation supporting customer returns of product. & Yes & & & & & \\
\hline 5 & Apollo has maintained a positive trend in net income over the past several years, and has a strategic emphasis on meeting profitability targets. & Yes & & & & & \\
\hline 6 & Apollo has not allowed your firm to speak with the predecessor auditor about their withdrawal after last year's engagement. & Yes & & & & & \\
\hline & Apollo has refinanced their short term line of credit into a long term note payable. & Yes & & & & & \\
\hline 8 & Apollo incurred \(\$ 50,000\) of charges to repair damages from a "Nor'easter" storm. & Yes & & & & & \\
\hline 9. & Apollo installed a new computer system mid-year. & Yes & & & & & \\
\hline 10 & Apollo leases all their properties. & Yes & & & & & \\
\hline 11 & Apollo requires a customer purchase order and credit approval in order to process a sale to a wholesale customer. & Yes & & & & & \\
\hline 12 & Apollo suspended all R\&D activities as a cost savings measure, and the lab will be converted into a gym for corporate executives. & Yes & & & & & \\
\hline 13 & Apollo utilizes sales invoices and shipping documents are pre-numbered, but the sequence is not checked for missing invoices. & Yes & & & & & \\
\hline 14 & Apollo's accounting and control manual has not been kept up to date. & Yes & & & & & \\
\hline 15 & Apollo's CEO, Larry Lancaster, joined the company a few years ago. & Yes & & & & & \\
\hline 16 & Apollo's credit manager reports to the VP of Marketing. & Yes & & & & & \\
\hline 17 & Apollo's current products have built in features such as lights and loudspeakers that 7 make the product appropriate for several niche markets such as athletes who like to compete at night, police officers on graveyard shifts and musical groups. & Yes & & & & & \\
\hline 18 & Apollo's intemal audit director, Karina Ramirez, just joined the company this year. & Yes & & & & & \\
\hline 19 & Apollo's IT staff is small and precludes optimal segregation of duties over the information system. & Yes & & & & & \\
\hline 20 & Apollo's sales to employees, COD sales, disposals of property, cash sales and scrap sales are not subject to the same set of controls as credit sales. & Yes & & & & & \\
\hline 21 & In the current year Apollo has seen a significant increase in net income despite stagnant sales. & Yes & & & & & \\
\hline 22 & Larry Lancaster, Apollo's CEO is quite domineering and dictates accounting issues. & Yes & & & & & \\
\hline 23 & Product litigation against Apollo has recently been settled, but Apollo admits no liability. & Yes & & & & & \\
\hline 24 & Sales are below budget. & Yes & & & & & \\
\hline & The internal audit director, Karina Ramirez, reports directly to the audit committee. & Yes & & & & & \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
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