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ACC 490 Entire Course   For more classes
visits www.snaptutorial.com       ACC 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 ACC 490 Week 2 DQ
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ACC 490 Week 1 DQ 1   For more classes
visits www.snaptutorial.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? 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 1 DQ 2   For more classes
visits www.snaptutorial.com   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 internal audit profession?
What are some activities that are implied in the
legislation, as well as activities that will
likely emerge as companies implement various
provisions of the act? Do you believe the
legislation enhances the power and prestige of
the audit profession, or alternatively,    
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ACC 490 Week 1 Generally Accepted Auditing
Standards Paper   For more classes
visits www.snaptutorial.com       Generally
Accepted Auditing Standards Paper    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      a. Describe the elements of
the Generally Accepted Auditing         
 Standards (GAAS).      
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ACC 490 Week 2 DQ 1   For more classes
visits www.snaptutorial.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? 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
visits www.snaptutorial.com     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 visits www.snaptutor
ial.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   Ch. 1 Comprehensive Question 1-23
Organizations Associated with the Public
Accounting Profession.        
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ACC 490 Week 2 Learning Team Auditing,
Attestation, and Assurance Services Paper   For
more classes visits www.snaptutorial.com     Prepa
re 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   An example of each type of
service Who might request such a service?
What standards apply to each service and who
establishes those standards?    
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ACC 490 Week 3 DQ 1   For more classes
visits www.snaptutorial.com           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
visits www.snaptutorial.com           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 Learning Team Ch. 6 and 7 Textbook
Exercises   For more classes visits www.snaptuto
rial.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           Ch. 6
Comprehensive Question 6-26 Audit Programs and
Assertions          
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ACC 490 Week 4 DQ 1   For more classes
visits www.snaptutorial.com       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
visits www.snaptutorial.com     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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ACC 490 Week 4 IndividualCh. 8, 10, and 11
Textbook Exercises   For more classes
visits www.snaptutorial.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   Ch. 8
Comprehensive Questions 8-16 Analytical
procedures Ch. 10 Comprehensive Questions
10-32 Components of Internal Control Ch. 11
Comprehensive Questions 11-21 Assessing Control
Risk        
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ACC 490 Week 4 Learning Team Apollo Shoes Case
Assignment   For more classes
visits www.snaptutorial.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.    Review
the Planning section, with emphasis on the Apollo
Accounting and Control Procedures Manual and the
Apollo Shoes Minutes, before completing the
Internal Control audit section.        
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ACC 490 Week 5 Individual Ch. 11 and 13 Textbook
Exercises   For more classes visits www.snaptuto
rial.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   Ch. 11 Learning Checks 11-6,
11-8, 11-9  Ch. 13 Learning Check
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ACC 490 Week 5 Learning Team Audit Sampling Case
Memo and Presentation   For more classes
visits www.snaptutorial.com Resources Ch. 13 of
Modern Auditing Assurance Services and the
Integrity of FinancialReporting   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 Modern
Auditing Assurance Services and the Integrity of
Financial Reporting   Case 13-36 Mt. Hood
FurniturePPS Sampling Problem    
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