Question 1
Under Swiss Auditing Standard PS 701 (ISA 701 / Key Audit Matters - KAM), what is the mandatory requirement for communicating Key Audit Matters in the auditor's report of an Ordinary Audit for listed entities?
Correct Answer:
The auditor must describe those matters that, in their professional judgment, were of most significance in the audit of the current period's financial statements (e.g. areas of high assessed risk of material misstatement, significant management estimates, and effects of significant transactions), explaining why the matter was considered a KAM and how it was addressed in the audit
Question 2
Under Swiss Auditing Standard PS 320 (ISA 320 / Materiality in Planning and Performing an Audit), what is 'Performance Materiality' (Toleranzwesentlichkeit)?
Correct Answer:
The amount or amounts set by the auditor at less than materiality for the financial statements as a whole to reduce to an appropriately low level the probability that the aggregate of uncorrected and undetected misstatements exceeds overall materiality
Question 3
Under Swiss Auditing Standard PS 315 (ISA 315 Revised / Identifying and Assessing the Risks of Material Misstatement), what is the definition of a 'Significant Risk' (Bedeutsames Risiko)?
Correct Answer:
An identified risk of material misstatement for which inherent risk is assessed close to the upper end of the spectrum because of the degree to which inherent-risk factors affect likelihood and magnitude
Question 4
Under Swiss Auditing Standard PS 240 (ISA 240 / The Auditor's Responsibilities Relating to Fraud in an Audit of Financial Statements), what are the two mandatory presumed fraud risks that the auditor must assess in every audit engagement?
Correct Answer:
1) Fraud in Revenue Recognition (Improper revenue recognition / fiktive Umsatzerlöse); and 2) Risk of Management Override of Controls (Übersteuerung von Kontrollen durch das Management)
Question 5
Under Swiss Auditing Standard PS 500 (ISA 500 / Audit Evidence) and PS 505 (ISA 505 / External Confirmations), which type of audit evidence possesses the highest degree of reliability (Zuverlässigkeit von Prüfungsnachweisen)?
Correct Answer:
Original documentary evidence obtained directly by the auditor from independent third parties outside the entity (e.g., direct bank balance confirmations and direct external accounts receivable confirmations)
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