Which of the following is a weakness that is inherent in the use of the test data method to test internal controls in a computer-based accounting system?

Which of the following is not a reason for an internal auditor to prepare an audit plan before the detailed audit work begins?

Which of the following events would most likely cause the chief audit executive to consider changing the current year's audit plan?
1. The government announced that new regulatory requirements will be introduced in the coming years which may significantly impact the organization's primary product.
2. A major competitor unexpectedly introduced a new model at a lower price point to compete with the organization's market leading product.
3. The organization announced a new joint venture with a long time corporate partner to introduce a new product with development costs and sales beginning next fiscal year.
4. An equal joint venture partner filed a lawsuit against the organization and requested that the court issue an immediate suspension of future product shipments.

Which of the following is a preventive control for fraud?

An internal auditor recommended that an organization implement computerized controls in its sales system in order to prevent sales representatives from executing contracts in excess of their delegated authority levels. A follow-up review found that the sales system had not been modified, but a process had been implemented to obtain written approval by the vice president of sales for all contracts in excess of $1 million. The chief audit executive (CAE) would be justified in reporting this situation to the organization's board if: I.
In the opinion of the CAE, the level of residual risk assumed by senior management is too high.
II.
Testing of compliance with the new process finds that all new contracts in excess of $1 million have been approved by the vice president of sales.
III.
The cost of modifying the sales system to include a preventive control is less than $100,000.