B, a construction company, has a policy of carrying out a post completion audit on every construction project undertaken where the value exceeds $1 million.
What is the role of the post completion audit?
The treasurer of IOK is considering entering into a money market hedge in order to hedge a payable.
Which of the following might be valid explanations for the use of a money market hedge for this purpose?
J is a manager in charge of a section in GDD's Buying department. J has eight staff who report to her. Including M, who has worked for GDD for seven months.
One afternoon, while J was absent on sick leave, M was asked to place an urgent order for plastic pellets that are vital for GDD's production process. The usual supplier could not supply the pellets on time to avoid a shortage and so M telephoned a new supplier and placed an order. When the supplier invoiced for the delivery, GDD's Accounts Payable Department rejected the invoice because the supplier did not have a valid account.
On investigation, it was revealed that M did not have the authority to place an order with a new supplier. Only J can authorise new accounts. M claimed that he had been unaware of the need to seek approval because he had never found it necessary to place an order with a new supplier before
Which TWO of the following statements ate correct?
A government department is conducting a value for money audit on a school.
The school's pupils sit leaving exams. Classify each of the audit tests as either economy and efficiency or effectiveness.
The long-term prospects for interest rates in the UK and the USA are 2% and 6% per annum respectively.
The GBP/USD spot rate is currently GBP/USD1.71.
Using interest rate parity theory, what GBP/USD spot rate would you expect to see in six months' time?
You have just been appointed Financial Controller of Y, a marketing consultancy.
You are in a meeting with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Y, and have been discussing the need for a major upgrade of all the information systems throughout Y, as they are all very old.
Knowing that major change should be managed effectively, you have suggested that Y should have a 'systems steering committee'.
Advise the CEO which of the following should be included in the terms of reference of the steering committee.
D has decided to invest in a new factory at a cost of $6,000,000. The discount rate of the project is 22% and the PV of tax shield is $80,000.
What is the IRR?
Give your answer to two decimal places.
YGH has recently completed a post completion audit on a five year contract that has only recently come to a conclusion. The main finding was that the project delivered most of the expected benefits, but that it cost significantly more to implement than had been anticipated at the project appraisal stage. YGH would not have proceeded if the true cost had been known at that stage.
The project was the responsibility of the production department, which is presently managed by G.
When the project was proposed, the production department was managed by H. H is now YGH's Director of Operations.
How should the finding from this post completion audit be interpreted?
DFG is the largest bridge-building company in its home country, H. DFG works exclusively for the government of country H and the government awards DFG 80% of the contracts to build new bridges.
DFG's directors are considering using the big data approach to identify opportunities to increase sales revenues and profit.
Which of the following statements are true?
IOP manufactures aircraft engines. The company is presently engaged in a scenario planning exercise to consider the implications of a possible ban on the use of fossil fuels by the year 2040.
Which TWO of the following would be realistic responses to the scenario?
The Head of IT Security has been asked to conduct a detailed forensic analysis of a suspected data breach that ted to customer credit card details being intercepted.
Which TWO of the following would be suitable objectives for such a forensic analysis?
YGH has recently completed a post completion audit on a five year contract that has only recently come to a conclusion. The main finding was that the project delivered most of the expected benefits, but that it cost significantly more to implement than had been anticipated at the project appraisal stage. YGH would not have proceeded if the true cost had been known at that stage.
The project was the responsibility of the production department, which is presently managed by G.
When the project was proposed, the production department was managed by H. H is now YGH's Director of Operations.
How should the finding from this post completion audit be interpreted?
Which TWO of the following scenarios should be considered in strategic scenario planning by a publishing company that specialises in academic textbooks?
X Company M has lost 25% of its revenue in the last three months due to bad debts. One of the receivables written off was from a long standing customer and the other three were from new customers. The management accountant has warned the sales team that the company cannot survive any more substantial bad debts.
Which of the following internal controls should be put in place to try and prevent further bad debts?
SC is a professional football club which is currently listed on a recognised stock exchange. There is a proposal that it builds a new stadium at a location a considerable distance from its current stadium.
There is strong support within the club for the move as the current ground is now over 40 years old and has not been extensively modernised in that time.
However, there is a lot of opposition to the move in the area where it is proposed to locate the new stadium. Objectors claim that the new stadium will increase traffic and pollution in the area and will adversely affect the value of their properties.
Which of the following statements about the responsibility of the board of SC is correct?
ABC is a large supermarket chain which also has online shopping and home deliveries It has a 24/7 service which runs on a central server allowing all customers to enter new orders at any time This is a business critical service which, if not available, may lead to customers turning to alternative supermarket chains offering similar services, resulting in immediate turnover loss and possible long term customer loss.
ABC is contemplating the implementation of a hot standby facility, not only to cover for emergency disaster recovery, but also to allow for business continuity, allowing necessary maintenance and updates without service interruption.
Which of the following cybersecurity objectives is ABC concerned about in this scenario?
With regard to the rote of the audit committee which of the following statements are correct? Select ALL that apply
A company is keen to avoid becoming a victim to malware. Which TWO of the following techniques would be valid responses to this threat?
RFD, a listed company, is considering making an investment in a risky new venture. RFD has a substantial cash surplus that will be used to acquire the necessary resources. It is unlikely that RFD would have been able to raise finance for this investment because the company is already highly geared.
Which of the following statements about stakeholders' conflicting interests are true?
A junior sales clerk at BCD, a wholesale jewellers, received an email which appeared to be from a well known parcel delivery company informing her that a delivery had been attempted outside office hours and had consequently failed She was asked to click on a link and complete some seemingly innocent but logical questions to effect the delivery on the next day She thought no more about it but was very surprised the next month to be awarded salesperson of the month as her sales had doubled
Unfortunately, on investigation it was found that this was as a result of several fraudulent orders for high-value items that had seemingly been placed by an existing customer but delivered to a new address, which turned out to be a temporary box number The existing customer's credit card had been fraudulently charged for these orders
Which of the following types of cyber-attack had the sales clerk been a victim of?
VBN uses a balanced scorecard to monitor the performance of its divisions.
Classify each of the following decisions taken by a division's management team as either commercially sound or dysfunctional.
G is an administrator who works for TRF TRF issues its staff with laptop computers that can be linked to the corporate network via Wi-Fi when they are working in the office Staff are permitted to work from home and can connect their company laptops to TRF's network via the internet in order to access files and send and receive emails
The software on G's laptop has not been updated for several months When G last updated the software it erased a draft report that he had been working on from his machine Ever since, whenever he logs in and is automatically offered the opportunity to install available updates he clicks the 'install later' option on his screen Some of the outstanding updates relate to the laptop's operating system and others to the software applications such as word processing and spreadsheet packages
Which TWO of the following are correct?
Which of the following statements concerning the use of balanced scorecards to measure divisional performance is correct?
DRF is a manufacturing company
The internal auditor is conducting an investigation into the operation of the payroll system and has discovered a compliance error
The Head of Human Resources (HR) is required to add any new names to the payroll, using a specific computer password The Head of HR was absent for a month because of ill health During that period a senior member of the Wages Office, who is normally responsible only for organising wage payments, was issued a temporary password in order to add new names to the payroll The password was cancelled when the Head of HR returned to work
Which TWO of the following statements are correct?
Company X has been advised by its internal audit team that it should have a fraud response policy
A is a new member in the internal audit team and he does not see why this would help to prevent fraud and has asked for an explanation Which TWO of the following would be included in this explanation? It would act as a deterrent and help prevent staff from committing fraud
Which THREE of the following are principles of good corporate governance according to the UK Corporate Governance Code?
Kate is a management accountant. Her immediate superior plans to apply for a promotion and his strongest competitor is the sales manager. Kate's superior has ordered her to set unattainable sales targets in a sales budget in order to reduce the sales manager's promotion prospects. He told her not to tell anybody.
Kate asked the finance director for advice. He told her that he wanted her immediate superior to get the promotion and so she should set the unattainable budget as instructed.
Kate set the budget as instructed.
Which THREE fundamental ethical principles has Kate breached?
L's risk register currently states the likelihood of risks m terms of their estimated percentage probabilities. The risk committee cs considering classifying risks using a three point scale high, medium and low.
Which TWO of the following are true?
HGY is a major global corporation that has decided to implement the COSO Enterprise Risk Management Framework and integrate management practices throughout the organisation
Which THREE of the following would be appropriate for HGY?
The internal audit department has just completed an investigation into the HR department's procedures relating to new staff appointments The head of HR is unhappy with the draft report prepared by the lead internal auditor The report lists several cases in which appointments were made despite the fact that one or more of the entity's formal procedures were not followed
The head of HR has complained that the internal auditor's comments do not allow for the fact that the HR department's staff members are often very busy and do not always have time to conduct every check.
The internal auditor's comments also reflect a failure to complete documents None of the omissions have led to the appointment of an unsuitable member of staff
Which TWO of the following statements reflect an appropriate response by the board of directors to this report?
Under the COSO Enterprise Risk Management Framework, who is responsible for risk management?
M plc has a $2 million loan outstanding on which the interest rate is reset every 6 months for the following 6 months and the interest is payable at the end of that 6-month period. The next 6-monthly reset period starts in 3 months and the treasurer of M plc thinks that interest rates are likely to rise between now and then.
Current 6-month rates are 7.2% and the treasurer can get a rate of 7.7% for a 6-month forward rate agreement (FRA) starting in 3 months' time. By transacting an FRA the treasurer can lock in a rate today of 7.7%.
If interest rates are 8.5% in 3 months' time, what will the net amount payable be?
Give your answer to the nearest thousand dollars.
The Dean of Information Technology at Capital City University wishes to develop a degree in 'ethical hacking" Students will graduate from this course with the skills needed to develop malware, so that they have the ability to reverse engineer malicious software The Dean believes that there will be strong demand for such graduates from employers in IT security and related fields.
Which TWO of the following statements are correct?
C Ltd is a private, family-owned company which is hoping to become listed on a recognised Stock Exchange within the next two years. At the moment, the Board of Directors comprises five directors; four of whom are from the founding family and all of whom are involved in the day-to-day running of the business. The remaining director obtained a seat on the Board three years ago as a condition of an investment by a venture capital fund.
The Board meets in half-day sessions once a fortnight and the Board meetings are reasonably well run. All decisions are taken by the Board as a whole. There are no sub-committees.
Which of the following steps would it be appropriate for C Ltd to take in the light of the proposed listing?
A's directors do not believe that they always get value for money from their investment in capital projects. Over the past decade the company has invested in 55 projects that have cost more than $1m. They are considering introducing a system of post completion audit to see if this will help them to understand any problems they have had with projects in the past. They hope to use the results of the post completion audits to significantly improve the results of their capital investments
State whether you agree or disagree with the points raised by A's directors.
Which of the following represents the greatest risk associated with introducing a system of post-completion audit for investment projects?
An internal audit investigation involved conducting compliance tests on the processing of purchase invoices.
The purchase ledger clerk compares invoices against purchase orders and passes them for payment The invoices are then input into a computerised purchase ledger system The system checks that the supplier has a valid purchase ledger account, as authorised by the chief buyer, before crediting the supplier's account with the value of the invoice.
The internal auditor checked a sample of recorded purchase invoices against their corresponding purchase orders The internal auditor found four cases where invoices could not be agreed to corresponding purchase orders.
What is the potential significance of this compliance error?
The list below has duties performed by risk managers and internal auditors. Show who would carry out the duties assuming the company has both risk managers and internal auditors.
K Ltd is an on-line travel agency specialising in budget package holidays to a small number of popular locations. The holidays that it sells are made up of a "package" of flights, hotel accommodation and food. K Ltd's Finance Director is concerned that the company's scope of operation is too narrow and wishes to diversify.
Identify TWO actions that K Ltd should take immediately.
CVB is a major chain of pharmaceutical retailers that is quoted on its home stock exchange.
CVB's Chief Executive Officer (CEO) persuaded a former school friend to join CVB's Board as Non-executive Chair It is not widely known that the two have been lifelong friends. The Chair tends to defer to the CEO on all matters arising at Board meetings
Which of the following statements are correct?
Select ALL that apply.
GHJ is a manufacturing company that insures against the financial costs associated with industrial injuries involving staff. The Health and Safety Office is part of GHJ's Operations Department. GHJ's insurers will automatically increase the insurance premium by 10% in the event of a claim against the policy.
Which TWO of the following are correct?
M is a listed company. It is hoping to invest in a risky new venture. M has a substantial amount of cash to invest in the venture. M would have found it difficult to raise new finance as it has a high level of gearing. Which of the following statements about stakeholders' conflicting interests are true?
The managers of a company are agents for the shareholders tasked with increasing shareholders' wealth. Which of the following will usually increase shareholders' wealth?
MNB is a multinational IT company with headquarters in Asia and with operations in all continents.
MNB is attempting to expand its operations in Europe. This is seen as a major challenge as the European market is very well developed and highly competitive.
MNB develops and manufactures its own products. Parts and assemblies are sourced across Asia, America and Europe. These are sometimes purchased locally as a condition of a contract, but MNB aims to include as much of its own equipment as possible. Transfer prices between MNB's subsidiaries can be set in YEN, USD, EURO, GBP. Transfer prices are revised every month in line with production times as most goods are made on short order with sales cycles running at 3-4 months.
What types of risk are being presented here?
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TESTED 06 May 2024
