The AICPA CPA-Auditing exam, also known as CPA Auditing and Attestation, is part of the Uniform CPA Examination. It is designed for candidates pursuing CPA certification and focuses on the knowledge and judgment needed to perform audit and attestation work. This exam matters because it validates your ability to apply auditing principles, assess risk, gather evidence, and report conclusions with professional accuracy. Passing it is an important step for anyone aiming to build a career in accounting and assurance.
| # | Exam Topics | Sub-Topics | Approximate Weightage (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Area I - Ethics, Professional Responsibilities and General Principles |
|
15% |
| 2 | Area II - Assessing Risk and Developing a Planned Response |
|
25% |
| 3 | Area III - Performing Further Procedures and Obtaining Evidence |
|
35% |
| 4 | Area IV - Forming Conclusions and Reporting |
|
25% |
The exam tests your understanding of auditing standards, professional responsibilities, and the practical ability to evaluate risk, collect evidence, and reach sound conclusions. Candidates must show both conceptual knowledge and applied judgment across the full audit process. Strong preparation helps you handle scenario-based questions and manage the exam with confidence.
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Comfort letters ordinarily are addressed to:
Choice 'b' is correct. Comfort letters (containing comments on data that have not been audited) ordinarily are addressed to underwriters of securities, and most likely convey negative assurance on financial information.
Choice 'a' is incorrect. The SEC is not the addressee.
Choice 'c' is incorrect. Creditor financial institutions are not the addressees.
Choice 'd' is incorrect. While the client (or its audit committee) may receive a copy, ordinarily comfort letters are addressed to the underwriters.
What is an auditor's responsibility for supplementary information required by the GASB that is placed outside the basic financial statements?
Choice 'c' is correct. With respect to supplementary information required by the GASB that is placed outside the basic financial statements, the auditor should apply limited procedures to the information (to determine that it is consistent with the basic audited financial statements) and report deficiencies in or the omission of the information (via an explanatory paragraph).
Choice 'a' is incorrect. If the information is labeled 'unaudited,' a disclaimer generally would not be necessary.
Choice 'b' is incorrect. The explanatory paragraph is only added if the supplemental information required by the GASB is deficient, omitted entirely, if the auditor cannot complete procedures, or if there is doubt about conformity with guidelines.
Choice 'd' is incorrect. The supplementary information required by the GASB is not required to be audited since it is placed outside of the basic financial statements; however, an opinion is permitted.
An auditor desired to test credit approval on 10,000 sales invoices processed during the year. The auditor designed a statistical sample that would provide 1% risk of assessing control risk too low (99% confidence) that not more than 7% of the sales invoices lacked approval. The auditor estimated from previous experience that about 2 1/2% of the sales invoices lacked approval. A sample of 200 invoices was examined and 7 of them were lacking approval. The auditor then determined the upper deviation rate to be 8%.
In the evaluation of this sample, the auditor decided to increase the level of the preliminary assessment of control risk because the:
Choice 'a' is correct. The auditor decided to increase the level of the preliminary assessment of control risk because the 7% tolerable rate (maximum rate of deviations that an auditor would be willing to accept without altering his/her planned reliance on the control) was less than the 8% upper deviation rate.
Choice 'b' is incorrect. The expected deviation rate was 2.5%, not 7%.
Choice 'c' is incorrect. The upper deviation rate is always more than the percentage of errors in the sample since the sum of the percentage of the errors and the allowance for sampling risk equals the upper deviation rate.
Choice 'd' is incorrect. The expected deviation rate is not used in evaluating the sample. It is the upper deviation rate that is compared to the tolerable rate in evaluating a sample.
An auditor's engagement letter most likely would include a statement that:
Which of the following statements concerning an auditor's communication of significant deficiencies identified during the audit of a nonissuer is correct?
Choice 'b' is correct. Any report issued on significant deficiencies should indicate that providing assurance on internal control was not the purpose of the audit.
Choice 'a' is incorrect. The auditor should communicate significant deficiencies to management and those charged with governance, but is not required to request a meeting with management one level above the source of the reportable conditions, to discuss suggestions for remedial action.
Choice 'c' is incorrect. Significant deficiencies discovered and communicated at an interim date do not need to be reexamined with tests of controls before completing the engagement.
Choice 'd' is incorrect. Suggestions concerning administration efficiencies and business strategies may be communicated in the same report with significant deficiencies (the significant deficiencies must be separately identified, however).
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