Audit sampling is a procedure that involves application of audit tests to less than 100% of the items within a particular population to enable the auditor to draw a conclusion concerning the entire population. Sampling risk – Risk that auditor‘s Read More …
Month: March 2022
Limitation in collecting audit evidence
1. Cases where 3rd party may collude with management to give misleading information. 2. Vouching may be done on samples that may be biased leaving some areas with possible fraud. 3. Where the internal control system is weak, auditor may Read More …
Factors that can influence the quality of audit evidence collected
Strength of internal control system Materiality of items being checked Risks associated with a given evidence Persuasiveness of a given evidence Possibility of management bias
Techniques of gathering Audit evidence
The objective of procurement audit is to design and perform audit procedures in such a way as to enable the auditor to obtain sufficient and appropriate audit evidence so as to draw reasonable conclusions on which to base the audit Read More …
Types of audit evidence
1. Primary Evidence – This is evidence which the auditor gathers within the premises of the auditee from the records and files and other accounting records. 2. Secondary Evidence – Evidence gathered from outside the auditee and is more reliable. Read More …
2020 January – Apr KCA Past Paper
BISF 2108 – ANONYMITY ON THE INTERNET KCA Past Paper BIT 1102A, BSD 1107, BISF 1105, BAC 1107 – INTERNET TECHNOLOGY KCA Past Paper BIT 1104A KCA 003 BAC 1104 BCU 100 – BUSINESS COMMUNICATION SKILLS KCA Past Paper BIT Read More …
Ownership and custody of working papers
Procurement auditor claims custody of working papers and therefore the working papers are property of the auditor. Confidentiality of working papers: Information should not be disclosed to 3rd parties without consent of auditee unless required by law. The auditor should Read More …
BAC December 2021 KCA Past Paper
BAC 2308 BSD 3202 ADVANCED APPLICATION PROGRAMMING. BAC 2317 BISF 2303 SOCIOLOGY. BAC 3101 RECOMMENDER SYSTEMS. BAC 3102 BSD 3102 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PROGRAMMING. BAC 3117 BISF 3105 HUMAN ASPECTS OF FORENSICS. BAC 3118 NETWORK SECURITY. BAC 3202 BSD 3105 AMBIENT Read More …
Audit Working Papers
These are materials that the auditor prepares or obtains in connection with the performance of an audit. They are records kept by the auditor on the procedures applied, information obtained in the course of audit and conclusions drawn using the Read More …
Procurement audit documents and other financial statements
These are records and information forming audit evidence gathered or used in audit. Procurement audit documents are governed by ISA 230 which requires the audit officer to document matters which are important in providing evidence to support the audit opinion. Read More …