This course describes the importance of internal controls and the purpose of audit committee, review the goals for internal controls and discusses the internal control framework used by most companies based in the United States, describes the interrelated components for an effective internal control system, discusses the importance of identifying audit risk and covers the difference between control deficiency, significant deficiency, and material weakness.
Prerequisites
No advanced preparation or prerequisites are required for this course.
Learning Objective
- Identify the purpose of internal controls.
- Identify the purpose of an audit committee.
- Recognize the goals for internal controls.
- Recognize the internal control framework used by most companies based in the United States.
- Identify the interrelated components for an effective internal control system.
- Recognize the purpose of identifying audit risk.
- Recognize the difference between control deficiency, significant deficiency and material weakness.
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INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
LESSON 1
LESSON 2
LESSON 3
LESSON 4
- Audit Risk 10:48
- Control Activities 10:43
LESSON 5
- Physical Control Over Assets and Records 9:59
- Understanding and Evaluation of Internal Accounting Controls 12:04
LESSON 6
- Assess Control Risk 11:44
- Assess Control Risk Cont'd 9:10
LESSON 7
CONTINUOUS PLAY
SUPPORTING MATERIAL
- Slides: Auditing - Evaluations for Internal Controls PDF
- Auditing - Evaluations for Internal Controls Glossary/ Index PDF
REVIEW AND TEST
- REVIEW QUESTIONS quiz
- FINAL EXAM exam
Auditing - Evaluations for Internal Controls
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