Reference no: EM132783223

problem 1. Which of the following statements relating to general controls and application controls is most correct?

A. General controls directly inform assessments of control risk for assertions in specific accounts.

B. The reliance that auditors can place on application controls often depends on the reliability of general controls.

problem 2. Which of the following statements about risk assessment in an information technology environment is most correct?

A. Where a client makes significant use of information technology, the auditor will look to adopt a predominately substantive approach to reduce audit risk to a sufficiently low level.

B. When assessing the IT controls, the auditor is concerned with whether the control can be relied upon to prevent or detect material misstatements, rather than whether it is manual or automated.