FAU Textbook Syllabus
SearchSyllabus A
Business Environment And Audit Framework
A1The purpose and scope of an audit
Nature of an audit
General Principles
Limitations of external audits
The nature of accounting records
Contents and purpose of business documentation
True and Fair & Reasonable Assurance
5:46
A2The legal duties of auditors
Appointment of the Auditor
1:37
Auditor Removal
1:28
Duties / Rights of the Auditor
5:50
A3Professional ethics
Fundamental Principles
2:23
Threats
5:18
Typical threats
6:47
More threats
Safeguards
4:30
Independence & Confidentiality
1:03
A4The liability of auditors
The Expectation Gap
Liability of auditors under contract and negligence to clients
Liability of auditors to third parties
A5Audit regulation
The role of the regulatory systems
Syllabus B
Audit Planning And Risk
B1Audit risk and risk assessment
Components of Audit Risk
16:57
Affecting Audit Risk
2:21
Risk-based approach to the audit
Materiality
3:20
B2Understanding the entity and its environment
How to get Initial Understanding
2:09
Syllabus C
Internal Control
C1General principles of internal control
The 5 components of Internal Control
4:06
Understanding the Controls
Limitations of an internal control system
C2Techniques to record and evaluate accounting systems
How Auditors Record Systems
How Auditors Identify Deficiencies
Evaluation of Internal Controls
C3Tests of controls
Purchases
Revenue (Sales Cycle)
Payroll
Capital expenditure
Inventory
Inventory System continued
Bank & Cash
Control v Substantive Tests
3:24
Application & General IT controls
C4Communicating control deficiencies
Reporting on Internal Controls
Management Letters
Syllabus D
Audit Evidence And Procedures
D1Audit evidence
Quality and Quantity of Evidence
3:34
The relevance and reliability of audit evidence
D2Audit procedures
The Assertions Explained
3:19
Using Assertions
Procedures for obtaining evidence
Analytical procedures
4:04
D3Substantive procedures
Receivables - The Assertions
Receivables - Direct Confirmation
7:14
Receivables - Other Evidence
1:06
Receivables - Prepayments
Revenues - Substantive procedures
Payables - Trade
Payables - Accruals
Payables - Provisions
Payables - Non-current Liabilities
Bank & Cash
Non-current Assets - Tangible
Non-current Assets - Intangible
Investments
Inventory - and the Assertions
Inventory - The Physical Count
Inventory - Possible Count Weaknesses
Inventory - Valuation
Inventory - Cut-off
D4Audit sampling
Definition & need
Statistical or non-statistical?
Methods of Sampling
Misstatement or deviation
D5Computer-assisted audit techniques (CAATs)
Using CAATs