Question 1:
a. Briefly describe three strategies for testing internal controls when information technology is used for significant accounting processing.
b. Identify two strategies that might be used to support a low control risk assessment. Discuss the difference between the two strategies.
c. Discuss a third audit strategy that might be used to assess control risk at a high level. Explain why this strategy will not support a low control risk assessment.
Question 2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the computer-assisted audit technique known as parallel simulation?
Question 3:
a. What is the difference between the conventional test data approach and the integrated test facility approach?
b. In lieu of traditional testing, what approaches can be used in on-line entry/on-line processing systems?