What is an auditor's responsibility for supplementary information, such as segment information, that is outside the basic financial statements

What is an auditor's responsibility for supplementary information, such as segment information, that is outside the basic financial statements, but required by the FASB? 

A. The auditor has no responsibility for required supplementary information as long as it is outside the basic financial statements.
B. The auditor's only responsibility for required supplementary information is to assist in preparing the supplementary information.
C. The auditor is required to read the other information and consider whether such information is consistent with the information in the financial statements.
D. The auditor should apply tests of details of transactions and balances to the required supplementary information and report any material misstatements in such information.


Answer: The auditor is required to read the other information and consider whether such information is consistent with the information in the financial statements.

An engagement to express an opinion on a system of internal control will generally 

A. Only require those procedures already applied in assessing control risk during a financial statement audit.
B. Increase the reliability of the financial statements that have already been audited.
C. Be more extensive in scope than the assessment of control risk made during a financial statement audit.
D. Be more limited in scope than the assessment of control risk made during a financial statement audit.


Answer: Be more extensive in scope than the assessment of control risk made during a financial statement audit.

When audited financial statements are presented in an entity's document containing other information, the auditor should 

A. Perform inquiry and analytical procedures to ascertain whether the other information is reasonable.
B. Add an explanatory paragraph to the auditor's report without changing the opinion on the financial statements.
C. Perform the appropriate substantive auditing procedures to corroborate the other information.
D. Read the other information to determine that it is consistent with the audited financial statements.


Answer: Read the other information to determine that it is consistent with the audited financial statements.

According to the FASB, recognition of a liability is required when the projected benefit obligation exceeds the fair value of plan assets

According to the FASB, recognition of a liability is required when the projected benefit obligation exceeds the fair value of plan assets. Conversely, when the fair value of plan assets exceeds the projected benefit obligation, the Board

a. requires recognition of an asset.
b. requires recognition of an asset if the excess fair value of plan assets exceeds the corridor amount.
c. recommends recognition of an asset but does not require such recognition.
d. does not permit recognition of an asset.


Answer: requires recognition of an asset

Which of the following statements is true about postretirement health care benefits?

a. They are generally funded.
b. The benefits are well-defined and level in dollar amount.
c. The beneficiary is the retiree, spouse, and other dependents.
d. The benefit is payable monthly.


Answer: The beneficiary is the retiree, spouse, and other dependents

Which of the following disclosures of pension plan information would not normally be required?

a. The major components of pension expense
b. The amount of prior service cost changed or credited in previous years.
c. The funded status of the plan and the amounts recognized in the financial statements
d. The rates used in measuring the benefit amounts


Answer: The amount of prior service cost changed or credited in previous years

In computing the service cost component of pension expense, the FASB concluded that

In computing the service cost component of pension expense, the FASB concluded that

a. the accumulated benefit obligation provides a more realistic measure of the pension obligation on a going concern basis.
b. a company should employ an actuarial funding method to report pension expense that best reflects the cost of benefits to employees.
c. the projected benefit obligation using future compensation levels provides a realistic measure of present pension obligation and expense.
d. All of these answers are correct.


Answer: the projected benefit obligation using future compensation levels provides a realistic measure of present pension obligation and expense

Differing measures of the pension obligation can be based on

a. all years of service—both vested and nonvested—using current salary levels.
b. only the vested benefits using current salary levels.
c. both vested and nonvested service using future salaries.
d. All of these answers are correct.



Answer: All of these answers are correct

The interest on the projected benefit obligation component of pension expense

a. reflects the incremental borrowing rate of the employer.
b. reflects the rates at which pension benefits could be effectively settled.
c. is the same as the expected return on plan assets.
d. may be stated implicitly or explicitly when reported.


Answer: reflects the rates at which pension benefits could be effectively settled