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Question 21

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A CPA firm may practice public accounting only in a form of organization permitted by federal law or regulation.

A) True
B) False

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Question 22

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The AICPA's Code of Professional Conduct ________ a CPA firm from doing both bookkeeping and auditing services for the same public company client?

A) encourages
B) prohibits
C) allows
D) allows on a case-by-case basis

E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

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Generally, loans between a CPA firm or its members and an audit client are prohibited because they create a financial relationship. However, there are exceptions. Which of the following loans is not an exception to this rule?

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act does not require audit committee approval of all non-audit services prior to their performance by the company's external auditor.

Under Rule 301, Confidential Client Information, permission is not required from the client to use the audit documentation relating to that client during an AICPA-authorized peer review program with another CPA firm.

Rule 101, Independence, applies to covered members in a position to influence an attest engagement.

Under Rule 505, Form of Organization and Name, a CPA firm may not designate itself as "Members of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants" unless a majority of its owners are members of the Institute.

In determining independence with respect to any audit engagement, the ultimate decision as to whether or not the auditor is independent must be made by the:

Rule 505, Form of Organization and Name, prohibits CPA firms from practicing as limited liability partnerships.

In the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct, interpretations of rules are more specific than ethical rulings.

Financial interests family members of a CPA can affect the CPA's independence. Which of the following parties would not be included as a "direct financial interest" of the CPA?

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act permits the auditor to perform a wide variety of non-audit services for audit clients.

In the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct, ethical rulings are less specific than rules of conduct.

All owners of a CPA firm must be CPAs who are qualified to practice.

Describe an ethical dilemma that an auditor or an accountant might face in his or her business career, then illustrate how the auditor or accountant might use the six-step approach presented in the text to resolve that dilemma. Be specific.

Interpretations of the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct are dominated by the concept of:

Which of the following fee arrangements is not a violation of the AICPA's Code of Professional Conduct?

Under the AICPA's Code of Professional Conduct, CPAs are prohibited from offering audit clients a discount for referring a prospective client even if they are disclosed.

A CPA sole practitioner purchased stock in a client corporation and placed it in a trust as an educational fund for the CPA's minor child. The trust securities were not material to the CPA but were material to the child's personal net worth. Would the independence of the CPA be considered to be impaired with respect to the client?

Several months after an unqualified audit report was issued, the auditor discovers the financial statements were materially misstated. The client's CEO agrees that there are misstatements, but refuses to correct them. She claims that "confidentiality" prevents the CPA from informing anyone.