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IIA-CGAP Certified Government Auditing Professional Questions and Answers

Questions 4

The audit committee should be made up of individuals who are independent of the day-to-day management of the public sector entity and who have the necessary program and /or management expertise to perform their review function effectively. The responsibilities of the audit committee should be stated in a _______, _______ or _______that is approved by the full board or governing body of the public sector entity, as appropriate.

Options:

A.

informal, written charter or equivalent document

B.

legal, written charter or equivalent document

C.

formal, verbal charter or equivalent document

D.

formal, written charter or equivalent document

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Questions 5

_______ quantify the amount of resources used or planned for a specific service or program. Where as ________report quantities of products or services delivered by a program or agency.

Options:

A.

Output measures Input measures

B.

Input measures Output measures

C.

Output measures control measures

D.

quality measures Output measures

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Questions 6

If specific integrity violations are suspected or detected, auditors may find it necessary to seek guidance from legal counsel, investigative staff, or law enforcement officials to get all of the following information EXCEPT:

Options:

A.

Identify applicable laws and regulations.

B.

Design specific tests of compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

C.

Changing the results of the audit or investigation.

D.

Assist with areas of the audit or investigation requiring special expertise.

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Questions 7

The _________ address the attributes of organizations and individuals performing internal audit services. The ___________ describe the nature of internal audit services and provide quality criteria against which the performance of these services can be measured:

Options:

A.

Performance Standards, Control standards

B.

Control standards, Performance standards

C.

Performance standards, Attribute standards

D.

Attribute Standards, Performance Standards

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Questions 8

The final investigative report serves all of the following major purposes please choose the correct option:

Options:

A.

Management overview or a brief summary of the case and details of the people involved and recommended actions.

B.

To provide a format for recording the essential details of the integrity violation.

C.

All of the above.

D.

To recommend improved management and security policies.

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Questions 9

The purpose of __________ is to promote an ethical culture in the profession of internal auditing. A ___________ is necessary and appropriate for the profession of internal auditing, founded as it is on the trust placed in its objective assurance about risk management, control, and governance:

Options:

A.

Code of ethics, The IIA’s Code of Ethics

B.

The IIA’s Code of Ethics, Code of ethics

C.

Code of ethics, PPF Code of Ethics

D.

PPF Code of Ethics, Code of ethics

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Questions 10

Some areas where auditors can assist in fraud prevention activities include all of the following given below please choose the correct option:

Options:

A.

Reviewing the adequacy of the organization’s integrity violations policy.

B.

A & D only

C.

All of the above

D.

Confirming that related policies include specific references to prohibited activities and that the policies are properly distributed and effectively communicated to all employees.

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Questions 11

Application controls are designed to prevent, detect, and correct errors and irregularities as transactions flow through the application. Application controls are classified into all of the following categories EXCEPT:

Options:

A.

Output controls

B.

Input controls

C.

internal controls

D.

Processing controls

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Questions 12

A __________________________ letter is usually developed with either a qualified or unqualified opinion. Obviously a qualified opinion will warrant significant remedial action by the audit organization:

Options:

A.

Opinion letter

B.

Offer letter

C.

Informal opinion letter

D.

Formal opinion letter

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Questions 13

A survey is a process for gathering information, without detailed verification, on the activity being examined. A survey may involve use of all of the following procedures EXCEPT:

Options:

A.

Interviews with individuals affected by the activity, e.g., users of the activity are output.

B.

Review of management reports and studies.

C.

Document key control activities and Discussions with the customer.

D.

Study organizational structures.

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Questions 14

Staff must be properly guided and supervised throughout the audit process. Supervision is the process by which the objectives of quality control and individual responsibility are balanced. All of the following given below are the Goals of supervision please choose the correct option:

Options:

A.

Keep staff motivated by giving them a level of responsibility commensurate with their experience and performance.

B.

Provide sufficient oversight of work to provide reasonable assurance that the work meets quality standards.

C.

All of the above.

D.

None of the above.

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Questions 15

Internal controls consist of all of the following interrelated components please choose the correct option:

Options:

A.

Control Environment and Risk Assessment

B.

Control Activities and Information and Communication

C.

Monitoring

D.

All of the above

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Questions 16

The most common form of service delivery is via government employees. It is this approach that has created bureaucracies at the national, regional, and, in some cases, local level. There are numerous fixed and variable costs associated with this approach. All of the following are types of costs EXCEPT:

Options:

A.

Personnel compensation (salary, retirement, insurance, accident compensation, etc.).

B.

Variable cost.

C.

Administrative costs (travel, training, employee relations, etc.).

D.

Facility costs (workplace, equipment, office supplies, etc.).

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Questions 17

All of The following are considered abuses of public debt EXCEPT:

Options:

A.

Borrowing to finance operating expenditures.

B.

Borrowing beyond ability to repay.

C.

Not borrowing where corruption is widespread.

D.

Borrowing to finance no-return projects or speculative facilities.

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Questions 18

A three-step general methodology to use in assessing computer related controls consist of all of the following please choose the correct option:

Options:

A.

Evaluate general controls at the entity or installation level.

B.

Evaluate general controls as they are applied to the application(s) being examined, such as a payroll system or a loan accounting system.

C.

Evaluate application controls, which are the controls over input, processing, and output of data associated with individual applications.

D.

All of above.

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Questions 19

Debt Service Fund is Money set aside to meet current and future debt service requirements are placed in debt service funds. Where as Capital Projects Fund can be defined as the funds that Governments often prefer to account for significant capital expenditures separately from their regular operations.

Options:

A.

Special Revenue Funds, General Funds

B.

program budgeting, Zero-based budgeting

C.

General Funds, Special Revenue Funds

D.

Debt Service Fund, Capital Projects Fund

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Questions 20

The nature of accountability means the governing body (agent) must make an accounting back to the public and/or service recipient (principal) regarding the achievement of objectives and the stewardship of resources. All of the following are certain elements of risk that exist in the principal-agent relationship EXCEPT:

Options:

A.

Consequence of error — the cost/impact to the principal is greater than that to the agent if errors occur undetected.

B.

Moral hazards — potential for the agent to develop a conflict of interest between the agent’s own interests and those of the principal.

C.

physical hazards

D.

Complexity — the possibility that operations to achieve establishedobjectives are too complex forthe principal to readily understand.

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Questions 21

There are some compensating benefits that the public sector can offer its workforce to offset the generally higher salaries available in the private sector.62 .These can include all of the following EXCEPT:

Options:

A.

Benefits — Generous amount of paid days off per year as holidays, plus accrued vacation and reasonable health insurance.

B.

Training and development — Generally at par with the private sector.

C.

Incentives — Cash awards given to employees with significant cost effective suggestions.

D.

None of the above.

E.

All of the above.

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Questions 22

The statistical section contains provides trend data and other nonfinancial information to assist in assessing a government’s financial condition. All of the following are the components of this section EXCEPT:

Options:

A.

General governmental expenditures and revenues for the past 10 years.

B.

Special assessments and collections for the past 10 years.

C.

Property tax levies and assessed value information for the past100 years.

D.

Revenue bond coverage for the past 10 years.

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Questions 23

Examples of standards language in contracts cover the following areas please choose the correct option:

Options:

A.

Conflict of interest disclosure.

B.

Anti-kickback or non-bribery clause.

C.

Property rights of the end product.

D.

B & C only.

E.

All of the above.

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Questions 24

Privatization can be defined as the process of returning to the private sector property or functions previously owned or performed by government. All of the Following are basic forms of government privatization EXCEPT:

Options:

A.

Sale of government assets (such as selling public housing units to tenants).

B.

Private financing of public facilities (examples are toll highways in Virginia and California).

C.

Voucher privatization - shares of ownership are distributed to all citizens, usually for free or at a very low price.

D.

Private provision of services (such as trash collection, prisons, or auditing).

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Questions 25

All of the following are the construction issues while developing a questionnaire EXCEPT:

Options:

A.

The questions should be as simple, direct, and unambiguous as possible.

B.

Any unique or seldom used terms should be clearly defined.

C.

Response choices should be consistent (avoid use of the most positive choice first in one question, followed by a question where the most negative response choice is first).

D.

Avoid asking leading questions such as, “Do you believe that minority quotas are an unfair means of allocating political favors to specific voter groups?”

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Questions 26

A ________ is a contract or contractual action entered into by a prime contractor or subcontractor for the purpose of obtaining supplies, materials, equipment, or services of any kind under a prime contract. Where as in ______________ multiple awards are given for certain contracts to more than one responsible bid. Generally, the contracts are similar in conditions and amounts.

Options:

A.

subcontract, Multi-award contracts

B.

Multi-award contracts, subcontract

C.

Building service contract, Facilities contract

D.

Professional and consultant services, Transportation term contracts

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Questions 27

Which services involve the internal auditor’s objective assessment of evidence to provide an independent opinion or conclusions regarding a process, system, or other subject matter?

Options:

A.

Accounting services

B.

Auditing services

C.

Assurance services

D.

Insurance services

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Questions 28

A flowchart is a visual representation of how a process works. All of The following are general rules that apply to flowcharting EXCEPT:

Options:

A.

Connectors should be used to connect breaks in the flowchart (e.g., from one page to another).

B.

Ask questions in a low-key, professional style.

C.

The exit point for all flowchart symbols should be at the bottom, except for the decision symbol. The decision symbol should have two exit points; these can be on the sides or on the bottom and one side.

D.

Flowcharts generally flow from top to bottom and from left to right.

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Questions 29

When evaluating whether an organization understands its information needs, auditors should obtain an overview of each computer application that is significant to the financial statements or to achieving the mission and objectives. Information that an auditor should be interested in includes all of the following EXCEPT:

Options:

A.

employees pay slips

B.

Listing of significant communication networks.

C.

Listing of applications, including a description of the general purpose, impact on the financial statements, and importance to organizational objectives.

D.

Narrative summary of the operating environment and types of computer processing performed (stand-alone, distributed, networked, etc.).

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Questions 30

_________attempts to use strategic planning to set the mission, goals, and objectives of programs; measure programs’ outcomes; and set benchmarks to be met by programs.

Options:

A.

Performance-based budgeting

B.

personal budgets

C.

business budgets

D.

house hold budgets

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Questions 31

Managers should develop budgets for time and dollars. Variables to consider when preparing budgets include all of the following EXCEPT:

Options:

A.

Goals of the project and Availability of data.

B.

Cooperation level of customer management and Projected travel (e.g., whether customer information is centralized or decentralized).

C.

None of the above.

D.

All of the above.

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Questions 32

In what ways Performance auditors provide information to government policymakers please choose the correct option

Options:

A.

By not performing investigative work.

B.

Developing conclusions about the economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of government programs and making recommendations for improvement.

C.

by giving informal reports

D.

Developing methods and approaches to evaluate a new or a proposed program.

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Questions 33

Inputs are the measurement of efforts or economic resources that are put into a program activity. This category includes both financial and nonfinancial information. Where as Processes are the measurements that relate efforts to accomplishments, generally reporting on efficiency and cost of providing a specific unit of service.

Options:

A.

processes, inputs

B.

outputs, processes

C.

processes, outputs

D.

inputs, processes

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Questions 34

The ______ is the sum of the values of a group of items divided by the number of those items. Arithmetic mean is the most commonly used type of average. Where as_______ is a widely used measure of dispersion. The standard deviation represents the deviations of individual observations from the mean.

Options:

A.

arithmetic mean, Standard deviation

B.

Standard deviation, arithmetic mean

C.

mean, median

D.

median, mode

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Questions 35

All of the following are the standards common to auditors and SAIs EXCEPT:

Options:

A.

The auditor and the SAI must not be independent.

B.

The auditor and the SAI must possess the required competence.

C.

The auditor and the SAI must be independent.

D.

The auditor and the SAI must exercise due care and concern in complying with the INTOSAI auditing standards.

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Questions 36

________ supports a finding with the greatest degree of certainty. This type of evidence provides direct proof of a fact without requiring additional inference or presumption. ________ provides less certainty than direct evidence. This type of evidence generally requires the use of additional evidence to develop and support conclusions.

Options:

A.

Corroborative evidence, Primary or direct evidence

B.

Primary or direct evidence, Secondary evidence

C.

Secondary evidence, Primary or direct evidence

D.

Corroborative evidence, Primary or direct evidence

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Questions 37

________is a concept relating to the accumulation of the audit evidence necessary for the auditor to conclude that there are no material misstatements in the financial statements taken as a whole. While the ________ is responsible for forming and expressing an opinion on the financial statements, the responsibility for preparing and presenting the financial statements is that of the management of the entity.

Options:

A.

Reasonable assurance, auditor

B.

Audit policy, controller

C.

Reasonable assurance, trainer

D.

Audit record, auditor

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Questions 38

________includes objectives related to an organization’s goals, such as customer service, the safeguarding and efficient use of resources, profitability, and meeting social obligations. Where as __________includes objectives related to matters such as the maintenance of proper accounting records, the reliability of information used within the organization, and of information published for third parties.

Options:

A.

Reliability of internal and external reporting, Effectiveness and efficiency of operations.

B.

Reliability of external and external reporting, Effectiveness and efficiency of operations.

C.

Reducing operational surprises, Effectiveness and efficiency of operations.

D.

Effectiveness and efficiency of operations, Reliability of internal and external reporting.

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Questions 39

The primary purpose of financial reporting is accountability. All of the following are The basic elements of financial reporting EXCEPT:

Options:

A.

Understandability

B.

Reliability and Relevance

C.

Timeliness and Comparability

D.

planning and leading

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Questions 40

Internal control is defined as the process effected by an entity’s board of directors, management, and other personnel designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the achievement of objectives in the all of the following categories EXCEPT:

Options:

A.

Compliance controls — relating to the entity’s compliance with applicable laws and Regulations.

B.

Operations controls — relating to the effective and efficient use of the entity’s resources.

C.

Information and communication.

D.

Financial reporting controls — relating to the preparation of reliable published financial statements

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Questions 41

All of the following are the Aspects of control activities that would help an auditor assess vulnerability EXCEPT:

Options:

A.

Planning about future events

B.

Inadequate performance monitoring by high-level management and prolonged understaffing.

C.

Lack of competence and integrity of management and staff.

D.

Acceptance of audit findings and corrective action taken.

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Questions 42

Elements of public accountability Include all of the following EXCEPT:

Options:

A.

Performance budgeting and reporting.

B.

Financial reporting and open government.

C.

Remoteness and Complexity

D.

Evaluations and Monitoring

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Questions 43

Although not a generally accepted practice by most audit organizations, some may not comply with audit standards and call the final product reviews or studies. The entire following are some specific examples where standards may not be used EXCEPT:

Options:

A.

An “assignment” may have an extremely short deadline, making it virtually impossible to comply with all appropriate audit standards.

B.

The organization doesn’t follow the audit standards.

C.

Assignments that are strictly tied to compliance with contract terms, regulations, or grant requirements.

D.

The requesting body (legislature, for example) may not want standards to be applied to the assignment.

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Questions 44

Management must continually _________and develop clearly defined control objectives. The ________are the policies and procedures that help ensure that management’s objectives are followed.

Options:

A.

assess diversification risk, planning activities

B.

assess price risk, organizing activities

C.

assess business risk, Control activities

D.

assess credit risk, planning activities

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Questions 45

Circumstances that contribute to the difficulty of measuring experimental programs include all of the following EXCEPT:

Options:

A.

The program can be very small.

B.

The program may not be large enough to draw useful inferences from the results.

C.

Lack of baseline data to compare program results with.

D.

Some outcomes can be hard to measure either from the lack of measurement instruments, such as changes in self-esteem, or from the logistical difficulty in measuring.

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Questions 46

All of the following are the reporting standards in government auditing EXCEPT:

Options:

A.

The auditor should plan the audit in a manner which ensures that an audit of high quality is carried out in an economic, efficient, and effective way and in a timely manner.

B.

It is for the SAI to which they belong to decide finally on the action to be taken in relation to fraudulent practices or serious irregularities discovered by the auditors.

C.

At the end of each audit the auditor should prepare a written opinion or report, as appropriate, setting out the findings in an appropriate form; its content should be easy to understand and be independent, objective, fair, and constructive.

D.

The work of the audit staff at each level and audit phase should be properly supervised during the audit; and documented work should be reviewed by a senior member of the audit staff.

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Questions 47

The following are guidelines for evaluating performance reports EXCEPT:

Options:

A.

Are the reports available in a timely manner for decision making?

B.

Was the reported performance reported aggregated or disaggregated at a meaningful level?

C.

Was the performance information collected in a cost-effective manner (i.e., do the benefits of a performance report justify its cost)?

D.

Concentrate on developing ideas to improve performance in areas that are most important to the organization’s goals and objectives.

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Questions 48

________are designed to deter undesirable events from occurring. Where as ________are designed to identify and correct undesirable events that have occurred.

Options:

A.

Preventative controls, Detective controls

B.

Detective controls, Preventative controls

C.

Corrective controls, Preventative controls

D.

Preventative controls, Detective controls

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Questions 49

__________have been developed to address historical concerns regarding government employment selection and compensation. Abuses of patronage systems in which the victor of political elections hired political allies led to the introduction of merit systems:

Options:

A.

Government regulatory systems

B.

Government personnel systems

C.

private personnel systems

D.

public personnel systems

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Exam Code: IIA-CGAP
Exam Name: Certified Government Auditing Professional
Last Update: Dec 22, 2024
Questions: 327