Description
Choosing the Best Audit Test plus Audit Documentation – Video Course includes an online video and a self-study manual for 2.5 hours of CPE credit.
A strong audit test answers the audit objective clearly and gathers convincing evidence. Auditors will be more confident presenting their audit findings when they document their testing according to standards and back up every finding element with facts.
In this short video, auditors learn how to choose the best audit test and document the testing purpose and results in an organized and clear way.
In Choosing the Best Audit Test plus Audit Documentation, Leita Hart-Fanta provides a blueprint for auditors to design and document a productive testing plan that will save the auditor, auditee, and the reviewer valuable time.
Course objectives include:
- Recognize statements that can be backed up with evidence
- Identify what makes a solid audit methodology
- Define terms related to audit programs
- Identify the elements of a finding
- Recognize the qualities of a good audit objective
- Recognize the elements of and the hierarchy of working papers
- Recall qualities of complete audit programs
CPE Credit Hours: 2.5
NASBA Category of Study: Auditing (Governmental)
Program level: Basic
Prerequisites: None
Advance preparation: None
Who should attend: Auditors
Instructional method: Video with online qualified assessment. QAS SS
Author: Leita Hart-Fanta, CPA, CGFM, CGAP
This course does qualify for the 24 hour Yellow Book CPE requirement.
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What People Say About This Course
“The course is great for beginning auditors as well as experienced ones. It covers the basic question of how to take an objective for an audit and ensure it will yield the outcome or answer the question you are asking. Then being able to ensure your procedures address that objective. It sounds basic, but its very easy to just do standard audit procedures that may or may not address your objective.” – Choosing the Best Audit Test student
“This course was good for obtaining a basic understanding of and gaining hands on experience with audit working papers and methodologies for testing.” – Choosing the Best Audit Test student
“This course should be required for internal auditors. I definitely learned things I will be using on the job.” – Choosing the Best Audit Test student
“The subject matter is essential to anyone in the audit/analyst field, new or experienced.” – Choosing the Best Audit Test student
“The presenter is great and easy to listen to. I appreciate it is not a dull, monotone read through of what tends to be dry material. It kept me engaged as opposed to other trainings on similar topics.” – State Agency Auditor
“The instructor is very knowledgeable and down to earth.” – State Agency Auditor
“The course made me realize that my department needs to do a better job standardizing and developing working papers.” – State Agency Auditor
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