Description
Choosing the Best Audit Test plus Audit Documentation – Video Course includes an online video and a self-study manual for 3 hours of CPE credit.
The best auditors don’t just check boxes—they choose procedures that hit the bullseye, producing evidence that’s powerful enough to stand up to scrutiny and simple enough to follow logically.
A well-designed audit test can turn a confusing pile of data into a clear, convincing answer. But even the sharpest test loses its power if the documentation behind it is weak, scattered, or incomplete. That’s why knowing how to test and how to document are twin skills serve as the backbone of any good audit.
In this engaging, fast-moving video course, Leita Hart-Fanta walks auditors through designing, performing, and recording tests that truly serve the audit objective. You’ll learn to think critically about evidence strength, select the best technique for your objective, and capture every result in a way that makes sense to reviewers and stands up to external scrutiny. The result? A body of work that tells a compelling story, saves time for everyone involved, and demonstrates the rigor behind your conclusions.
Course objectives include:
- Identify the qualities of a solid audit methodology
- Recognize statements that can be backed up with evidence
- Define sufficient and appropriate evidence
- Identify terms describing evidence gathering techniques
- Recognize the qualities of a good audit objective
- Define the elements of a working paper
- Identify methods for developing an audit program
- Define which deliverables of an audit link together
CPE Credit Hours: 3
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
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
“Learned the reason why I do the work I do.” – Auditor in Public Practice
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