QUESTION

An audit team is currently engaged in planning the audit of the financial statements of E Limited as at 30 June 2007. This was the first accounting period during which all the transactions were processed in a computerised system. As team leader you have been requested to brief the audit team on the following issues:

(a) Identify the factors that should be considered when planning an audit in a computer environment

(b) Describe how a computerised system differs from a manual one.

(c) Describe what is meant by

(i) Application controls

(ii) General controls

(Your answer should include three examples of each)

(d) Describe the term Computer Assisted Audit Techniques (C.A.A.Ts) and the benefits that may be derived from using them