现有两个投资项目甲和乙，已知甲、乙方案的期望值分别为20%、25%，标准离差分别为40%、64%，下列结论不正确的有(　)。 A. 甲方案的绝对风险大于乙方案的绝对风险 B. 甲方案的绝对风险小于乙方案的绝对风险 C. 甲方案的相对风险大于乙方案的相对风险 D. 甲方案的相对风险小于乙方案的相对风险

The identification within a client company of financial problems, a dominant chief executive, poor internal control, unusual transactions, or a high-technology environment, are all indicative of:

A Increased scope for potential fraud

B A higher than normal risk audit

C Inadequacies in the systems of reporting

D The presence of going concern problems

There are three broad pre-requisites or 'pre-conditions' that must exist in order to make fraud a possibility. What are they?

A Deception, criminality and opportunity

B Dishonesty, criminality and opportunity

C Dishonesty, motivation and opportunity

D Deception, motivation and opportunity

A record showing who has accessed a computer system is called:

A An audit trail

B A computer trail

C A password trail

 Which of the following costs, which might be incurred before or during the development of an

information system, are capital costs?

(i) Hardware purchase costs

(ii) Costs of testing the system

(iii) Software purchase costs

(iv) Installation costs

A (i), (ii) and (iii)

B (i), (ii) and (iv)

C (ii), (iii) and (iv)

D (i), (iii) and (iv)

External auditors may place reliance on internal auditors' work.

Is this statement correct?

A External auditors need to assess the work of internal audit first

B Internal auditors are not independent and so cannot be relied upon

C Yes, always

 Which of the following statements correctly describes the principal purpose of the external audit of a company within the UK?

A To assist management in the preparation of the company's periodic financial statements

B To examine and express an opinion on the company's periodic financial statements

C To prevent and detect fraud within the company

 Which of the following is a benefit of decentralisation?

A Decisions are made at one place in the organisation

B Reductions in bureaucracy

C Better crisis management

D Improves the motivation of junior managers

When analysing the current situation in a business, a consultant will review the general environment surrounding it. Which of the following would not be included in this analysis?

A New legislation coming into effect in six months' time

B Activities of overseas competitors

C Interest rates

D Independence of the non-executive directors

Many organisations are described as bureaucratic. When the team, was first coined, bureaucracy was

regarded as being highly efficient and there are still cases where a bureaucratic approach is appropriate. However, bureaucracy has some undesirable features. Can you identify three from the list below?

(i) It relies on the expertise of its members – not through standardised skills but by the importance

of the mix of skills

(ii) Committees and reports slow down the decision-making process

(iii) Innovation is difficult

(iv) Over-prescriptive rules produce a simplistic approach to problems

A (i), (ii) and (iii)

B (i), (iii) and (iv)

C (ii), (iii) and (iv)

D (i), (ii) and (iv)

Which of the following parties has the main responsibility for good corporate governance?

A The board of directors

B The audit committee

C The non-executive directors