HJK is a retailer, with more than 40 shops around the country. The directors suspect that a serious fraud has occurred at one of the branches and a team of internal auditors has been sent to investigate.

An analytical review investigation shows that sales revenue is in line with budget, but overtime payments to shop staff exceed budget by 20%.

How should the internal audit team proceed?

An oil company has entered into a joint venture with a competing oil company to develop a new oil field. The joint venture arrangement is intended to mitigate the risks associated with developing the oil field.

The following disclosure appears in the oil company ' s risk report:

" Many of our large projects and operations are conducted through joint ventures. These arrangements involve complex risk allocation and indemnification arrangements and we have less control over these activities than we would have if we had full ownership and control. Our partners may have economic or business interests that are opposed to ours, and may exercise the right to block key decisions or actions. We believe the joint arrangement is in our best interest. "

Which of the following statements are correct?

The technology used by 3D printers is developing rapidly These machines can now use a data file to print a solid object Depending on the printer the object can be plastic, metal or ceramic The increasing capability of those printers is being matched by the falling prices of the printers themselves and of the materials that they use to create the finished product

Which THREE of the following suggest that 3D printing is a potentially disruptive technology?

X Company M has lost 25% of its revenue in the last three months due to bad debts. One of the receivables written off was from a long standing customer and the other three were from new customers. The management accountant has warned the sales team that the company cannot survive any more substantial bad debts.

Which of the following internal controls should be put in place to try and prevent further bad debts?

You have just been employed as a management accountant in a small business with an annual turnover of $0.5 million.

You have a wide range of duties because the business is small.

Which of the following is an ethical risk?

A company has a sound system of internal controls that have been reviewed by the internal audit department.

Which TWO of the following correctly identify reasons why the company ' s control system might fail to prevent or detect an irregularity?

Division A of X plc produced the following results in the last financial year.

Net profit      $200,000   Gross capital employed   $1,000,000

For evaluation purposes all divisional assets are valued at original cost.

The division is considering a project that has a positive NPV, will increase annual net profit by $15,000, but will require average inventory levels to increase by $50,000 and non-current assets to increase by $50,000.

X plc imposes a 16% capital charge on its divisions. Given these circumstances, will the evaluation criteria of return on investment (ROI) and residual income (RI) motivate division A managers to accept the project?

JHU is a retail chain that has 20 shops JHU ' s Internal Audit Department has just completed an investigation into the operation of controls over credit card payments by shop customers In 12 cases, the shops were complying with JHU ' s standard procedures The other 8 shops had serious deficiencies that differed between shops.

The Internal Audit Department has drafted a detailed report on the outcome of the audit visit carried out at each shop, but has not yet submitted them to senior management.

Which TWO of the following statements are correct?

SDF has a variable rate loan of $100 million on which it is paying interest of LIBOR + 2%.

SDF entered into a swap with CV bank to convert this to a fixed rate 7% loan. CV bank charges an annual commission of 0.3% for making this arrangement.

Calculate the net payment from SDF to CV bank at the end of the first year if LIBOR was 3% throughout the year.

Give your answer in $ million, to one decimal place.

Y plc, a pharmaceutical company, has dealt with a number of risks in the manner indicated below.

Use the TARA framework to classify each of Y plc ' s responses.