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Hi sir,
1) Can we answer some questions in point form on the exam? Or is paragraph form required? Also, what do you suggest to do with the 15 minutes reading time? Should we attempt multiple choice questions then or focus on the questions worth the most marks? Or should we just read all the questions?
Further, would you suggest we try to answer questions based on a mark per minute? Or would you suggest less time on multiple choice questions and more time spent on section B questions?
2) This question is based on the recent posting on auditor’s rights.
If a client refuses permission to contact it’s customers and auditors are not getting enough information to perform alternative procedures and they become suspicious, would it be okay for the auditors to contact the client’s customers without approval?
1 It depends what you mean by ‘point form’. Generally, bullet point answers are NOT good, but the problem is not the ‘bullet’ it is if the bullet is followed by only a few words because that will usually not be enough to explain matters in sufficient depth. Therefore, paragraphs are what are needed with a couple of sentence in each. Whether or not you start each paragraph with a bullet is not important.
Generally, I suggest that you read the big questions and really get to know them, but there’s nothing wrong with starting the MCQs. It’s really personal preference and where you think your reading time is most productive.
I suggest you stick to mark per minute. The OT questions can look simple, but you have to carefully read all the options and to look out for where you might have been led to the wrong answer.
2 Auditors should not contact client’s customers without the client’s approval. There is a danger that the auditor upsets a prickly customer which would be no good at all for the client. It really comes under professional behaviour.
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