The BEST time to perform a control self-assessment involving
line management, line staff and the audit department is at
the time of:
A. compliance testing.
B. the preliminary survey.
C. substantive testing.
D. the preparation of the audit report.
Answer / guest
Answer: B
Control self-assessment is a process in which the auditor
can get the auditees together, understand the business
process, define the controls and generate an assessment of
how well the controls are working. This is accomplished
ideally during the preliminary data gathering phase. Choices
A, C, D are audit steps that are performed after a control
self-assessment has been completed.
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