PCAOB Research assignment:

Use paragraph format to answer each of the 5 questions below including the list questions posed. Make sure your sentences are grammatically correct and that there are no spelling or punctuation errors in your submission. Answers to the 5 questions posed can be found on the PCAOB site. Double spacing is preferred. Remember to include your name in the uploaded document. A link is provided within Blackboard for upload. http://pcaobus.org/Pages/default.aspx

1) About the PCAOB link within the PCAOB site discusses the establishment and purpose of this nonprofit organization. Provide a one paragraph introduction about the organization, its purpose, and its mission and vision. 2) The PCAOB funds an Academic Scholarship program. Tell us about the program and its funding, and the 4 criteria to be eligible for the scholarship. 3) List 3 open positions (jobs) within the PCAOB with posting date, job title, city/state location. 4) List 3 firms that begin with the letter M that are required to have annual inspections by the PCAOB. Though over 2,000 firms have registered with the PCAOB, some are not subject to audit. Which firms fall under the inspection scope of the PCAOB? 5) In the PCAOB Dialogues Episode 1: Audit Quality Indicators, Samantha Ross asks Greg Jonas, leader of the AQI project for an overview of the project undertaken. Greg makes an analogy that Audits are a bit like What metaphor did Greg use and why? (A metaphor is a figure of speech that identifies something as being the same as some unrelated thing for rhetorical effect, thus highlighting the similarities between the two.) Greg also indicates that there are 28 Indicators of Quality broken down into 3 categories. What are these three categories and where can I find those 28 indicators?