CPENet Audio PowerPoint Lectures in Adobe PDF

What's an Audio Enabled Adobe PDF? 

An audio enabled Adobe PDF is a PDF file with audio content embedded.  As the student moves from slide to slide in the lecture PDF, s/he clicks on a speaker icon (in a red square) beside the slide title. The lecture audio then plays.

What's necessary to listen to these lectures? 

Since the MP3 audio is embedded in the body of the PDF, CPENet Audio PowerPoint lectures are large...not
large by high speed internet standards, but large for someone with a dial up connection.  The lectures
are 50 to 150 KB depending upon the complexity of the lecture topic.  A student with access to a DSL,
broadband  or high speed internet connection at home or at work can download one of these lectures
for listening in about 10 minutes.  A student with dial up access  only (58.8 baud modem) might require 1 to 2 
hours to download the same lecture. 

Listening to the lecture also requires a copy of the Adobe Reader 8.0 (downloadable for free from
http://www.adobe.com ), and a sound card and speakers.

How does the process of listening to one of these lectures work? 

The student registers for an audio lecture in the same way s/he registers for one of our non-audio lectures. 
Go to our registration page and register for the lecture by number.  Then proceed to pay for your lecture
using PayPal.  When we have received notification from PayPal that you have paid for your lecture, we will
e-mail and fax you the password to open the lecture from our download page.  When you click on the
download link you will be asked if you want to Run or Save the document.  Click Save.  The lecture will be
downloaded to your PC; when you open it, you will be asked for a password.  Enter the password you
were e-mailed. 

At the lecture's Introductory slide, click on the speaker in the red rectangle appearing beside the slide's title. 
Be sure you speakers are on and you should begin to hear the audio portion of the lecture.  Adobe may ask you
to download an additional piece of software.  If it does, download and install it...the lecture should then play.

When you have finished listening to the lecture, proceed to our quizzer page, find your lecture by number, and
answer the questions on the lecture that you find there.  We will grade your submitted answers and e-mail and
fax you a copy of your certificate of completion.

How many audio enabled lectures are currently available? 

The audio lectures listed below are the only ones currently available.  We have a dozen more currently under
development, so continue to check this page for new lectures which will be offered as soon as they are ready.

Lecture Number: 154

Lecture Title: Fraud Awareness Auditing

Lecture Description:  External Auditors, Forensic Accountants, Internal Auditors and Fraud Examiners each
have varying responsibilities for the detection and reporting of frauds they encounter during the course of their
work.  Fraud Examiners and Forensic Accountants are usually only called in when the presence of fraud is
a certainty or highly suspected.  CPA's and Internal Auditors have a responsibility to detect fraud during their
examinations if there is a reasonable expectation that the fraud would have been detected by a competent
auditor exercising the due care and the normal procedures of the audit.  Both the external and internal auditor
must be aware of the red flags of fraud on every engagement and plan their work accordingly. exercising
"professional skepticism" every step of way.  This lecture covers the fraud related responsibilities of each of
these types of auditors, presents the red flags of employee and management fraud, and details the requirements
for fraud reporting. It also includes the steps each type of auditor is required to take when an actual fraud is
discovered.

Level of Difficulty:  Intermediate

Number of CPE's: 2 CPE - 100 minutes of self study plus 20 minutes to answer ten questions for a total of 120
minutes.

E-mail Inquiry: mailto:compass2003@earthlink.net                        Register & Pay for this Lecture Now           

Cost: $20.00

Lecture Number: 155

Lecture Title: Introduction to Information Systems Auditing

Lecture Description:  External

Level of Difficulty:  There is scarcely an audit performed today that does not involve some degree of
auditor interaction with information systems. Financial Auditors, Internal Auditors, Fraud Examiners and
Forensic Accountants are all involved, to one degree or another with auditing either the computer system
itself or information contained in systems files and most often with both. This at a time when Information
Systems Auditors are often as scarce as hen's teeth. In these circumstances it behooves every auditor to
know something about information systems auditing if only so as to do a better job of describing systems
related issues to the experts. This lecture targets those who need a good introduction to information
systems auditing.  How is the computer used most effectively by the auditor? What is the difference between
auditing around, through and with the computer? What kind of approaches can every auditor do on her own
and which require the use of experts?
 

Number of CPE's: 2 CPE - 100 minutes of self study plus 20 minutes to answer ten questions for a total of 120
minutes.

E-mail Inquiry: mailto:compass2003@earthlink.net                        Register & Pay for this Lecture Now           

Cost: $20.00