An Auditor Is Most Likely to Use Audit Data Analytics

question 110

Multiple Choice

An auditor is most likely to use audit data analytics (ADA) when _______.

• A)data is available that is relevant to an audit assertion of interest, whether as a risk assessment procedure or a substantive test
• B)the available data is reliable and comes from a strong system of internal controls.
• C)the available data is relatively clean and does not require significant work to make it usable.
• D)All of these answer choices are correct

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