The Auditor Decided to Test Accounts Payable by Sending Confirmations

question 21

Multiple Choice

The auditor decided to test accounts payable by sending confirmations to selected vendors.The auditor's best approach in selecting the vendor accounts to confirm is to

• A)Select vendor accounts with large balances.
• B)Select vendor accounts at random in order to apply a statistical sampling procedure.
• C)Select vendor accounts with small or zero balances.
• D)Select vendor accounts that are past due.

Understand and apply the addition rule of probability.

Recognize examples of probability in everyday situations.

Understand the importance of probability in hypothesis testing.

Distinguish between different types of hypotheses (null and alternative).

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