Internal Auditors

question 23

Multiple Choice

Internal auditors

• A) are hired by CPA firms to audit business firms.
• B) are employees of the IRS who evaluate the internal controls of companies filing tax returns.
• C) evaluate the system of internal controls for the companies that employ them.
• D) cannot evaluate the system of internal controls of the company that employs them because they are not independent.

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Definitions:

Novel Traits

New or unique characteristics that arise in a species, often playing a significant role in the process of evolution.

Derived Character

A trait that evolved in the lineage leading up to a clade and that sets members of that clade apart from other individuals.

Cladistic Character

A feature of organisms used in cladistics to help establish evolutionary relationships, focusing on shared derived characteristics.

Ancestral Character

a trait or characteristic that was present in the common ancestor of a group of species and may be retained or altered in its descendants.