Which of the Following Situations Is Least Likely to Initiate

question 89

Multiple Choice

Which of the following situations is least likely to initiate a forensic accounting engagement?

• A) Where management suspects a fraud is occurring within the organization.
• B) Where strong internal controls exist.
• C) Where an auditor recommends a separate forensic engagement due to hints of fraud uncovered during an audit.
• D) Where auditors deem there are situations of heightened fraud risk.

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

A statistical premise asserting the absence of a relationship or impact between variables, tested to determine if an observed association is likely due to chance.

Directional

Refers to hypotheses in research that predict not only the existence of a relationship between variables but the direction of that relationship as well.

Non-directional

A type of hypothesis that does not specify the direction of the expected relationship between variables.

Standard Error

A measure indicating the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values; specifically, it reflects how much sampling variability a statistic possesses.