How Does the Amount of Evidence Change When the Auditor

question 33

Multiple Choice

How does the amount of evidence change when the auditor reduces planned detection risk?

• A) It is indeterminate.
• B) It increases.
• C) It remains unchanged.
• D) It decreases.

---

Definitions:

Standard Normal Variable

A normalized random variable that has a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion in a set of values, indicating how much the values in a dataset deviate from the mean.

Normal Distribution

A bell-shaped distribution curve that is symmetrical about the mean, describing how random variables are distributed.

Discrete

Refers to a variable that can take on a finite or countably infinite set of distinct values.