In Performing a Review of His Client's Cash Disbursements, an Auditor

question 51

Multiple Choice

In performing a review of his client's cash disbursements, an auditor uses systematic sample selection with a random start.The primary disadvantage of systematic sample selection is that population items:

• A) must be reordered in a systematic pattern before the sample can be drawn.
• B) may occur twice in the sample.
• C) must be replaced in the population after sampling to permit valid statistical inference.
• D) may occur in a systematic pattern, thus negating the randomness of the sample.

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Definitions:

Reaction Process

The series of steps that lead to the conversion of reactants into products during a chemical reaction, including all intermediate forms and mechanisms.

Cyclopentane

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