When Errors Are Found, a Common Assumption in Practice Is

question 43

Multiple Choice

When errors are found, a common assumption in practice is to assume:

• A) a 100% assumption for all errors.
• B) that the population errors are smaller than the sample errors.
• C) that the population errors are larger than the sample errors.
• D) that misstatements in the unaudited population are proportional to the misstatements in the sample.

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Definitions:

Self-Handicapping

Placing obstacles in the way of one's own success to protect self-esteem from a possible future failure.

Self-Handicapping

A cognitive strategy where an individual sets up excuses or obstacles before a performance to have external factors to blame in case of failure.

Possible Selves

Images of what the self might become in the future.

Trait Self-Esteem

The enduring sense of worth or value that one attributes to oneself as a consistent aspect of their personality.