Which One of the Following BEST Illustrates the Concept of Sampling

question 140

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following BEST illustrates the concept of sampling risk?

• A) The documents related to the chosen sample may not be available for inspection.
• B) An auditor may select audit procedures that are not appropriate to achieve the specific objective.
• C) A randomly chosen sample may not be representative of the population as a whole on the characteristics of interest.
• D) An auditor may fail to recognise errors in the documents examined for the chosen sample.

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Definitions:

Hyperbola

A type of smooth curve lying in a plane, defined by its geometric properties or by equations for which it is the solution set.

Asymptotes

Lines that a graph approaches but never touches, indicating behaviour towards infinity in functions or sequences.

Hyperbola

A type of smooth curve lying in a plane, defined as the difference of distances from any point on the curve to two fixed points (foci) being a constant.

Graph

A visual representation of data, functions, or a collection of points in a coordinate system.