Evidence Is Paramount to Audit and Attestation Engagements

question 32

Essay

Evidence is paramount to audit and attestation engagements. List the four basic types of audit evidence.

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Definitions:

Hindsight Bias

The inclination to see events that have already occurred as being more predictable than they were before they took place.

Interference

A cognitive process where previously learned information hinders the ability to learn new information or the retrieval of information due to the non-helpful interaction between different pieces of information.

Proactive Interference

The phenomenon where older memories interfere with the recall of newer memories, often causing confusion or mix-ups.

Retroactive Interference

The phenomenon where new memories impair the retrieval of older memories.