________ Is an Attitude That Includes a Questioning Mind, Being

question 12

Multiple Choice

________ is an attitude that includes a questioning mind, being alert to conditions that might indicate possible misstatements due to fraud or error, and a critical assessment of audit evidence.

• A) Reasonableness
• B) Diligence
• C) Professional skepticism
• D) Competence

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Definitions:

Normal Curve

A bell-shaped curve that represents the distribution of a set of data that is symmetrically distributed around the mean.

Binomial Random Variable

A random variable that follows a binomial distribution, representing the number of successes in a fixed number of binary experiments.

Standard Error

A statistic that measures the accuracy with which a sample distribution represents a population by using standard deviation and sample size.

Sampling Distribution

The pattern of probability distribution associated with a particular statistic, derived from a random sample.