When Comparing the Auditor's Responsibility for Detecting Employee Fraud and for Detecting

question 13

Multiple Choice

When comparing the auditor's responsibility for detecting employee fraud and for detecting errors, the profession has placed the responsibility

• A) more on discovering errors than employee fraud.
• B) more on discovering employee fraud than errors.
• C) equally on discovering errors and employee fraud.
• D) on the senior auditor for detecting errors and on the manager for detecting employee fraud.

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Definitions:

Achievement Motivation

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Expectancy Model

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Assumptions

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