If a Client Intends to Count Inventory at an Interim

question 108

Multiple Choice

If a client intends to count inventory at an interim date, the auditor should expect there to be all of the following except

• A) controls over the preparation and maintenance of perpetual inventory records.
• B) competent personnel assigned to count the inventory.
• C) third-party inventory counting specialists.
• D) an adequately designed plan to count the inventory.

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Definitions:

Regression Sum Of Squares

A measure of the variance explained by the regression model, representing the difference between the observed values and the mean of the dependent variable.

Adjusted Coefficient

A statistical measure corrected for the number of predictors in a model to better assess the goodness-of-fit.

Explanatory Variable

A variable in a statistical model that is used to explain variations in the dependent variable.

Error Sum Of Squares

A measure in statistics of the discrepancy between the data and an estimation model.