It Is Not a Primary Purpose of a Performance Audit

question 3

Multiple Choice

It is not a primary purpose of a performance audit to provide:

• A) a means of assurance that internal controls are functioning as planned.
• B) a measure of management performance in meeting organisation goals.
• C) the results of internal examinations of financial and accounting matters to a company's top-level management.
• D) an aid to the external auditor who is conducting the examination of the financial report.

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Definitions:

Connective

In logic and linguistics, a word or phrase that links sentences or clauses, such as and, or, but.

Clause

A logical unit within a sentence, containing a subject and a predicate, which may stand alone or function as part of a larger sentence.

Predicate

The segment of a sentence or clause which includes a verb and provides information about the subject.

Nonrestrictive Clause

A clause which provides additional information about a noun or pronoun in a sentence but does not limit or define it in an essential way.