An Auditor Selects a Sample of 50 for a Test

question 55

Multiple Choice

An auditor selects a sample of 50 for a test of controls and finds two transactions are not processed in accordance with the controls. The tolerable deviation rate was specified as six per cent. Using the extrapolation approach specified in the auditing standards, the sample results:

• A) do not support the planned assessed level of control risk.
• B) support the planned assessed level of control risk.
• C) are indeterminate without more data.
• D) None of the given answers.

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Definitions:

Manufacturing Labor Market

The sector of the labor market focused on jobs involved in the production and fabrication of goods.

Unionized

Referring to workers or an industry segment that is organized into a union, which negotiates wages, work conditions, and other employment terms on behalf of its members.

Excess Supply

The situation in a market where the quantity of a good or service offered by producers exceeds the quantity demanded by consumers at the prevailing price.

Union Shop

A workplace where all employees must become members of a labor union within a specified period after being hired.