If an Employee Steals Cash from a Company and Successfully

question 74

Multiple Choice

If an employee steals cash from a company and successfully covers up his/her actions by recording a fictitious debit to Accounts Payable and a credit to Cash, then

• A) Liabilities will be overstated
• B) Liabilities will be understated
• C) Assets will be overstated
• D) Assets will be understated

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Definitions:

Alternative Hypothesis

A statement that suggests a potential outcome or association that differs from the null hypothesis.

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Null Hypothesis

A statistical hypothesis that suggests there is no significant difference or relationship between specified populations, any observed difference being due to sampling or experimental error.