The Auditor Decided to Test Accounts Payable by Sending Open-Ended

question 119

Multiple Choice

The auditor decided to test accounts payable by sending open-ended (blank) confirmations to selected vendors.The auditor's best approach in selecting the vendor accounts to confirm is to

• A)Select vendor accounts with large balances.
• B)Select vendor accounts at random in order to apply a statistical sampling procedure.
• C)Select vendor accounts based on the number of purchases from vendors during the year.
• D)Select vendor accounts that are past due.

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