How Are Acceptable Audit Risk and Acceptable Detection Risk Related

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How are acceptable audit risk and acceptable detection risk related?
Acceptable audit risk is the level of audit risk the auditor is willing to accept. Similarly, while detection risk is a risk the auditor wants to avoid, acceptable detection risk is the level of detection risk the auditor is willing to accept. How does the level of acceptable audit risk or the level of acceptable detection risk affect the audit? If, for example, the level of audit risk the auditor is willing to accept increases, this increase generally acts to decrease the nature, timing, and extent of testing the auditor performs. The same is true for an increase in acceptable detection risk.

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Definitions:

GEO

Commonly used as an abbreviation for geographical, related to the physical characteristics of the earth or the distribution of objects, people, or phenomena on Earth.

LEO

Low Earth Orbit, the region of space around the Earth at altitudes between approximately 160 to 2,000 kilometers.

MEO

Medium Earth Orbit, a type of orbit for satellites that is located approximately 2,000-35,786 kilometers above the Earth's surface.

GEO

An abbreviation for Geostationary Orbit, a circular orbit 35,786 kilometers above the Earth's equator and following the direction of the Earth's rotation.