A Control Is Deemed to Be More Important Than Thought

question 32

Multiple Choice

A control is deemed to be more important than thought at the time that attributes sampling parameters were set. The auditor is most likely to respond by

• A) Decreasing the risk of assessing control risk too high.
• B) Increasing population size.
• C) Decreasing the tolerable deviation rate.
• D) Decreasing the expected deviation rate.

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