Which of the Following Best Describes Assurance Services

question 25

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes assurance services?

• A)Independent professional services that report on the client's financial statements.
• B)Independent professional services that improve the quality of information for decision makers.
• C)Independent professional services that report on specific written management assertions.
• D)Independent professional services that improve the operations of the client.

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that occurs through reinforcements and punishments for behavior, influencing the likelihood of that behavior being repeated.

Higher-Order Conditioning

A form of learning in which a stimulus is first made meaningful through classical conditioning. Then, another stimulus is paired with the first, causing the second stimulus to elicit the conditioned response even in the absence of the first.

Shaping

A method of positively reinforcing behaviors that are successively closer to the desired behavior.

Extinguish

In the context of psychology, to gradually reduce or eliminate a learned response by ceasing to reinforce the behavior.