Which of the Following Procedures Would an Auditor Most Likely

question 4

Multiple Choice

Which of the following procedures would an auditor most likely perform in searching for unrecorded liabilities?

• A)Trace a sample of accounts payable entries recorded just before year-end to the unmatched receiving report file.
• B)Compare a sample of purchase orders issued just after year-end with the year-end accounts payable trial balance.
• C)Vouch a sample of cash disbursements recorded just after year-end to receiving reports and vendor invoices.
• D)Scan the cash disbursements entries recorded just before year-end for indications of unusual transactions.

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Definitions:

Two-tail Test

A statistical test that considers both the directions of a possible effect, testing for the possibility of positive or negative deviations from the null hypothesis.

Sample Variances

A measure of the dispersion or variability within a sample data set, which indicates how much the sample elements differ from the sample mean.

Test Statistic

A standardized value that is calculated from sample data during a hypothesis test. It's used to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis.

Two-tail Test

A statistical test where the critical area of a distribution is two-sided and tests whether a sample is greater than or less than a certain range of values.