Which of the Following Statements Regarding Auditors Is False

question 26

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements regarding auditors is false?

• A) Most auditors have a longstanding relationship with their audit clients; this extended relationship and the auditors' desire to keep the lucrative auditing fees makes auditors less willing to challenge management.
• B) Most accounting firms have developed large and extremely profitable consulting divisions. Obviously, if an audit team refuses to accommodate a request by a client's management, that client will be less likely to choose the accounting firm's consulting division for its next consulting contract.
• C) Auditing firms are supposed to ensure that a company's financial statements accurately reflect the financial state of the firm.
• D) In the post Sarbanes-Oxley world, accounting firms are no longer allowed to offer both audit and non-audit services to the same firm.

Understand cell referencing, including the difference between absolute and relative references.

Gain proficiency in the use of goal seeking and data analysis tools within Excel.

Grasp the significance of error messages and how Excel displays these for troubleshooting.

Familiarize with Excel's data formatting symbols and their applications.

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