Consider the Following Short Case as You Respond to the Question

question 40

Multiple Choice

Consider the following short case as you respond to the question: Amanda is a partner in a CPA firm; she supervises a staff of ten professionals, some of whom are already licensed CPAs and some of whom are still working toward licensure.She is responsible for audits of independent bookstores in California, Nevada and Arizona.Amanda is concerned that the less experienced professionals she supervises are repeating the mistakes she and the more experienced professionals on her team made when they began auditing.She therefore wants to create a knowledge management system.Amanda's staff may be committing relapse errors due to information overload.Which of the following best pairs a cause of information overload with an appropriate countermeasure?

• A)Auditors regularly work ten to twelve hours per day; they need to allow more time to complete important tasks.
• B)Auditors work in teams of two; they need to formalize the language used to describe information.
• C)Auditors regularly work ten to twelve hours per day; they need to engage in more satisficing.
• D)Auditors work in teams of two; they need to engage in more satisficing.

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Definitions:

Undercoverage

A bias in statistical sampling where certain members of the population are inadequately represented in the sample.

Response Bias

A systematic error in survey responses, often due to the wording of questions or the respondent's desire to present themselves in a favorable light.

Nonresponse Bias

A bias in survey or research results occurred when individuals selected for participation do not respond, potentially leading to an unrepresentative sample.

Voluntary Response Bias

A bias in survey results that occurs when participants self-select to respond, leading to non-representative samples.