What Is an Audit Committee

question 8

Multiple Choice

What is an audit committee?

• A) It is a group of audit firms that develop national or international standards for auditing practice.
• B) It is a subset of a corporate board of directors with oversight of the auditing function.
• C) It is the team of external auditors (i.e. CPAs) that conducts audit testing and prepares the audit report.
• D) It is a management group responsible for negotiating the audit engagement with a public accounting firm.

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