When Determining the Sample Size,the Auditor Must Realize That for Most

question 97

Multiple Choice

When determining the sample size,the auditor must realize that for most purposes:

• A)sampling risk is high.
• B)tolerable failure rate is predetermined.
• C)a failure rate is not to be expected.
• D)population size is not a major factor.

Understand the concept of the uniform distribution and its probability density function (PDF).

Calculate probabilities for continuous uniform distributions.

Identify characteristics of continuous versus discrete distributions.

Understand how to standardize a random variable and the meaning of Z-scores.

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