By Setting a Lower Planning Materiality Level, an Auditor

question 71

Multiple Choice

By setting a lower planning materiality level, an auditor

• A) decreases the quality and quantity of evidence that needs to be gathered.
• B) does not change the audit strategy they use.
• C) increases the quality and quantity of evidence that needs to be gathered.
• D) can be certain that they will detect all instances of fraud that have occurred.

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