15. An account balance is $200,000 and there are 70 items in the account, five of which have balances that equal or exceed $16,000. The auditor plans to use a dollar-unit sampling plan with systematic sample selection. To ensure that all accounts with balances of at least $16,000 are selected, the sampling interval should be (2 Points) 16,000 60,000 15,000 40,000

15. An account balance is $200,000 and there are 70 items in the account, five of which have balances that equal or exceed $16,000. The auditor plans to use a dollar-unit sampling plan with systematic sample selection. To ensure that all accounts with balances of at least $16,000 are selected, the sampling interval should be (2 Points) 16,000 60,000 15,000 40,000

Auditing: A Risk Based-Approach (MindTap Course List)

11th Edition

ISBN:9781337619455

Author:Karla M Johnstone, Audrey A. Gramling, Larry E. Rittenberg

Publisher:Karla M Johnstone, Audrey A. Gramling, Larry E. Rittenberg

Chapter8: Specialized Audit Tools: Attributes Sampling, Monetary Unit Sampling, And Data Analytics Tools

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