A component auditor, which is a different accounting firm, may audit a component or subsidiary of the parent company. A. True B. False Characteristics of a pervasive misstatement or scope limitation include that is it not confined to specific elements, accounts, or items of the financial statements. A. True B. False If the subsidiary 's financial statements audited by the component auditor is a material amount of the group financial statements, the group engagement partner typically decides to reference the work completed by the component auditor in the audit report. A. True B. False