When using test data, why are audit teams required to prepare only one transaction to test each

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When using test data, why are audit teams required to prepare only one transaction to test each IT control?
a. The speed and efficiency of the computer results in reduced sample sizes.
b. The risk of misstatement is typically lower in an IT environment.
c. Audit teams generally perform more extensive substantive testing in an IT environment, resulting in less need to test processing controls.
d. In an IT environment, each transaction is handled in an identical manner.

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Auditing and Assurance Services

ISBN: 978-0077862343

6th edition

Authors: Timothy Louwers, Robert Ramsay, David Sinason, Jerry Straws

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