Day: October 2, 2025

Accounting Multiple Choice Question – 2 October 2025

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Audit risk can be split into three components: inherent risk, control risk and detection risk.

For each of the following examples, select the type of risk illustrated.

– The organisation only has a few employees in its accounting department.

Select ONE answer:

  1. Inherent
  2. Control
  3. Detection
  4. No Risk

Show your workings to arrive at your answer, and explain and justify your reasons:

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This multiple-choice question is suitable for Accounting KS5 classes.

The answer is 2

  1. Not correct
  2. Correct => Control – a few employees indicates the risk of limited segregation of duties, which is a control deficiency.
  3. Not correct
  4. Not correct

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