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Question 45
An auditor is auditing a computer user account provisioning process. After selecting a statistical sample, the auditor examines the samples to see how many requests were for administrative accounts. What type of sampling is the auditor performing?
- A Attribute sampling
- B Variable sampling
- C Discovery sampling
- D Statistical sampling
Reveal correct answer
Correct answer: A
Explanation
Correct Answer:
Attribute sampling is correct.
Incorrect Answers:
Discovery sampling, Statistical sampling, and Variable sampling are incorrect. The auditor is performing attribute sampling, where the auditor wants to know how many items from his sample have a given characteristic (in this case, requests for administrative accounts). The other sampling techniques would be used for other circumstances.
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