Auditing and Assurance Services 9th Edition by Alvin Arens,Mark Beasley,Randy Elder

Exercise 14

Significant deficiencies and material weaknesses must be communicated to an entity's audit committee because they represent
A) Material fraud or illegal acts perpetrated by high-level management.
B) Disclosures of information that significantly contradict the auditor's going concern assumption.
C) Significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal control.
D) Potential manipulation or falsification of accounting records.