(Sloan, the internal audit manager for Elm, Inc.

The Fraud Risk Assessment chapter explains that auditors should use the fraud risk assessment to improve audit planning and increase attention to fraud indicators, especially in moderate-to-high risk areas. The manual states that auditors should design procedures that enable them to look for fraud in known high-risk areas, map existing preventive and detective controls to identified fraud risks, and develop reports that incorporate the results of validation and testing of fraud risk controls. It also instructs auditors to maintain an attitude of professional skepticism and remain alert for signs of fraud. Therefore, any suggestion that the audit team should use the process to reduce its awareness of fraud indicators is contrary to the manual’s guidance. Option A is the one that is NOT an appropriate use of the fraud risk assessment.

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