An auditor learns that a client's employee in control of inventory gets divorced and is responsible for paying a large amount of child support. All of the following for the audit of inventory likely are true except:

A. fraud risk increases.
B. risk of material misstatement increases.
C. detection risk increases.
D. the risk of misappropriation of assets increases.


Answer: C

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