After obtaining an understanding of internal controls and assessing control risk of an entity, an auditor decided not to perform tests of controls for purposes of the audit. The auditor most likely decided that:

A. the assessed level of inherent risk exceeded the assessed level of control risk.
B. a reduction in the assessed level of control risk is justified for certain financial statement assertions.
C. it would be inefficient to perform tests of controls that would result in a reduction in planned substantive procedures.
D. the available evidential matter obtained through tests of controls would not support an increased level of control risk.


Answer: C

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