Taking audit next week..what do you guys recommend me to focus on? Is there a lot of sampling on the exam?

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I didn’t get a single sampling question on my test today.

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On sims lots of internal control (about 3-4), litigations. On mcqs SSARS, reports but I would say pretty much distributed from all topics. Just not sampling 🙌🏻

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Good luck!

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Oh really? What did you see though?

Nice man, thanks for the tips

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