When an auditor increases the planned assessed level of control risk because certain control activities were determined to be ineffective, the auditor would most likely increase the:
A)extent of tests of details.
B)level of inherent risk.
C)extent of tests of controls.
D)level of detection risk.

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When an auditor increases the planned assessed level of control risk due to ineffective control activities, they would likely increase the extent of tests of details to gain more assurance from substantive procedures, as they cannot rely as much on the effectiveness of the entity's internal controls.

When an Auditor Increases the Planned Assessed Level of Control