Question $17($Mandatory$)(8$ points$)$

An auditor has decided to confirm accounts payable.$$ The population from which the auditor is most likely to select vendors to confirm is which of the following?

Question $17$ options:

a$.$ Vendors with large balances in year$-$end payables

b$.$ Monthly statements for the last month of the year from all vendors

c$.$ Year$-$end accounts payable balances of vendor's with the largest volume of activity during the year

d$.$ None of the above