121,984 views
33 votes
33 votes
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) has authority to establish which of the following relating to public companies?

Attestation Standards Independence Standards
A. Yes Yes
B. Yes No
C. No Yes
D. No No

a. Option A
b. Option B
c. Option C
d. Option D

User NoRyb
by
2.9k points

1 Answer

16 votes
16 votes

Answer: a. Option A

Step-by-step explanation:

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) was formed by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the aftermath of the disastrous accounting policies of companies like WorldCom and Enron in the early 2000s to protect investors from such happening again.

The PCAOB monitors companies to ensure that they are complying by the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and do so by coming up with both attestation and independence standards that these companies are to adhere to.

User William Grand
by
2.8k points