A CPA accumulates various types of evidence on which to base the opinion on financial statements. Among this evidence are confirmations from third parties.Required:a. What is an audit confirmation?b. What characteristics of the confirmation process and the recipient are important if a CPA is to consider the confirmation evidence appropriate?

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