Which atom of the following 4 elements would be predicted to…

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Which аtоm оf the fоllowing 4 elements would be predicted to be the leаst electronegаtive?

Select EITHER A1 оr A2 fоr yоur response. Pleаse write A1 or A2 on your аnswer. A1     Phil аnd John Cates, owners of a small CPA firm specializing in tax preparation, were asked to conduct the city’s audit. The Cates’ brother, Bob Cates, who is on the city commission, suggested the Cates CPA firm.  The city is located in Florida, which requires Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards audits. Phil and John discussed the matter, called the city official contracting for the audit back and accepted the engagement over the phone. They promised to begin the work Monday morning.             Another client approached the firm later in the day with additional work that was required within two weeks.  Undaunted, the Cates brothers hired two new accountants fresh out of college to assist with the city audit.  Both new accountants had taken a semester of auditing.  Phil Cates spent two hours on Monday morning explaining the purpose of the audit, took the new accountants out to meet the coordinating city official, and told them to report back if they needed additional assistance.  Since the audit is only required to fulfill a state requirement, Phil explained that the new accountants did not need to spend much time on internal control. Most of their time should be spent testing financial transactions and ensuring account balances were correct.             Two weeks later the new accountants reported to the Cates brothers. They provided financial statements, a schedule of financial assistance received by the city official, and a draft of a standard unmodified opinion on the financial statements.  The new accountants explained that no material errors were discovered. Accordingly, they did not prepare any notes. Their working papers included copies of original ledger sheets and spreadsheets verifying the accuracy of the account balances. Required:    Identify auditing standards that apply to this audit and discuss the weaknesses of the audit that was conducted in relation to the required auditing standards under which the audit should have been conducted. In your opinion should the Cates CPA firm have been selected to audit the city? Support your opinion. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  A2       A city has approached your audit firm to conduct its 2023 audit. You have been asked to submit a bid for the 2023 audit. The city administrator has provided you with the following information: 1) the current administration has been in office for the past four years, 2) there is a new city controller who has finance degree and has never worked for government, 2) for the last four years the city received a clean audit opinion, 3) the city expended a total of $9,200,000 in federal assistance in the 2023 fiscal year, 4) the $9,200,000 expended was in ten federal programs, 5) the city has six governmental funds, three enterprise funds, and an agency fund, and 6) the city is in the process of implementing a new Enterprise Resource Planning system (ERP) from SAP. Required: Identify what type of audit you believe must be conducted and explain why. Using the type of audit that must be conducted and the information you have been provided, discuss items that would impact your audit fee. Note: Don’t just list the items also explain why they will affect your fee. If you were the city manager responsible for selecting the audit firm, what information would you want from the audit firm to help ensure that the city doesn’t select an audit firm that provides “poor quality” audits of governments? Explain why you would want the information.