Auditing P 6-29 The following are two specific balance-related audit objectives in the audit of accounts payable. The list referred to is the list of accounts payable taken from the accounts payable master file. The total of the list equals the accounts payable balance on the general ledger.

1. All accounts payable included on the list represent amounts due to valid vendors.
2. There are no unrecorded accounts payable.

Required:
a. Explain the difference between these two specific balance-related audit objectives.
b. Which of these two specific balance-related audit objectives applies to the general balance-related audit objective of existence, and which one applies to completeness?
c. For the audit of accounts payable, which of these two specific balance-related audit objectives is usually be more important? Explain.