Management's assessment of the design and operation of the company's internal controls over financial reporting should be:

Management's assessment of the design and operation of the company's internal controls over financial reporting should be:

integrated.

Explanation:

A company's assessment of internal controls over financial reporting should be integrated to focus on the effectiveness of internal controls and the reliability of the financial statements.  The effectiveness of internal controls reduces the risk of fraudulent activities by all internal parties. Similarly, the reliability of the financial statements will ensure public confidence and engender unbiased, error-free, and faithful representation of financial performance and position to aid decision making by market participants.

answer; monopolistic competition;

two years ago, when picking flowers in the mountains back of yosemite valley, i found a book. it was blotted and storm-beaten; all of its outer pages were mealy and crumbly. the paper seemed to dissolve like the snow beneath which it had been buried, however; many of the inner pages were well preserved. and although all were more or less stained and torn, whole chapters were easily readable. this is the condition of the great open book of yosemite glaciers today; its granite pages have been torn and blurred by the same storms that wasted the castaway book.

two years ago, when picking flowers in the mountains back of yosemite valley; i found a book. it was blotted and storm-beaten, all of its outer pages were mealy and crumbly. the paper seemed to dissolve like the snow beneath which it had been buried, however, many of the inner pages were well preserved. and although all were more or less stained and torn; whole chapters were easily readable. this is the condition of the great open book of yosemite glaciers today, its granite pages have been torn and blurred by the same storms that wasted the castaway book.