____________ is any intentional or deliberate act to A. Fraud
deprive another of property or money by guile, deception, B.Corruption 1 or other unfair means. C. Error D. Embezzlement _______________ is the disguising of the existence, nature, A. money laundering source, ownership, location, and disposition of property B. Fraud 2 derived from criminal activity. C. Financial crime D. Criminal Judges in civil law jurisdictions are not bound by previous TRUE or FALSE court decisions, but in practice, many do use previous 3 decisions to guide their interpretations of codes and statutes. Under a common law legal system, judges are not bound by TRUE or FALSE 4 precedent and are free to decide cases based on their interpretation of the matters at issue. A report by a Certified Fraud Examiner states that A. circumstantial evidence $11,354.56 was withdrawn without authorisation from the B. direct evidence plaintiff’s business on Dec. 3, Year 1, and that on Dec. 6, C. indirect evidence Year 1, $11,354.56 was deposited into an account owned D. testimony 5 by the defendant. During a criminal trial against the defendant, the government introduces this information as evidence of the defendant’s guilt. What type of evidence is the information contained in this report? Michael Caston, a fraud suspect, confesses to a fraud. A.indirect During Caston’s trial for the fraud, the government B. direct 6 introduces the confession as evidence of Caston’s intent to C. circumstancial commit the fraudulent act for which he is charged. What D. real evidence type of evidence is Caston’s confession? The three basic forms of evidence are demonstrative, real, TRUE or FALSE 7 and direct. Ineffective monitoring of management, a complex A. Pressure organisational structure, and deficient internal control B. opportunities 8 components are all examples of which type of fraud risk C. Rationalisation factor relating to fraudulent financial reporting? Which of the following is not an effective method of A. Requiring strong management oversight 9 increasing the perception of detection? B. Conducting suprise audits C. Forcing emplyees to take early retirement Of the following, which is the most effective method of A. increaseing the perception of detection 10 preventing fraud? B. increasing salary C. increasing more controls _____________ controls are designed to stop something A. Preventive ; detective bad from happening before it occurs, while B. detective ; investigative 11 _____________ controls are designed to identify C. detective ; preventive something bad that has already occurred The risk that an organisation might be victimised by an A. Fraud risk 12 individual who is able to overcome the three elements of B. Internal risk the fraud triangle is called _______________. C. Operational Risk Fraudulent customer payments, corporate espionage, and A. Internal Fraud hacking schemes are all fraud risks pertaining to which of B. External fraud 13 the following categories? C. Payment Fraud
The payment of bribes to procure business is considered a A. Bribery
14 fraud risk pertaining to which category of fraud? B. Extortion C. Corruption D. Missappropriation
______________ is a process aimed at proactively A. Fraud risk register
identifying and addressing an organisation’s vulnerabilities B. Fraud profile 15 to internal and external fraud. C. fraud risk assessment D. Fraud risk management Fraud risk management programmes should focus on: A. Preventing fraud B. Detecting Fraud 16 C. Investigatig Fraud D. All of above What was the most common behavioral red flag displayed A. Extravagant lifestyle by perpetrators prior to the discovery of their frauds? B. High ranked position 17 C. Luxurious car ownership D Living beyond means The criminologist responsible for the well-known A. Albrect hypothesis of the "fraud triangle" is: B. Heitger & Smith 18 C. Schilit M Howard D. Donald R. Cressey Ed Smith, a city commissioner, negotiated a land A. Bribery development deal with a group of private investors. After B. Corruption the deal was approved, the investors rewarded Smith with C. Extortion 19 an all-expenses-paid trip, even though giving such rewards D. Illegal Gratuity to government officials is prohibited by law. Which of the following is the most appropriate term to describe what has taken place? Daniel, a plant manager for a utility company, has his own A. Bribery commercial cleaning business on the side. Daniel B. Corruption threatened to withhold business from any vendors of the C. Extortion 20 utility company that did not hire his cleaning business for D. Illegal Gratuity their office cleaning needs. Which of the following best describes the type of corruption scheme Daniel engaged in? James is a purchaser for a large government entity. ABC, TRUE or FALSE Inc. tells James that if he will award ABC at least $5 million in contracts over the next two years, ABC will hire James at 21 the end of the two years at twice his current salary. Because no actual money changes hands, this could not be considered a bribery or corruption scheme. The removal of cash from a victim organisation before the A. Skimming 22 cash is entered in the organisation's accounting system is: B. Larceny Grey, a controller for a small company, took a large sum of A. Skimming money from the company deposits and concealed the theft B. Larceny by making false accounting entries. The money Grey stole 23 had already been recorded in his company's accounting system as sales and receivables. Grey’s scheme can best be classified as a(n): A large amount of overdue accounts receivable on the TRUE or FALSE 24 books is a red flag of a fictitious revenue scheme. Fraud in financial statements generally takes the form of TRUE or FALSE 25 overstated assets or revenue and understated liabilities or expenses. The financial statements of an organisation are primarily A. Auditor the responsibility of: B. Employee 26 C. Shareholder D. Management Each fraud examination should begin with the proposition TRUE or FALSE 27 that the case will end in litigation. Which of the following terms is defined as the totality of A. Predication circumstances that would lead a reasonable, professionally B. Hypothesis 28 trained, and prudent individual to believe a fraud has C. Preparation occurred, is occurring, or will occur? To properly prepare an organisation for a formal fraud TRUE or FALSE 29 investigation, all employees should be notified of the investigation’s existence and purpose. Which of the following is NOT part of the fraud examination A. Perform the investigation process? B. Interview 30 C. facts finding D. Determining whether the subject is guilty or innocent In general, the subject of an investigation should be TRUE or FALSE 31 interviewed first. Forensic accounting differs from fraud examination in that TRUE or FALSE forensic accounting is the use of professional accounting 32 skills in matters involving potential or actual civil or criminal litigation and may or may not involve fraud. Which of the following is a data analysis tool that is A. Link analysis effective in identifying indirect relationships and B. Data analysis 33 relationships with several degrees of separation? C. text analysis D. Computer analysis To stimulate conversation during the information phase of A. close question the interview, the interviewer should ask: B. Leading question 34 C. open questions D. Hypothetical questio Allen, a Certified Fraud Examiner for Cole Inc., has A. Information seeking interview conducted an examination into allegations of misconduct B. Chronological Interview against Roberts, the company's controller. Allen plans to C. Confrontational interview 35 meet with Roberts to ask him about the allegations and to D. Admission-seeking interview obtain a confession of wrongdoing. Allen's meeting with Roberts is referred to as a(n ______ are probable future economic benefits obtained or A. Liabilities controlled by a particular entity as a result of past B. Assets 36 transactions or events. C. Equity D. Securities Depreciation is especially applicable when companies try to TRUE or FALSE 37 overvalue their assets and net worth; the lower their depreciation expense, the higher the companys profits. ________ increase assets and expenses and/or decrease A. Debit B. Credit C. Trebit 38 liabilities and/or equity The offering, promising, giving, accepting or soliciting of an • A. Conflict of interest advantage as an inducement for an action which is illegal, • B. Corruption 39 unethical or a breach of trust is the definition of: • C. Bribery • D. Fraud