Exam 11: Financial Statement Fraud

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The study done by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO)on financial statement frauds that occurred during the period from 1987-1997 had many key findings.Which of the following is NOT one among them?

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Your audit team working with a newly acquired client,discovers that there has been fraudulent financial reporting for the past 5 years.Who is most likely to have been involved in the fraud?

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What are special purpose entities (SPEs)?

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Which of the following is an example of a perceived opportunity that can lead to financial statement fraud?

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Should nonfinancial indicators be used for assessing fraud risk? Why or why not?

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Examining a company's relationships with other individuals and entities can reveal important information about financial statement fraud.Identify the piece of information that is correctly linked to its source.

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Which of the following organizational characteristics is an indicator of a possible fraud?

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According to study of financial statement frauds by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO),the average fraud lasts for how many months?

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What is the meaning of "short sell"?

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According to the study done by the Securities and Exchange Commission,greatest number of enforcement actions was in the area of ________.

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An auditor adjusts the audit plan by introducing unexpected audit procedures in response to what the auditor believes management may be doing to conceal a fraud based on management's strategic reasoning.Which order of reasoning is occurring here?

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Understanding a company's relationships with financial institutions and bondholders is important because:

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_______ is a performance evaluation method that focuses on both financial and nonfinancial indicators of performance such as customer satisfaction.

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According to study of financial statement frauds by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO),who is the most common perpetrator of financial statement fraud?

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While generally accepted accounting principles do allow flexibility,standards of _________,________,and ________ must always prevail in the financial statements.

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Identify an example of a perceived pressure that can motivate financial statement fraud.

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Many financial statement frauds have been perpetrated because:

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______ is a practice where the effective dates on stock options are deliberately changed for the purpose of securing extra pay for management.

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Which of the following is NOT a kind of questions that should be asked in order to understand the exposure to management fraud?

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Which legislation led to the establishment of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board?

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