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1What is the primary difference between fraud and error in financial statement reporting?
- AThe level of management involved
- BThe type of transaction effected
- CThe intent to deceive
- DThe materiality of the misstatement
2Which of the following is a common rationalization for fraudulent financial reporting?
- AThis is a one-time transaction and it will allow the company to get through the current financial crisis, but I'll never do it again.
- BNo-one will be hurt if I take some inventory for personal use. No-one will even know.
- CI am only borrowing the money; I will pay it back next year.
- DExecutives at other companies are getting paid more than I am, so I deserve the money.
3Which of the following types of transactions did WorldCom management engage in as part of that company's fraudulent financial reporting scheme?
- ARecorded barter transactions as sales
- BUsed restructuring reserves from prior acquisitions to decrease expenses
- CCapitalized line costs rather than expensed them
- DAll of these
4Which of the following statements is true?
- AUnless an independent audit can provide reasonable assurance that financial information has not been materially misstated because of fraud, it has little, if any, value to society.
- BRepeated revelations of accounting scandals and audit failures related to undetected frauds have seriously damaged public confidence in external auditors
- CA strong ethical tone at the top of an organization that permeates corporate culture is essential in mitigating the risk of fraud
- DAll of these
- ENone of these
5Refer to Exhibit 2.5. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act enacted which of the following provisions relevant to auditors and the audit opinion formulation process?
- AThe PCAOB was established, and it has the power to conduct inspections of public company audits.
- BThe lead audit partner and reviewing partner must rotate off the audit of a publicly traded company at least every 10 years.
- CIn the annual report, management must acknowledge that they are required to have the company's internal audit function attest to the accuracy of the annual reports.
- DAll of these
- ENone of these
6Audit committee activities and responsibilities include which of the following?
- ASelecting the external audit firm
- BApproving corporate strategy
- CReviewing management performance and determining compensation
- DAll of these
- ENone of these
7The three elements of the fraud triangle include incentive, opportunity, and rationalization.
- ARichtig
- BFalsch
8In the Enron fraud, one of the ways that management covered up the fraud was to shift debt off the balance sheet to SPEs.
- ARichtig
- BFalsch
9An important change resulting from the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is that auditors are no longer allowed to provide most consulting services for their public company audit clients.
- ARichtig
- BFalsch
10The term corporate governance mosaic refers to the fact that each of the parties involved in corporate governance has complementary roles and specific responsibilities; no one party is completely responsible.
- ARichtig
- BFalsch
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- Kayla Harbaugh
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