Question 1

What are the four types of corruption?

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A)   Bribery, conflicts of interest, extortion, and illegal gratuities
B)   Bribery, larceny, extortion, and conflicts of interest
C)   Skimming, larceny, extortion, and conflicts of interest
D)   Conflicts of interest, check tampering, skimming, and illegal gratuities

Question 2

Which of the following statements regarding larceny is NOT true?

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A)   Larceny is easier to detect than skimming and is less common.
B)   Larceny occurs when employees or others steal cash before the amounts have been recorded in the accounting system.
C)   Smaller occurrences of larceny are often written off as "shorts" or "miscounts".
D)   Perpetrators of larcenies must have direct access to inventory or other assets

Question 3

Which of the following is one of the three main categories of occupational fraud and abuse?

Accepted Answer

A)   Corruption
B)   Bid-rigging
C)   Check tampering
D)   Lapping

Question 4

Which of the following disbursement fraud schemes occurs most frequently?

Accepted Answer

A)   Billing schemes.
B)   Check tampering.
C)   Payroll schemes.
D)   Expense reimbursement schemes.

Question 5

Which is not a type of fraudulent disbursement?

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A)   Expense reimbursement Scheme
B)   Check tampering
C)   Payroll Schemes
D)   Larceny D

Question 6

Claiming personal travel as a business expense, altering a receipt to reflect a higher amount than was actually paid, or submitting fictitious receipts is an example of a:

Accepted Answer

A)   Billing scheme
B)   Check tampering
C)   Register-disbursement scheme
D)   None of the above

Question 7

Which of the following is representative of a conflict of interest?

Accepted Answer

A)   The owner of the company is aware of an employee's relationship with a vendor
B)   The owner of the company is unaware of the employee's relationship with a vendor
C)   When the employee accepts kickbacks from a vendor
D)   When the employee makes fraudulent disbursements to him or herself though a fictitious vendor

Question 8

The term Larceny means:

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A)   Intentionally taking an employer's cash or other assets without the consent and against the will of the employer, before it has been recorded in the company's accounting system.
B)   Creating ghost employees and overpaying wages
C)   Intentionally taking an employer's cash or other assets without the consent and against the will of the employer, after it has been recorded in the company's accounting system.
D)   Both A and C are correct C

Question 9

Which of the following is the BEST example of a register-disbursement scheme?

Accepted Answer

A)   A perpetrator who processes transactions as if a customer were returning merchandise, even though there is no actual return.
B)   A perpetrator uses the expense register to falsely record expenses that are then paid out by the A/P department.
C)   A perpetrator physically prepares a check from the check register claiming it is a legitimate expense when it is not.
D)   A perpetrator slowly takes money from the register drawer after making regular sales - often showing that a discount was given to a customer on the receipt.

Question 10

Thefts of inventory and other assets can be broken into the subcategories of:

Accepted Answer

A)   Larceny
B)   Fraudulent disbursements
C)   Misuse
D)   Both A and C

Question 11

An employee who doesn't record customer sales and pockets the customer payments is perpetrating which kind of fraud?

Accepted Answer

A)   Larceny
B)   Disbursement fraud
C)   Skimming
D)   Illegal gratuities

Question 12

Corruption involves which of the following schemes:

Accepted Answer

A)   Bribery
B)   Conflicts of interest
C)   Economic extortion
D)   Illegal gratuities
E)   All of the above

Question 13

A conflict of interest exists when

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A)   An employer knows of an employees interest in a business deal or negotiation
B)   An employee's interest in a transaction is undisclosed
C)   Employees offer, give, receive or solicit anything of value in order to influence an official act
D)   Employees demand payments from vendors for deciding in the vendors' favor

Question 14

Removal of cash from a victim organization prior to its entry in an accounting system would be considered:

Accepted Answer

A)   Extortion
B)   Disbursement Fraud
C)   Skimming
D)   Larceny
E)   Check tampering C

Question 15

All of the following are possible ways to commit fraud by using a payroll scheme except:

Accepted Answer

A)   Overstating expenses that will be reimbursed
B)   Falsify hours worked
C)   Creating ghost employees
D)   Commission scheme

Question 16

Tyco's former CEO sold his house to Tyco with a price three times fair market value. What type of fraud it this?

Accepted Answer

A)   Economic extortion and illegal gratuities
B)   Conflicts of interest
C)   Cash skimming
D)   Bribery

Question 17

Bid-rigging is a form of a:

Accepted Answer

A)   Conflict of interest
B)   Bribery
C)   Extortion
D)   Illegal gratuity

Question 18

When suppliers are engaged in bid-rigging, they vie for contracts in cutthroat environments, and usually only gain an advantage over competitors through bribing an employee with inside influence.

Accepted Answer

A)   True
B)   False

Question 19

Asset Misappropriations occur in which way

Accepted Answer

A)   Stealing receipts
B)   Stealing Assets on hand
C)   Stealing through disbursements
D)   All of the above

Question 20

Skimming exhibits which of the following fraudulent characteristics:

Accepted Answer

A)   Intentionally taking an organization's cash without the organization's consent
B)   Removing cash prior to its entry into the accounting system
C)   Stealing a payment and then crediting that account with a subsequent customers payment
D)   Submission of a false or altered invoice that causes an employer to willingly issue a check

Exam 14: Fraud Against Organizations

What are the four types of corruption?

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Which of the following statements regarding larceny is NOT true?

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Which of the following is one of the three main categories of occupational fraud and abuse?

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Which of the following disbursement fraud schemes occurs most frequently?

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Which is not a type of fraudulent disbursement?

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Claiming personal travel as a business expense, altering a receipt to reflect a higher amount than was actually paid, or submitting fictitious receipts is an example of a:

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Which of the following is representative of a conflict of interest?

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The term Larceny means:

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Which of the following is the BEST example of a register-disbursement scheme?

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Thefts of inventory and other assets can be broken into the subcategories of:

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An employee who doesn't record customer sales and pockets the customer payments is perpetrating which kind of fraud?

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Corruption involves which of the following schemes:

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A conflict of interest exists when

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Removal of cash from a victim organization prior to its entry in an accounting system would be considered:

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All of the following are possible ways to commit fraud by using a payroll scheme except:

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Tyco's former CEO sold his house to Tyco with a price three times fair market value. What type of fraud it this?

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Bid-rigging is a form of a:

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When suppliers are engaged in bid-rigging, they vie for contracts in cutthroat environments, and usually only gain an advantage over competitors through bribing an employee with inside influence.

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Asset Misappropriations occur in which way

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Skimming exhibits which of the following fraudulent characteristics:

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