CFE-Financial Transactions and Fraud Schemes

CFE-Financial Transactions and Fraud Schemes Which of the following is a typical method used to make corrupt payments in bribery and corruption schemes? - ✔✔Payment of credit card bills, gifts, travel, entertainment, checks, and other financial interests. Laura, the sales manager of Sam Corp., is afraid sales revenue for the period is not going to meet company goals. To make up for the shortfall, she decides to mail invoices to fake customers and credit (increase) revenue on the books for these sales. What account will she most likely debit to balance these fictitious revenue entries and conceal her scheme? - ✔✔Accounts receivable. James runs an electronics store. One of the main challenges in his business is keeping up with technological advances. Because of this, his auditors want to ensure inventory is not fraudulently overstated on the store's balance sheet. Which of the following actions should the auditors take to ensure inventory is not overstated? - ✔✔View the inventory and conduct a physical count, make sure obsolete inventory has been written off, and ensure that inventory is recorded at the lower of cost or market value. Which of the following statements is true regarding the statement of cash flows? - ✔✔The statement of cash flows does NOT shows a company's financial position at a specific point in time. The means of measuring the relationship between two different financial statement amounts: - ✔✔Ratio analysis A CFE has received a tip that an employee in the claims department is processing claims for his own benefit during non-working hours. To gather information about the validity of this tip, the CFE should look at which of the following reports? - ✔✔Address similarity report, exception report, and manual override report. In a financial statement fraud scheme in which capital expenditures are recorded as expenses rather than assets, the transactions will have the following effect on the organization's financial statements: - ✔✔Total assets will be understated. In order to understate net income, therefore lowering income tax liability, an accountant could fraudulently expense costs rather than properly capitalizing them to an asset account. - ✔✔True. A company's financial statements must include information on changes in accounting methods, contingent liabilities, significant subsequent events, and all other information necessary for users to make valid, informed decisions. This is the concept of: - ✔✔Full disclosure. How does vertical analysis differ from horizontal analysis? - ✔✔Vertical analysis expresses the percentage of component items to a specific base item, while horizontal analysis analyzes the percentage change in individual financial statement items from one year to the next. The statement of cash flows is often used: - ✔✔in tandem with the income statement to determine a company's true financial performance. Julia runs a printing company and has an antique printing press that she uses in her business. She purchased the press ten years ago for $5,000. Similar presses are selling on the market today for about $8,000. Julia mentioned she's thinking about retiring and her friend offered to give Julia $9,000 for the press. According to GAAP, how much should the printing press be listed for on Julia's books? - ✔✔$5,000.00 ABC Company purchases a material amount of products from another entity whose operating policies can be controlled by ABC Company's management, but it does not disclose this situation on its financial statements. Which type of improper disclosure scheme has ABC Company engaged in? - ✔✔Related party transaction. The wrongful use of influence to procure a benefit for the actor or another person, contrary to the duty or the rights of others. - ✔✔Corruption