CFE-INVESTIGATION Online Practice Questions and Answers

Which of the following is the MOST ACCURATE statement about the privacy of information shared through social media?

A. the Privacy of Social Networks Treaty is a binding international treaty that makes it illegal for law enforcement to seek social media login credentials from users.

B. To access any user-posted information on social media sites fraud examinees must obtain some type of legal order from the Jurisdiction in which the user resides.

C. A fraud examiner cannot be held liable for violating a user's privacy rights if they hack or break into

D. Hacking or breaking into information on social media sites that is restricted as private could result in liability for fraud examiners due to violation of users privacy rights

When a fraud examiner is conducting an examination and is in the process of collecting. documents the fraud examiner should:

A. A Wait until all documents have been collected before establishing a database

B. Organize all the documents obtained in chronological order

C. Avoid touching original documents any more than necessary

D. Make copies of originals and leave the originals where they were found

Which of the following is an example of a dosed question?

A. "What are the dairy responsibilities for your current position''"

B. 'How do you feel about your supervisor?"

C. "How many years have you been with the company?'

D. "Why did you stay late at work that day?"

Bennett, a fraud examiner is performing textual analytics on journal entry data. He developed a list of fraud

keywords to search for based on the three legs of the Fraud Triangle.

Which of the following fraud keywords found In the journal entry tern is the best indicator of pressure to

commit fraud?

A. Temporary

B. Override

C. Deserve

D. Quota

Misty, a fraud investigator is interviewing Larry, who she suspects has been embezzling company funds. Which of the following is NOT a recommended sequence in which Misty should ask Larry question?

A. Ask questions in random order to prevent Larry from knowing what question comes next

B. Ask questions seeking general information before seeking details

C. Stat with questions about known information and work toward unknown information

D. Start with general questions and move toward specific questions

Why do fraud examiners perform analysis on unstructured or textual data?

A. To categorize data to reveal patterns sentiments and relationships indicative of fraud

B. To find an admission of fraud in an email or other communication that can be presented m court

C. To figure out whether someone is tying or telling the truth based on context dues

D. To determine whether the footnotes to the financial statements are fatly presented

Which of the following sets of numbers could a fraud examiner most likely benefit from running a Benford's Law analysis on?

A. Employee identification numbers

B. Telephone numbers

C. Vendor invoice amounts

D. Bank account numbers

Which of the following n NOT one of the basic types of Informational questions interviewers use to gather unbiased, factual Information?

A. Open

B. Closed

C. Chronological

D. loading

Naveed, a fraud suspect has decided to confess to Omar a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) In obtaining a verbal confession from Naveed. Omar should obtain all of the following Horns of information EXCEPT:

A. A general estimate of the amount of money invoked

B. A statement from Naveed that his conduct was an accident

C. The approximate number of instances

D. The location of any residual assets

Tahlia a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) was interviewing Gamma, a frud suspect During the interview Gamma seemed unconcerned he slouched in his chair and laughed out loud during the portion of the Interview when Tahlia asked if he knew any lads about the fraud From this conduct. Tahlia is likely to conclude that Gamma:

A. Does not know the answers to Tahlia's questions

B. Is letting the truth

C. Is feeing bored by the interview process

D. Is being deceptive

Tyson a fraud examiner a planning an interview with Brianna, the girlfriend of the central suspect in Tyson s investigation. Previous interviews with others have revealed that Brianna lends to be very protective of her boyfriend. How should Tyson approach the Interview with Brianna?

A. Ask Brianna when she would prefer to be interviewed in an effort to provoke cooperation.

B. Conduct the interview with as little notice as possible so Brianna will be unprepared

C. Provide Brianne with advance notice prior to the interview to inhibit resentment

D. Avoid interviewing Brianna if possible due to Brianna's potential volatility

Shane, a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFF) is investigating Larsen, who is active on various social networking sites. Shane wants to search and extract information from Larsen s social media postings so that it can be used in court as evidence. Which of the following is the MOST ACCURATE statement regarding what Shane should do when conducting a social media investigation of Larsen?

A. Shane should email himself the links of the postings so that he can retrieve them later.

B. Shane should preserve the Information from the social networking sites so that it can be established as authentic if used in court.

C. Shane should conduct a forensic shutdown of his computer to preserve the metadata in the social networking sites.

D. Shane should preserve the information by saving the links of ate postings in his 'bookmarks "

Which of the following statements about the process of obtaining a verbal confession is TRUE?

A. If the subject lies about an aspect of the offense In the process of confessing it is best to coned the records immediately before proceed.

B. The only acceptable approaches to obtaining a verbal confession are chronologically or by transaction

C. The transition from the accusation to the confession should occur when the accused supplies the first detailed information about the offense.

D. Fraudsters tend to overestimate the amount of kinds Involved in the offense to relieve themselves of the guff, of their dishonest actions

A fraud examiner suspects that an employee who is tasked with meeting new customers over business dinners to discuss their accounts is using those meetings to proposition the customers and steal business from the employee's company. If the fraud examiner wanted to pose as a new customer and meet with the employee, which of the following would beet describe the fraud examiner's method?

A. An undercover operation

B. An entrapment operation

C. A surveillance operation

D. A source operation

Which of the following is the MOST ACCURATE statement about how fraud examiners should approach fraud examinations?

A. When conducting fraud examinations, fraud examiners should adhere to the me an sand-ends approach

B. In most examinations fraud examiners should interview those who are more involved in the matters at issue before interviewing those who are less involved.

C. When conducting fraud examinations fraud examiners should operate under the assumption that the subjects are guilty

D. Fraud examinations should begin with general information that is known, starting at the periphery, and then move to the more specific details.