ACFE Certified Fraud Examiner CFE-INVESTIGATION Questions & Answers

• Question 11:

  Which of the following would be most useful in determining when a specific document file was created?

  A. The system log

  B. Internet activity data

  C. The documents metadata

  D. Operating system partition

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 12:

  Which of the following is a recommended strategy when conducting admission-seeking interviews?

  A. Emphasize a lack of morality in the subject's actions to induce them into confessing.

  B. Increase sympathy while downplaying Implications of wrongdoing.

  C. Ensure that accusations a are made in the presence of a third party to avoid potential liability.

  D. Use time constraints as a means to pressure the subject Into making a confession.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 13:

  Which of the following is TRUE about observing the reactions of interview subjects?

  A. Emotive words should be used early in the interview to observe the respondent s emotional reaction.

  B. The interpretation of an interview subjects reactions requires specific skills on the part of the interviewer

  C. The observation of body language is much less important than observing the words used by the subject

  D. To effectively observe reactions an Interviewer should alternate between sensitive and nonsensitive questions early in the Interview

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 14:

  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

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 15:

  Which of the following can constitute a bribe, even if the illicit payment is never actually made?

  A. Offering a payment

  B. Corruption in payment

  C. kickback payment

  D. Overbilling in payment

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 16:

  Which of the following are the classifications for the Corruption?

  A. Bribery, economic extortion, illegal gratuities and conflicts of interest

  B. Corruption, bribery, economic extortion, conflicts of interest

  C. Overbilling, bribery, bid-ridding and illegal gratuities

  D. economic extortion, bribery, illegal gratuities and corruption

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 17:

  An interviewer should primarily ask dosed questions during the information phase of an interview

  A. True

  B. False

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 18:

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

  A. A "Was anyone from your learn absent from the meeting that wee?''

  B. ''When did you realize that the records had been manipulated?"

  C. "How well do you know your coworker Stacy, and have you ever socialized outside of wont?"

  D. "Weren't you ware of the missing inventory several weeks before notifying your boss?"

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 19:

  Lisa a fraud examinee at a private company receives an anonymous call from a potential whistIeblower. The whistleblower s hesitant to reveal their identity but will do so if it can be kept fully confidential Which of the following statements is most accurate?

  A. Lisa should explain that she will try her best to keep the whisneblower's identity confidential

  B. Lisa should state that she will not be able to keep the whistleblower s identity confidential because all information must be disclosed to management

  C. Lisa may offer the whistleblower full confidentially because they are not a suspect.

  D. Lisa may promise the whistieblower full confidentiality even if she knows net statement is untrue, because the lie is ultimately beneficial to her employer.

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 20:

  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 "

  Correct Answer: B