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Certified Financial Services Auditor

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Question 1 Single choice

Which of the following does NOT come under the consideration of systematic or interconnection risk?

  1. A

    Risk management systems that include limits or controls on interconnection risk to which the entity is willing to expose itself.

  2. B

    Provisions for monitoring systematic risk effectively

  3. C

    Contingency plans setting forth actions to be taken when system-wise market disruptionsoccur

  4. D

    Due diligence of enforcement activities

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Correct answer: D

Question 2 Single choice

Basel II aims to improve the security and long-term viability of the financial system by focusing on bank's
____________

  1. A

    Internal control System

  2. B

    Supervisory discipline

  3. C

    Marketing discipline

  4. D

    None of these

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Correct answer: D

Question 3 Single choice

New Zealand's major trading partners are in the process of adopting or have already adopted, the international's accounting standards this includes all EXCEPT:

  1. A

    Australia and Singapore

  2. B

    Hong Kong and European Union

  3. C

    United State, Canada and Japan

  4. D

    None of these

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Correct answer: C

Question 4 Single choice

Continuous auditing is a method used to automatically perform control and risk assessment more frequently. Technology is the key to enable such an approach. Continuous auditing changes the audit paradigm from periodic reviews of a sample to ongoing audit testing of ______ percent of transactions.

  1. A

    Ninety

  2. B

    Ninety nine

  3. C

    Seventy

  4. D

    Hundred

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Correct answer: D

Question 5 Single choice

As interest rate change, the price of an issued bond also changes. The change in price has an inverse relationship to changes in interest rates (if one rises, the other falls). If new bond issues are paying a higher interest rate than existing bonds, investors will not purchase existing bonds unless:

  1. A

    The bond is discounted

  2. B

    The new bond prices fall

  3. C

    The new issue is finished

  4. D

    The interest rate declines

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Correct answer: A

Question 6 Single choice

Financial services organizations are challenged to provide responsible fiduciary management while:

  1. A

    Increasing profitability and competitive differentiations

  2. B

    Balancing profitability and competitive differentiations

  3. C

    Decreasing risk and fraud activities

  4. D

    All of these

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Correct answer: A

Question 7 Single choice

Stock transfer agent, Bond registrar, stock registrar and dividend reinvestments agent are the additional duties of:

  1. A

    Brokers/Brokerage houses

  2. B

    Corporate trust departments

  3. C

    Mutual funds agencies

  4. D

    None of these

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Correct answer: B

Question 8 Single choice

Securities available for sale should be reported at current market value. When this type of security has an unrealized gain or loss:

  1. A

    It is reported on balance sheet

  2. B

    It is reported on income statement

  3. C

    It is not reported on income statement

  4. D

    It is reported on cash flow statement

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Correct answer: C

Question 9 Single choice

A firm is trying to acquire another company. This is called ____________, and all the participants involved must register with the SEC.

  1. A

    Proxy contest

  2. B

    Merger

  3. C

    Acquisition

  4. D

    Both A & C

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Correct answer: D

Question 10 Single choice

Bank may serve as trustee or custodian for pension and profit sharing plans that self-employed individuals establish for them selves and their employees. These types of trust are referred to as:

  1. A

    Defined benefit plans

  2. B

    Keogh plans

  3. C

    Individual retirement account

  4. D

    None of these

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Correct answer: B