The Minneapolis Domestic Violence Experiment

Which of the following is an example of a questionable research practice? a) Suzie was part-way through data collection and wanted to see how participants were performing so looked at group means   b) Kit had to end data collection early because of the pandemic, but luckily, they still had enough power to detect the effects of interest   c) Larry ran a post-hoc power analysis and found that he had insufficient power to find the effect he was interested in so collected more participants   d)Erik planned to examine how birth month is related to neuroticism, but after data collection decided birth season would be more theoretically meaningful

All of the following are possible responses to a pervasive weakness in internal control except: Multiple Choice Assign more experienced personnel to the engagement. Increasing the level of supervision on the engagement. Increase the size of a sample for certain tests in the engagement. Adding an element of unpredictability to the procedures performed.

Research fraud cases that involved agency conflicts. Provide the following: Overview of the organization Who was involved? How was the fraud committed? What was the outcome? What recommendations do you have to stop such a fraud relating to this conflict of interest?

When the risk of material misstatement due to fraud is considered high in a particular area, which of the following is a likely response? Perform tests on an interim basis throughout the period. Obtain more reliable evidence by expanding tests to include all transactions. a. b. C. d. Obtain additional corroborative information. Design tests of controls to substantiate weaknesses.

For this assignment, you are to construct a diagram of the Fraud Triangle and clearly label each component of the Fraud Triangle. For each of these three components, provide the following: An explanation (two to three paragraphs) of each of the three components, specifically addressing how it could contribute to fraud. For each component of the Fraud Triangle, provide the following: List and briefly discuss internal controls for each of the three components that could help to reduce the impact of potential frauds related to that component of the Fraud Triangle. Note: This means that you will have a total of 24 internal controls documented. A few of the internal controls might be common to each component but please tailor them to the component you are referring to and do not copy and paste the same eight internal controls for each component. While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected and in-text citations and references should be…

Is the following a potential control weakness?  In employing new staff, while Marco checks references for any prospective employee, they do not check criminal records or perform other forms of background checks. Briefly explain the potential mistatement and recommended correction.

A procurement agent for a large metropolitan building authority threatens to blacklist a building contractor if he does not make a financial payment to the agent. If the contractor does not cooperate, the contractor will be denied future work. Faced with a threat of economic loss, the contractor makes the payment.Required;Explain what type of fraud is this and what controls can be implemented to prevent or detect the fraud?

Kendall Jackson, CPA, is examining the operating effectiveness of the internal control of Town Mo, a large conglomerate in the music industry. As partof the evaluation, Jackson determined a necessary sample size of 93 items (based on a tolerable rate of deviation of 5 percent, an expected population deviation rate of 0.5 percent, anda risk of overreliance of 5 percent). After properly selecting the 93 items, Jackson found nodeviations from the prescribed control activities.Required:a. Based on Jackson’s sample, determine the sample rate of deviation and ULRD. (Becausethe AICPA sample evaluation tables do not contain a row for a sample size of 93, rounddown and use a sample size of 90.)b. Explain the difference between the ULRD and the sample rate of deviation observed in part(a). How does this difference relate to the use of statistical sampling?c. What would Jackson conclude with respect to the operating effectiveness of Town Mo’sinternal control?

Understanding what constitutes fraud and understanding the framework are a part of developing an internal control program. The fraud triangle is a framework that is used to understand and explain what the motivation could be when a person decides to commit fraud. Thinking about the fraud cases that you are aware of, how would the fraud triangle explain fraudulent behavior?

Explain the best a possible quantitative research design and sampling technique that can be used for the following research topic: COVID-19: A Threat to the Financial Resiliency of Marriott Hotel Employees.

Explain the differences between Criminal Fraud versus Civil Fraud and provide an example of each type. Provide rationales and support for the examples in your response.

Match the following terms and descriptions. 1. Audit planning 2. Preventive Controls 3. System Evaluation and Selection 4. Recovery Operations Centre (ROC) 5. The Sarbanes/Oxley Act Section 404 Identify optimal solution from alternatives. Involves feasibility study and cost-benefit analysis steps. In the event of a major disaster, a subscriber can occupy the premises and, within a few hours, resume processing critical applications. The auditor's objective is to obtain sufficient information about the firm to plan the other phases of the audit. Requires the management of public companies to assess the effectiveness of their organization's internal controls Passive techniques designed to reduce the frequency of occurrence of undesirable events.

What is a good response to? 1. Identify the differences between paper-based and digital evidence. Paper evidence and electronic evidence are so different that if investigators are mainly familiar with the use of paper evidence in crime investigations, they are likely to have difficulty incorporating electronic evidence into their crime analysis or brainstorming activities (Crumbley & Fenton, 2021). For example, handwritten signatures using an ink pen are only going to be found on paper documents. Paper evidence only displays the dates printed on the document. Finding dates on electronic documents differs significantly, as there are many dates; there are the dates on the document itself as well as the date when the document was created, accessed, or last modified (Crumbley & Fenton, 2021).   2. Do you believe that digital evidence can be destroyed?  Yes, I believe digital evidence can be destroy Attempts to destroy digital evidence are very common (Gubanov, 2012). Such attempts…

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The Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) asserts that three factors can explain fraud. Which of the following is not considered as one of the factors asserted by the AIC? Pressure, opportunity, and rationalization Absence of effective and efficient internal controls Availability of suitable targets Supply of motivated and willing offenders All the above None of the above   West Coast Baseball Association, Inc.’s, (WCBA) baseball stadium was destroyed by a tornado. WCBA and its insurance company disagreed on the amount to recover for the damages. As a result, you have been engaged as a forensic accountant to compute the amount recoverable for the damages after trial as an Exhibit to be presented in a court of law. However, based on negotiations, the litigants (WCBA and the insurance company) have agreed on the following cost elements: Projected earnings after trial, had the harmful event not occurred was $4,300,500 million Project earnings after the trial were $500,000…

“Identity theft is often applied to a wide range of crimes, including checking account fraud, counterfeiting, forgery, auto theft using false documentation, trafficking in human beings, and terrorism, most policymakers, and researchers agree that identity theft includes the misuse of another individual’s personal information to commit fraud”. Required: Where does identity theft fraud happen often?  Explain any five steps that victims should need to take once identity theft occurs.

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Opportunity, Financial Pressure, and Rationalization are the three main factors contribute to fraud activity. In your view, discuss the factor that you believe is the most crucial to creating a fraud. Provide examples to support your conclusion and defend your choice in the discussion.

Marsha Mason, CPA, believes that it is appropriate to obtain an understanding of internal control about halfway through the audit, after she is familiar with the client’s operations and the way the system actually works.  She has found through experience that filling out internal control questionnaires and flowcharts early in the engagement is not beneficial because the system rarely functions that way it is supposed to.  Later in the engagement, the auditor can prepare flowcharts and questionnaires with relative ease because of the knowledge already obtained on the audit.  Evaluate her approach.

Blake and Caroline, two audit managers assigned to the audit of Legolas Enterprises are discussing samples and sample sizes in conjunction with the audit of the client's system of internal control. Blake mentions that back in college when he took an auditing class, he recalled the professor saying that audit sample size was tied to the level of assurance that the auditor ultimately wished to obtain. Which of the following responses by Caroline is most likely to help Blake understand this connection? O The professor was mistaken. There really isn't any relationship between the level of assurance the auditor wishes to obtain and the sample sizes used in an audit. O Although there is a definite relationship between desired level of assurance and sample size, most auditors simply audit the population of interest when they wish to increase the desired level of assurance. O Generally speaking, if an auditor wishes to increase the desired level of assurance, he or she will typically increase…

In writing your response, the following points must be addressed fully:a) Determine the type of fraud committed and describe with examples thesymptoms of fraud that are evident in the case study.b) As discussed in units 1 to 4, all frauds involve key elements. Identify anddescribe, using examples, the elements of the Purell’s magazine fraud.c) What role did trust play in allowing this fraudulent scheme to transpire?What elements contributed to this trust? Outline two positive and twonegative consequences that this might pose to the company in future fraudprevention.d) Describe Purell Magazine and Publishing House fraud preventionprogramme and identify any improvements that might be necessary toprevent this type of fraud or at least discover it sooner.

Jason and Marco are working on the audit of Jackson Enterprises, Inc., a large national retailer of fireworks and other pyrotechnic products. Jason, an audit intern has been learning about audit sampling techniques, in particular probability-proportionate-to-size sampling. Marco asks Jason how auditors using this sampling method determine the risk of incorrect rejection. What should Jason's response be to this? When using this particular sampling method, the auditors typically do not concern themselves with the risk of incorrect rejection, as this sampling method tests the entire population. When using this sampling method, the auditors specify the risk of incorrect rejection as the assessed level of audit risk multiplied by the determined level of inherent risk. When it comes to probability-proportionate-to-size sampling, the auditors do not specify a risk of incorrect rejection; rather auditors control this risk indirectly. O When it comes to probability-proportionate-to-size…