Which of the following is a Daubert criterion that a trial judge should consider when evaluating expert testimony?

Which of the following is a Daubert criterion that a trial judge should consider when evaluating expert testimony?

A. the degree of acceptance of a method within a professional community
B. whether a theory has been peer-reviewed
C. the known or potential rate of error of a method
D. all of the above


Answer: NA

T/F: The Fair Credit Reporting Act requires that consent be acquired prior to obtaining an individual's credit information.

T/F: The Fair Credit Reporting Act requires that consent be acquired prior to obtaining an individual's credit information.

Answer: true

T/F: A pretext is the use of deception to obtain information about someone from another party who might not otherwise disclose such information.

T/F: A pretext is the use of deception to obtain information about someone from another party who might not otherwise disclose such information.

Answer: true

T/F: Social networking web sites are resources a forensic accountant might use to obtain information about an individual's family and other personal matters.

T/F: Social networking web sites are resources a forensic accountant might use to obtain information about an individual's family and other personal matters.

Answer: true

Each of the following is an advantage of searching public records except:

Each of the following is an advantage of searching public records except:

A. the search can be done in secret
B. it it a legal source of information
C. results cannot be replicated by others
D. gaining access is fast and inexpensive


Answer: C. results cannot be replicated

T/F: Public records can be used by a forensic accountant to support or refine a fraud hypothesis.

T/F: Public records can be used by a forensic accountant to support or refine a fraud hypothesis.

Answer: true

A legal auditory observation includes which of the following?

A legal auditory observation includes which of the following?

A. secretly recording a conversation in a meeting room
B. listening to a conversation in a restaurant
C. recording a telephone conversation without informing the person with whom you are talking
d. all of the above


Answer: b. listening to a conversation in a restaurant