Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE-Law) Free Practice Test

Question 1

Which of the following would be circumstantial evidence that a cashier at a retail store committed a cash larceny scheme that resulted in the theft of $900 from the store?

A. A diagram is used to display the location of the retail store's cash registers.

B. A coworker explains the ethics policy that the retail store's employees must follow.

C. A witness testifies that they saw the cashier take money out of a cash register on the day that the theft occurred.

D. A witness testifies that the cashier made a $900 deposit to their personal bank account the day after the theft occurred.

Correct Answer: D

Question 2

In common law jurisdictions failing to suspend routine destruction of electronic data can result in sanctions for failure to preserve relevant evidence

A. False

B. True

Correct Answer: A

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Question 3

During a trial in an adversarial system an attorney calls an expert witness to the stand and asks " Could you please describe the procedures you performed in your examination? ' ' Based on this question, which type of testimony is MOST LIKELY being presented ' ?

A. Request for admission

B. Cross-examination

C. Direct exam Ml mi

D. Impeachment

Correct Answer: C

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Question 4

Which of the following is one of the three basic options by which organizations can legitimize cross-border transfers of personal information?

A. Obtain a warrant granting permission to transfer the data

B. Establish a contract between the entities exchanging the information

C. Use a third-party transferring service

D. Obtain approval from a Certified Information Privacy Professional (C PP)

Correct Answer: B

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Question 5

The MAIN PURPOSE for maintaining the chain of custody on an item of evidence is to

A. Establish that the evidence has not been altered or changed from the time it was collected through its production in court

B. Verify that the item of evidence has only been handled by court officials prior to its production m court.

C. event opposing parties from accessing evidence without a court order

D. Eliminate re need to authenticate the item of evidence in court

Correct Answer: A

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Question 6

In jurisdictions that allow criminal bargaining agreements the defendant ' s counsel generally has the discretion to determine whether a bargaining agreement is available to the defendant.

A. False

B. True

Correct Answer: A

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Question 7

Which of the following examples of judicial systems would BEST be described as a civil law system?

A. The courts are allowed to consider both codified statutes and previous court decisions but are bound by neither

B. The courts are bound primarily by previous court decisions to reserve legal issues

C. The courts are bound by codified principles or statures but are not bound by previous court decisions

D. The courts are bound by both previous court decisions and codified principles or statutes

Correct Answer: C

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Question 8

Which of the following scenarios is an example of the criminal sanction known as criminal forfeiture?

A. As part of her sentence for bribery, a defendant is ordered to transfer a vehicle she received as a bribe to the government.

B. As part of her sentence for money laundering, a defendant is sentenced to a three- to five-year term of incarceration.

C. As part of his sentence for tax evasion, a defendant is ordered to pay a fine of $10,000 to the government.

D. As part of his sentence for embezzlement, a defendant is ordered to pay back his employer for the money he stole.

Correct Answer: A

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Question 9

Even if a government agent obtains consent to search by force duress or bribery, the consent will still constitute a valid waiver of the consenting party ' s right to be free from searches.

A. False

B. true

Correct Answer: A

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Question 10

Frederick has multiple high-volume foreign bank accounts. The country he lives in requires him to report such accounts annually for tax purposes but he regularly and intentionally fails to report his accounts in order to reduce the amount of taxes he must pay. Which of the following schemes has Frederick MOST LIKELY committed?

A. An excise tax evasion scheme

B. A value-added tax evasion scheme

C. An income and wealth tax evasion scheme

D. A tax credit evasion scheme

Correct Answer: C

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Question 11

In most countries employers must provide notice to their employees before they implement an employee monitoring program

A. False

B. True

Correct Answer: B

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