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Free ACFE Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) - Law CFE-Law Exam Questions

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Question 1

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

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

Question 2

Which of the following statements regarding civil lawsuits in most jurisdictions is CORRECT?

Correct Answer: B. Civil lawsuits begin with the filing of a pleading, usually in the jurisdiction in which the defendant resides or where the claim arose

Question 3

Which of the following is an example of a trade-based money laundering scheme?

Correct Answer: A. An importer and an exporter conspire to conceal illicit funds by creating invoices that understate the quantity of goods shipped internationally

Question 4

Which of the following choices is a method of pretrial civil discovery that is often found in common law jurisdictions?

Correct Answer: D. Affidavits of documents

Question 5

Under the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Recommendations, a financial institution's customer due diligence (CDD) procedures involve a single check on the customer's business relationships and transactions.

Correct Answer: B. False

Question 6

Jackson believes he has a legal cause of action against Alice, who lives in a foreign country. The fact that Jackson is the plaintiff allows him to bring the lawsuit against Alice in any court in the country where he lives.

Correct Answer: A. True

Question 7

Which of the following is required for a contract, transaction, or scheme to qualify as an investment contract?

Correct Answer: C. The investment is in a common enterprise.

Question 8

Raj is an employee who works in a jurisdiction that prohibits unreasonable workplace searches and surveillance in areas or items where employees have a reasonable expectation of privacy. In which of the following is Raj MOST LIKELY to have a reasonable expectation of privacy?

Correct Answer: A. A backpack brought from home

Question 9

When perpetrating a bustout scheme, an individual or business typically performs which of the following actions?

Correct Answer: C. Uses credit to purchase a considerable amount of goods

Question 10

Bob receives a memorandum from his attorney that is protected by a legal professional privilege Bob emails the memorandum to a third party who has no need to know the information in the memorandum Which of the following statements is MOST ACCURATE?

Correct Answer: B. Bob might have waived the privilege because he transmitted the protected information to a third party who has no need to know the information

Question 11

Alicia has been charged with tax evasion. As a defense, Alicia claims that she made an honest mistake due to the complexity of the tax law and did not intentionally violate the jurisdiction's tax laws. If the court finds that her mistake was made in good faith, then she will most likely NOT be found to have willfully engaged in fraudulent actions to avoid reporting or paying her taxes.

Correct Answer: A. True

Question 12

To determine if a misrepresentation in the offer or sale of any securities is material a fraud examiner should answer which of the following questions?

Correct Answer: C. 'Would a reasonable investor wish to know the information to make an informed decision?'

Question 13

Aliyah is an employee at Chatham, a publicly traded corporation, and she owns shares of Chatham's stock. Aliyah learns that Chatham is going to publicly announce low earnings, so she sells her shares of Chatham's stock. If her conduct is illegal in the jurisdiction where she works and resides, then what type of crime did Aliyah MOST LIKELY commit?

Correct Answer: B. Insider trading

Question 14

Which of the following scenarios MOST ACCURATELY represents a suitability violation in a jurisdiction that imposes a suitability requirement on broker-dealers?

Correct Answer: B. A broker-dealer learns about a promising investment and recommends it to their new client without knowing the client's relevant personal and financial information.

Question 15

At the end of a civil proceeding, the court finds the defendant, a company, liable and orders it to pay a large sum of money to compensate for the plaintiffs losses. Which of the following BEST describes this type of remedy?

Correct Answer: B. Carnages