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Basic Question 4 of 11

Which of the following factors are related to opportunities?

I. The nature of a firm's operations involves significant related-party transactions. These parties are audited by another firm.
II. There are aggressive or unrealistic profitability expectations.
III. Management is dominated by a small group without compensation controls.
IV. There are high turnover rates of accounting and information technology personnel.
V. There is ineffective management monitoring as a result of ineffective oversight by the audit committee.

User Contributed Comments 4

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jmcarr02 IV isn't a factor, it is a sign !
AusPhD no jmcarr02, high turnover of these personnel make it easier for others to manipulate the system.
judylyh why is I correct?
johntan1979 Read the notes
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Learning Outcome Statements

describe motivations that might cause management to issue financial reports that are not high quality and conditions that are conducive to issuing low-quality, or even fraudulent, financial reports

describe mechanisms that discipline financial reporting quality and the potential limitations of those mechanisms

CFA® 2025 Level I Curriculum, Volume 3, Module 10.