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Basic Question 6 of 11

Which of the following is least likely a condition present in a "fraud triangle" (Opportunity-Motivation-Rationalization)?

A. Constraining debt covenants
B. Adding independent members to the board of directors
C. Management's belief that a decline in performance is due to temporary economic conditions

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Yrazzaq88 C = rationalization
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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.