The Most Common Fraud in the Acquisitions Area Is for the Perpetrator

question 74

Multiple Choice

The most common fraud in the acquisitions area is for the perpetrator to

• A)alter the cheque payment file before it is printed so that the payee name is changed.
• B)issue payments to fictitious vendors and deposit the cheques to a fictitious account.
• C)change the optical characters at the bottom of a cheque to alter the account to be credited.
• D)issue duplicate payments for invoices and then pocket the second cheque.

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Definitions:

Primary Reinforcers

A type of reinforcement that is innately satisfying and does not require any learning to become pleasurable, such as food and water.

Secondary Reinforcers

Stimuli which become rewarding through their association with primary reinforcers.

Shaping

A method of behavior training in which reinforcement is given for progressively closer approximations of the desired behavior.

Classically Conditioned

A learning process that occurs through associations between an environmental stimulus and a naturally occurring stimulus.