One of the Major Disadvantages of Benford's Law in Detecting

question 15

Multiple Choice

One of the major disadvantages of Benford's law in detecting fraud is:

• A) You know exactly what you are looking for.
• B) It is a fairly expensive method to use.
• C) You have enormous amounts of information to sift through.
• D) It only broadly identifies the possible existence of fraud and can include non-fraud factors.

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Definitions:

Environmental Stress

Physical, chemical, and biological constraints on the productivity and survival of organisms, often leading to adaptive responses.

Ecotones

Transitional areas between two biomes or ecosystems where different communities meet and integrate.

Continental Ecosystems

Large-scale ecosystems that encompass the diverse biological communities found within a continent's various habitats.

Successional Communities

Communities of plants and animals that gradually replace one another over time, following disturbance, leading to a more stable ecosystem known as a climax community.