WorldCom Has Cooked Its Books by __________

question 12

Multiple Choice

WorldCom has cooked its books by __________. The net effect of this was to make a huge loss look like a sizeable profit.

• A)classifying ordinary expenses as capital expenditures
• B)misrepresenting bonuses paid to Ebbers and others
• C)maintaining two set of books-one with real expenses and cash flow and the other with false numbers
• D)exaggerating cash flow

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