Which of the Following Is Not Defined as an Act

question 28

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not defined as an act discreditable in either the Rules or the Interpretations of the AICPA's Code of Professional Conduct?

• A) The CPA firm's partner in charge failed to file his tax return for the past year.
• B) The CPA firm discriminates in its hiring practices based on the age of the applicant.
• C) The CPA retains the client's books and records to enforce past-due payment of the CPA's bill, even after the client has demanded they be returned.
• D) The CPA firm's partner-in-charge was a passenger in a car driven by his wife. On the way home from the firm's Christmas party, she was charged with "driving while intoxicated."

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Definitions:

Placebo Pill

An inert substance given to a participant in a study, which has no therapeutic effect and is used to control for the placebo effect in experiments.

Unconscious Attributions

Psychological processes that influence one's behavior and thoughts without their aware realization.

Binocular Rivalry

A visual phenomenon occurring when each eye is presented with different images, leading the brain to alternate between perceptions rather than merging the two images into one coherent view.

Dominant Eye

The eye that provides a slightly greater degree of input to the visual cortex and is preferred over the other for detailed activities.