Each of the Following Represents a Pressure That Might Lead

question 76

Multiple Choice

Each of the following represents a pressure that might lead to fraud except for:

• A)Desire to maximize the value of stock options
• B)Budget pressures
• C)Meet financial analysts' earnings expectations
• D)Inadequate internal controls

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Definitions:

Mental Alertness

The state of being watchful, fully aware, and mentally responsive to the immediate environment or stimuli.

Tolerance

Habituation to a drug, with the result that increasingly higher doses of the drug are needed to achieve similar effects.

Cocaine

A powerful stimulant drug derived from the leaves of the coca plant, which can lead to serious physical and psychological effects and dependency.

Somnambulism

also known as sleepwalking, is a sleep disorder causing people to get up and walk around during deep sleep.