Which of the Following Is Not a Common Method That

question 39

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not a common method that the IRS uses to select returns for audit?

• A) DIF system.
• B) Tax Select system.
• C) Information matching.
• D) Document perfection.
• E) None of the above.

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Definitions:

Transitivity

In decision theory, the principle that if option A is preferred over B, and B is preferred over C, then A should be preferred over C.

Arrow's Impossibility Theorem

A theory indicating it is impossible to formulate a social preference ordering that satisfies all of a specific set of reasonable criteria when voters have three or more options.

Pairwise Majority Voting

A voting system in which each option is compared head-to-head with every other option, with the option winning the most direct comparisons being considered the overall winner.

Condorcet Paradox

A situation in social choice theory where collective preferences can be cyclic (not transitive) despite the transitive preferences of individual voters.