ACFE CFE-Financial-Transactions-and-Fraud-Schemes Exam - Topic 3 Question 130 Discussion

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Question #: 130
Topic #: 3

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Statistical sampling enables the examiner to predict the occurrence rate for the population and therefore determine with some accuracy the error rate, or the potential for fraud.

ATrue

BFalse

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Suggested Answer: A

by Avery at Jul 18, 2026, 05:33 PM

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Queen

2 days ago

Agreed, true makes sense. Less effort, more insight.

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Desmond

7 days ago

I think it's true. Sampling gives a good estimate.

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Douglass

12 days ago

Wait, can it really predict fraud accurately?

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Oneida

18 days ago

I agree, statistical sampling is super useful!

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Odelia

23 days ago

It helps estimate error rates, so yeah, true!

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Ezekiel

28 days ago

Not so sure about that, can be misleading.

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Julie

1 month ago

Totally true, sampling is key for predictions!

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Karon

1 month ago

I’m a bit lost on this one. I feel like it could be A) True, but I’m not confident.

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Rocco

1 month ago

This sounds familiar; I practiced a question about sampling and fraud detection. I think the answer is A) True.

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Jolene

2 months ago

I'm not entirely sure, but I remember something about sampling being used to detect fraud. Maybe A) True?

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Celeste

2 months ago

I think statistical sampling helps in estimating error rates, so I would lean towards A) True.

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