ACFE CFE-Law Exam - Topic 1 Question 29 Discussion

Actual exam question for ACFE's CFE-Law exam

Question #: 29
Topic #: 1

Company A sued Company B lo recover damages for the breach of a contract. In the same proceeding. Company B sought damages for an allegation that Company A fraudulently induced Company B into entering the contract. In this case, what would Company B's claim against Company A be called?

ACounterclaim

BCollateral attack

CReversal

DCross-claim

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by Kasandra at Jan 26, 2024, 07:57 AM

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Penney

3 months ago

Just to clarify, a counterclaim is when you respond with your own claim, right?

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Louvenia

4 months ago

No way, I thought it was a cross-claim!

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Merilyn

4 months ago

Wait, is it really called a counterclaim? Sounds too simple.

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Raylene

4 months ago

I agree, counterclaim is the right term here.

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Marcelle

4 months ago

It's definitely a counterclaim.

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Nickolas

4 months ago

I thought a cross-claim was when you sue a co-defendant or something? I’m confused about the difference between that and a counterclaim.

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Theodora

5 months ago

I practiced a similar question where a defendant filed a counterclaim, so I’m leaning towards that being the correct term here.

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Tomoko

5 months ago

I'm not entirely sure, but I remember something about counterclaims being filed in the same proceeding. It feels like the right answer, but I could be mixing it up with something else.

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Slyvia

5 months ago

I think Company B's claim would be called a counterclaim since they are responding to Company A's lawsuit with their own claim.

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Rosamond

5 months ago

I'm leaning towards counterclaim as well, since Company B is bringing a claim against Company A within the same proceeding. But I'll double-check my notes to be sure.

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Marti

5 months ago

Okay, let me break this down. Company B is alleging that Company A fraudulently induced them into the contract, so I think the answer is a counterclaim.

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Marshall

5 months ago

Hmm, I'm a little unsure about the difference between a counterclaim and a cross-claim. I'll need to think this through carefully.

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Elmira

5 months ago

This seems like a straightforward question about legal terminology. I'm pretty confident I can figure this out.

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Arletta

5 months ago

Option D looks like it's manually looping through the files and unioning the dataframes. That could work, but it seems a bit more complex than the other options. I'll have to weigh the tradeoffs.

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Taryn

5 months ago

The Lightning Design System Unmanaged Package sounds like it could be a good choice, since it's specifically designed for Salesforce UI components and patterns. I'll have to think this one through a bit more.

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Ciara

5 months ago

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