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- Topic 1: Financial Transactions and Fraud Schemes: This section evaluates your understanding of fraudulent financial transactions in accounting records. You'll need to showcase your knowledge of fundamental accounting and auditing principles, various fraud schemes, fraud deterrence through internal controls, additional relevant accounting and auditing topics.
- Topic 2: Law: This portion examines your grasp of legal frameworks used in prosecuting fraud cases. It also assesses your awareness of the legal implications involved in conducting fraud examinations such as elements of criminal and civil law, evidentiary rules, and legal rights of defendants and plaintiffs.
- Topic 3: Investigations: This domain assesses your proficiency in essential investigative techniques for gathering evidence and identifying fraud perpetrators and it covers effective interviewing strategies, methods for obtaining statements, accessing and utilizing public records, techniques for tracking illicit financial activities Recognizing deceptive behavior, and crafting comprehensive investigation reports.
- Topic 4: Fraud Prevention and Deterrence: In this segment, candidates are tested for their knowledge of fraud motivations and preventive measures such as theories of criminal behavior, characteristics of white-collar crime, patterns in occupational fraud, strategies for fraud prevention, conducting fraud risk assessments, ethical standards as outlined in the ACFE Code of Professional Ethics.
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A large telecommunications company wants to increase their Average Revenue Per User per month by 5%, by end of year, to increase revenue in a highly competitive market. From a SMART target perspective, what is missing?
A SMART target is one that is specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound1. The target of increasing the Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) per month by 5%, by end of year, to increase revenue in a highly competitive market is missing the specificity criterion, as it does not mention which product group or line the target applies to. The target should be more specific and clear about the scope and context of the desired outcome, such as which segment, region, or service the target relates to23. Reference: 1: Guide to Business Data Analytics, IIBA, 2020, p. 192: SMART Goals: How to Make Your Goals Achievable, MindTools, 2021, 13: How to Set SMART Marketing Goals, CoSchedule, 2021, 2.
A professor at a university has received a few complaints of the exams being too difficult. The professor is looking at exam performance results over the past 5 years to understand the normal tendency and outliers. Which chart should the professor use?
A scatterplot is a type of chart that shows the relationship between two variables by plotting data points on a two-dimensional plane. A scatterplot can help the professor to understand the normal tendency and outliers of exam performance results over the past 5 years by displaying the distribution, trend, and correlation of the data. For example, the professor can use the x-axis to represent the year and the y-axis to represent the exam score, and see how the scores vary over time and across different exams. Outliers can be identified as data points that are far away from the main cluster or the line of best fit12 Reference: 1: Scatter Plot - Statistics How To 2: Scatterplots - IIBA BABOK Guide v3
A business analyst is conducting a series of interviews to understand the research questions that will be explored within a new analytics project. Which of the following is true about interviews?
Interviews are a technique to elicit information from stakeholders and subject matter experts. Interviews can be planned or unplanned, structured or unstructured, depending on the context and purpose of the interview. However, regardless of the type of interview, it is important to have clear goals for the interview, such as what information is needed, what questions will be asked, and how the information will be used. Having clear goals for the interview helps the interviewer to prepare, conduct, and follow up the interview effectively, and also helps the interviewee to understand the expectations and provide relevant and accurate information. Reference:Guide to Business Data Analytics, page 25;Certification in Business Data Analytics Handbook, page 9;How to Ace Your Next Business Analysis Job Interview
Operation managers are concerned about the increasing attrition rates in the call center. A series of interviews is being conducted with call center agents to collect information to better understand the problem. Interviewees will ask open and closed ended questions that are both quantitative and qualitative. Which of the following is considered a qualitative open-ended question?
A qualitative open-ended question is a question that allows the respondent to express their thoughts, feelings, or opinions in their own words, without being constrained by predefined options or categories. A qualitative open-ended question can help the interviewer explore the underlying reasons, motivations, or perceptions of the respondent. Option A is a qualitative open-ended question, because it asks the respondent to explain how call volume affects their job satisfaction and well-being, which may vary from person to person and require elaboration. Options B, C, and D are not qualitative open-ended questions, because they ask the respondent to choose between two alternatives (B and D) or provide a numerical value , which are quantitative and closed-ended responses. Reference:
* Business Analysis Certification in Data Analytics, CBDA | IIBA, CBDA Competencies, Domain 2: Source Data
* Understanding the Guide to Business Data Analytics, page 14
* CERTIFICATION IN BUSINESS DATA ANALYTICS HANDBOOK - IIBA, page 8, CBDA Exam Sample Questions and Self-Assessment, Question 9
What type of data model describes the highest level of relationship between entities and represents how a business perceives its information?
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