Which of the following is the best defense a CPA firm can assert in a suit for common law fraud based on its unqualified opinion on materially false financial statements?
A. Contributory negligence on the part of the client.
B. A disclaimer contained in the engagement letter.
C. Lack of privity.
D. Lack of scienter.
D. Lack of scienter.
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Describe the process of using asymmetric-key encryption to authenticate the trading partner involved in e-business.
What will be an ideal response?
In a Pepsi project the researcher is interested in examining the effect of humor and the effect of various levels of brand information on advertising effectiveness. Three levels of humor (no humor, some humor, and high humor) are to be examined
Likewise, brand information is to be manipulated at three levels (low, medium, and high). The resulting table would be three rows (levels of information) by three columns (levels of humor), producing nine possible combinations or cells. The respondents would be randomly assigned to one of the nine cells. Respondents in each cell would receive a specific treatment combination. After exposure to a treatment combination, measures would be obtained on attitudes toward Pepsi advertising, brand, and the celebrity from respondents in each cell. To which category of design does this fall into? A) statistical regression design B) recombinant design C) static group design D) one-shot case study E) factorial design
If assets are $405,000 and equity is $140,000, then liabilities are:
A. $405,000. B. $545,000. C. $670,000. D. $140,000. E. $265,000.
One study of small business owners found that entrepreneurial leaders who used natural and genuine emotional labor to express positive emotions like enthusiasm and liking had
a. better physical health b. better mental health and psychological well-being c. lower firm performance due to their happy-go-lucky attitudes d. employees with higher job satisfaction