1. For a corporate investigation, the engaging party often can provide any necessary information or pro-vide access to individuals who can assist in obtaining information.
a. True
b. False

2. In a civil litigation engagement, most data are obtained through the engaging attorney.
a. True
b. False

3. If an opposing party fails to comply with discovery requests or does not have access to necessary data, it may be necessary for the attorney to seek such data by: a. Conducting a second request mailing b. Visiting the opposing party’s office c. Calling the Secretary of State d. Obtaining a subpoena or a subpoena ducestecum

4. In civil cases, a search warrant might be the only way to obtain necessary data. a. True b. False

5. When drafting a request for data, a forensic accountant should consider each of the following guidelines except:
a. Determine whether to use APA style or MLA style
b. Be as specific as possible when identifying the items needed
c. Identify needed supporting materials or attachments
d. Clearly establish the form in which data are needed

6. Once the data have been collected, they must be pre-pared in a form to which analytics can be applied.
a. True
b. False

7. The data preparation task should be done early in the analysis process, as it is easy and requires little time and effort.
a. True
b. False

8. When data are received, the first thing a forensic accountant should do is:
a. Analyze it
b. Read every word on every item
c. Make an inventory of the item, its source, and the date of receipt
d. Scan it into a data file

9. When creating a database, a forensic accountant might consider:
a. What information to extract from a specific source document
b. The type of paper on which the data is presented
c. The size of the font on the source document
d. Each of the above is an important consideration

10. It is very important that a data field containing data be standardized, so that all entries are presented in exactly the same manner.
a. True
b. False