Reference no: EM13157754

1. Which statement is false?
a. The net worth analysis may be used when searching for hidden income in drug trafficking and insurance fraud situations.
b. Whereas the focus of the net worth method is on the year-end balances as well as other assets and liabilities, the bank deposit technique looks at the funds deposited during the year.
c. The bank deposit method attempts to reconstruct gross taxable receipts rather than adjusted taxable income.
d. The bank deposit method is appropriate when most of the income is deposited in banks and most of the expenses are paid by checks.
e. All of the above are true.

2. Which of the following is a step in locating offshore assets?
a. determine if a subject traveled overseas
b. locate the subject's travel agency
c. identify the means employed to move cash offshore
d. all of the above
e. none of the above

3. Which of the following are specialized bank accounts, in connection with wire transfer services, that invite misuse by sophisticated and professional money launderers?
a. basic checking accounts
b. threshold accounts
c. cupo accounts
d. b and c
e. none of the above

4. Which semantic strategy is being used by the speaker of the following statement?

A lot of these customers are elderly people with a lot of time on their hands. They are just glad for the company.

a. emphasizing
b. rationalizing
c. debating
d. term-shifting
e. none of the above

5. One important initial goal in asset tracing for the professional is
a. to establish a cooperative relationship with the foreign government involved
b. to attach any assets hidden offshore
c. to establish some paper trail that evidences communication, either initially or ongoing, with the holder of the assets
d. a and b
e. none of the above

6. Which type of semantic dodger is most likely to use sentences throughout a statement that begin with phrases such as "I think," "I guess," and "I believe?"
a. the term-shifter
b. the nonconformist
c. the joker
d. Mr. I cannot commit
e. none of the above

7. Which statement contains a qualifying word that suggests that the speaker is evading a straightforward statement of the facts?
a. I saw him a week ago.
b. The last time I saw him was a week ago.
c. The last time I actually saw him was a week ago.
d. I saw him less than a week ago. 
e. None of the above

8. Which of the following statements is true?
a. it matters whether the owner of property was involved in the crime for purposes of civil forfeiture
b. the owner does not even have to be accused or even suspected of involvement in the criminal activity for his property to be forfeited
c. it matters whether the owner of property was even aware that criminal activity was taking place
d. even if the owner can prove the object's innocence, the government still has a right to the property that relates back to the time of its illegal use
e. none of the above
9. Which of the following is not a method used to move funds offshore?
a. wire transfers
b. professional intermediaries
c. personal checks
d. all of the above
e. none of the above

10. What semantic strategy is evidenced in the following sentence?

I am telling you the truth, with God as my witness.

a. Lying
b. Rationalization
c. Swearing of oaths
d. Euphemization 
e. None of the above