PT117.S3.Q17

PrepTest 117 - Section 3 - Question 17

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Detective: Because Support the embezzler must have had specialized knowledge and access to internal financial records, Support we can presume that the embezzler worked for XYZ Corporation as either an accountant or an actuary. ███ ██ ██████████ █████ ████████ ███ ████ ███ ████ ██ ████████ ██ ██████ ███████ ████ ███ ██ ███ █████████ ██ ███ █████████████ ████ ██ ██ ██████ ████ ███ █████████ ██ ███ ██ ███ ██████████

Summarize Argument

The author concludes that the embezzler is like one of the actuaries at XYZ Corporation. This is because the embezzler must have had specialized knowledge about financial records, and the author believes this proves the embezzler was either an accountant or an actuary at XYZ. And, the author believes the embezzler was unlikely to be an accountant, because the ledger mistakes that led to the discovery of the embezzlement probably wouldn’t have been made by an accountant.

Notable Assumptions

The author assumes that only accountants or actuaries at XYZ would have had the specialized knowledge necessary to do the embezzlement. The author also assumes that an actuary isn’t just as unlikely as an accountant is to make the kind of mistake that led to the discovery of the embezzlement.

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17.

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a

The actuaries' activities █████ ███████ ███ ███ ███████████ ████ ████ ███████ ███████████ ██ ███████████ ████ ████ ███ ██████████ ██ ███ ████████████

b

There is evidence ██ ████████ ██ ████████ ████████ ██ ███ ████ ██ ███ ████████████ ████ █████ ████ █████ ███████ ███████ ██ ███ ███████████ ██████ ██ ████████ █████████ ████████

c

XYZ Corporation employs █████ ████████████ ███████ ██ ███ ████ ███ █████████ ██ ███ ██████

d

An independent report ████████ ██████ ███ █████ ████ █████ █████████ ████ ███ ███████████ ███ ██████████ ██ █████████████

e

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