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05 Jul 2024, 11:09
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Be sure to select an answer first to save it in the Error Log before revealing the correct answer (OA)!
Difficulty:
35%
(medium)
Question Stats:
68% (01:01) correct
31% (01:28) wrong based on 16 sessions
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Unlike the problems in recent financial scandals, issues raised by the regulators in this case appear largely to pertain to unwieldy accounting rules that are open to widely divergent interpretations — not to (i)_________ transactions designed to (ii)__________ corporate malfeasance.
Blank (i)
A. sham
B. unpremeditated
C. justifiable
Blank (ii)
D. cloak
E. ameliorate
F. illuminate
Blank (i)
A. sham
B. unpremeditated
C. justifiable
Blank (ii)
D. cloak
E. ameliorate
F. illuminate
12 Feb 2025, 11:15
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OE
The “Unlike” at the beginning of the sentence and the “not to” that follows the dash set up a contrast between the relatively innocent problems in the current case and the issues involved in the “recent financial scandals.” Clearly, these latter issues must have involved wrongdoing. Looking at the second blank, only transactions designed to “cloak” corporate malfeasance would qualify: both ameliorating and illuminating malfeasance are positive actions. For the first blank, only “sham” fits; “unpremeditated” or “justifiable” transactions could not be designed to cloak malfeasance. Thus, the correct answer is sham (Choice A) and cloak (Choice D).
Answer: A,D
The “Unlike” at the beginning of the sentence and the “not to” that follows the dash set up a contrast between the relatively innocent problems in the current case and the issues involved in the “recent financial scandals.” Clearly, these latter issues must have involved wrongdoing. Looking at the second blank, only transactions designed to “cloak” corporate malfeasance would qualify: both ameliorating and illuminating malfeasance are positive actions. For the first blank, only “sham” fits; “unpremeditated” or “justifiable” transactions could not be designed to cloak malfeasance. Thus, the correct answer is sham (Choice A) and cloak (Choice D).
Answer: A,D
