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Before starting your CFE exam preparation, it is recommended to review the complete ACFE Certified Fraud examiner exam syllabus and carefully go through the exam objectives listed below. Once you understand the exam structure and objectives, you should practice using our free CFE questions. We also provide premium CFE practice test, fully updated according to the latest exam objectives, to help you accurately assess your preparedness for the actual exam.

ACFE
Vendor
CFE
Exam Code
186
Total Questions
4
Total Exam Domains

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ACFE CFE Exam Objectives

Section 1: Objective 1:
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Financial Transactions and Fraud Schemes -
  • Tests your comprehension of the types of fraudulent financial transactions incurred in accounting records. To pass Financial Transactions & Fraud Schemes, you will be required to demonstrate knowledge of the following concepts: basic accounting and auditing theory, fraud schemes, internal controls to deter fraud and other auditing and accounting matters.

 
Section 2: Objective 2:
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Law —
  • Ensures your familiarity with the many legal ramifications of conducting fraud examinations, including criminal and civil law, rules of evidence, rights of the accused and accuser, and expert witness matters.
Section 3: Objective 3:
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Investigation —
  • Includes questions about interviewing, taking statements, obtaining information from public records, tracing illicit transactions, evaluating deception and report writing.
Section 4: Objective 4:
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Fraud Prevention and Deterrence —
  • Tests your understanding of why people commit fraud and ways to prevent it. Topics covered in this section include crime causation, white-collar crime, occupational fraud, fraud prevention, fraud risk assessment, and the ACFE Code of Professional Ethics.
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