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During Kevin Kelly’s presentation, he indicated that on financial statement fraud, research has shown when financial statement fraud has occurred what percentage of CEO’s and CFO’s are aware:

An older adult patient has a new prescription for hypertension. Which of the following symptom would be common for this patient to feel as they start on their new prescription?

A bone marrow aspirate is examined for the presence of parasites from a patient who has been traveling in Latin America for several months and who came in contact with a triatomid bug. Which parasite will most likely be identified?

Joe is the manager for a group of purchasing employees. After a recent business trip his employees noticed that he padded his expense reimbursement request. Which principle of influence may come into play and impact the organizations internal control system:

Which of the following is not one of the elements of the original COSO Internal Control Integrated Framework?

This organism is excreted in feces as sporulated oocysts and is the primary cause of recreational waterborne disease outbreaks due to its protective outer shell, which is tolerant to chlorine disinfection.  On wet mounts and trichrome stains, it may be confused with yeast due to its small size so confirmation should be accomplished using a confirmatory method, such as modified Acid-Fast staining or direct fluorescent antibody microscopy.

This intestinal parasite is likely the largest protozoan that is found in humans and also in pigs.   The most likely identity of this organism is:

Malaria is transmitted by mosquitoes and is characterized by cyclical fevers and night sweats and the severity of infection can vary based on the level of parasitemia and immune status of the patient, with some infections becoming fatal over time.

The predominant specimen types that are submitted to the laboratory for parasitology include all of the following except:  

The cyst in this trichrome stain is from a fecal sample of an asymptomatic patient. The cyst has no evident nuclear peripheral chromatin, a large karyosome, and coarsely granular cytoplasm containing an obvious glycogen vacuole.   What would be the appropriate laboratory report?