WGU D550 TASK TWO ETHICS
ACCOUNTANTS PRACTICE EVALUATION
SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
⩥ Ethical relativism can best be described as. Answer: a point of view
that morality is relative to the norms of one's culture.
⩥ The Public Interest Principle in the AICPA Code of Professional
Conduct recognizes. Answer: the importance of integrity in decision
making.
⩥ Objectivity requires that a CPA should. Answer: maintain a mental
attitude of intellectual honesty and impartiality.
⩥ The Independence Principle in the AICPA Code applies to. Answer:
all CPAs who render attestation services.
⩥ A CPA would violate the Due Care Principle if he/she. Answer:
undertook a professional engagement without having the requisite
background, knowledge, and experience.
⩥ Under the IMA's standards of ethical practice, an accounting
professional can consider informing authorities or individuals not
, employed by the organization when an ethical dilemma occurs about an
accounting or financial reporting matter that remains unresolved if
he/she. Answer: believes there is a clear violation of the law.
⩥ Kelly is the controller of a small company. One day the CFO comes in
and tells her to lower the estimate of uncollectible accounts receivable.
Kelly insists her numbers are correct as is. The CFO tells her it will
mean her job at the company if she doesn't go along with the smaller
estimate. The primary virtue that would enable Kelly to resist the
pressure to manipulate the number is. Answer: integrity.
⩥ The most important duty of public accounting is to the. Answer:
investing public.
⩥ Bob is being pressured by his superior to go along with improper
accounting and told he is expected to be a team player. Which of the
following statements best characterizes those expectations?. Answer:
loyalty
⩥ The cognitive development approach refers to. Answer: the thought
process followed in one's moral development.
⩥ Kohlberg's model can best be described as. Answer: the various
phases in one's moral development and related levels of moral
reasoning.
ACCOUNTANTS PRACTICE EVALUATION
SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
⩥ Ethical relativism can best be described as. Answer: a point of view
that morality is relative to the norms of one's culture.
⩥ The Public Interest Principle in the AICPA Code of Professional
Conduct recognizes. Answer: the importance of integrity in decision
making.
⩥ Objectivity requires that a CPA should. Answer: maintain a mental
attitude of intellectual honesty and impartiality.
⩥ The Independence Principle in the AICPA Code applies to. Answer:
all CPAs who render attestation services.
⩥ A CPA would violate the Due Care Principle if he/she. Answer:
undertook a professional engagement without having the requisite
background, knowledge, and experience.
⩥ Under the IMA's standards of ethical practice, an accounting
professional can consider informing authorities or individuals not
, employed by the organization when an ethical dilemma occurs about an
accounting or financial reporting matter that remains unresolved if
he/she. Answer: believes there is a clear violation of the law.
⩥ Kelly is the controller of a small company. One day the CFO comes in
and tells her to lower the estimate of uncollectible accounts receivable.
Kelly insists her numbers are correct as is. The CFO tells her it will
mean her job at the company if she doesn't go along with the smaller
estimate. The primary virtue that would enable Kelly to resist the
pressure to manipulate the number is. Answer: integrity.
⩥ The most important duty of public accounting is to the. Answer:
investing public.
⩥ Bob is being pressured by his superior to go along with improper
accounting and told he is expected to be a team player. Which of the
following statements best characterizes those expectations?. Answer:
loyalty
⩥ The cognitive development approach refers to. Answer: the thought
process followed in one's moral development.
⩥ Kohlberg's model can best be described as. Answer: the various
phases in one's moral development and related levels of moral
reasoning.
