The following actions by a CPA may involve violations of the Rules of Conduct:

1. Agrees to be the committee chairperson for a local fund-raising activity.

2. Serves as an executor and trustee of the estate of an individual who owned the majority stock of a closely-held client corporation.

3. Accepts a gift from a client.

4. Discloses accounting information to a majority stockholder after management declines to give the requested information.

5. Bases his fee on a price quotation submitted in competitive bidding.

6. Discloses confidential client information requested by a disciplinary body of a state CPA society.

7. Assists a client in preparing a financial forecast.

8. Prepares cost projections for submission to a governmental agency as an application for a rate increase, and the fee will be paid if the agency receives a rate increase.

9. Is convicted of falsifying his income tax return.

10. Accepts a commission from a vendor, with the approval of the client, for recommending the vendor's equipment 11. Issues an unqualified opinion on basis that the financial statements are in conformity with FASB exposure drafts.

12. Adopts the name of Test and Check for his incorporated firm.

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a. Indicate for each circumstance whether the effect on the applicable Rule of Conduct is: (1) a violation, (2) not a violation, or (3) indeterminate.

b. Identify the rule that is applicable in each case and the reason(s) for your answer.