Econ
Grummet Company is acquiring a new wood lathe with a cash purchase price of $80,000 The Wood Master Industries (the manufacturer) has agreed to accept $23,500 at the end of each of the next 4 years. Based on this deal, how much interest will Grummet pay over the life of the loan?
$14,000
The SASB view on materiality has been adapted from which of the following?
The Supreme Court
Goal congruence in well-designed performance measurement systems best explains a congruence between
employees of a company
How many broad categories of capital are identified by the Integrated Reporting Framework?
6
Which of the following is not a common goal of an organization?
being acquired by another business
Good corporate citizenship
makes good business sense
Which form of energy is renewable?
solar
The most common budget is prepared for a________
Year
Which of the following is true in a bottom-up budgeting approach?
Departments determine their needs and relate them to the overall goals.
The process that determines the present value of a single payment or stream of payments to be received is
Discounting
A good performance measurement system will include which of the following?
Neither abc
Segments are uniquely identifiable components of the business and can be categorized by all of the following except
Number of employees
________are the costs associated with not choosing the other alternative.
Opportunity cost
_______is the act of using another company to provide goods or services that your company requires.
Outsourcing
Which agreement did 196 nations adopt in December 2015?
Paris Climate Agreement
Youngstown Construction plans to discontinue its roofing segment. Last year, this segment generated a contribution margin of $65,000 and incurred $70,000 in fixed costs. Discontinuing the segment will allow the company to avoid half of the fixed costs. What effect is expected to occur to the company's overall profit?
a decrease of $30,000
When managerial accountants design an evaluation system that is based on criteria for which a manager is responsible, and it is structured to encourage managers to make decisions that will meet the goals of the company as well as their own personal job goals, the framework used is ________.
a responsibility accounting framework
Which of the following does not describe a management control system?
a system that only measures profitability
Sustainability reporting can incorporate which of the following?
all of the above
Which is not a section of the cash budget?
allowance for uncollectible accounts
In centralized organizations, primary decisions are made by______
an individual at the top of the organization
Which of the following best defines stakeholders?
anyone directly or indirectly affected by the organization
The NPV method assumes that cash inflows associated with a particular investment occur when?
at any of these times
Which approach is most likely to result in employee buy-in to the budget?
bottom up approach
Which of the following is a finance budget?
cash budget
The process of reinvesting interest earned to generate additional earnings over time is ________.
compounding
Which of the following is not a type of responsibility center?
concentrated cost center
Which of the following is not one of the five steps in the decision-making process?
consult with CFO concerning variable costs
The fundamental tenets of SASB's Approach are considered
evidence-based, industry-specific, and market-informed
This variance is the difference involving spending less, or using less than the standard amount.
favorable variance
Which budget evaluates the results of operations at the actual level of activity?
flexible budget
A flexible budget_______
predicts estimated revenues and costs at varying levels of production
Which of the following is not a part of budgeting?
preventing net operating losses
Which of the following is an operating budget?
production budget
When operating in a constrained environment, which products should be produced?
products with the highest contribution margin per unit of the constrained process
Which of the following is not a qualitative decision that should be considered in an outsourcing decision?
relevant costs
Which of the operating budgets is prepared first?
sales budget
What are some possible reasons for a material price variance?
substandard material
Which type of incurred costs are not relevant in decision-making (i.e., they have no bearing on future events) and should be excluded in decision-making?
sunk costs
Managers in decentralized organizations make decisions relating to all of the following except
the company's stock price
A good performance measurement system will align the goals of management with_____
the goals of the corporation, and both parties will benefit
The IRR method assumes that cash flows are reinvested at______
the internal rate of return
The cost of equity is
the rate of return required by investors to incentivize them to invest in a company
Performance measures are only useful if______
there is a baseline against which to compare the measured results
Why does a company use a standard costing system?
to identify variances from actual cost that assist them in maintaining profits
Components of the organization that are demotivating for purposes of performance management are known as
uncontrollable factors
This variance is the difference involving spending more or using more than the standard amount.
unfavorable variance
When is the material price variance favorable?
when the actual price is less than the standard price
When is the material price variance unfavorable?
when the actual price paid is greater than the standard price
The managerial decision-making process has which of the following as its third step?
Perform a comprehensive differential (differential) analysis of potential solutions.
Which of the following is sometimes referred to as the "Anti Chain Store Act"?
Robinson-Patman Act
You are explaining time value of money factors to your friend Which factor would you explain as being larger?
The future value of $1 for 12 periods at 6% is larger.
In a centralized organization, where are goals established?
at the highest level of the organization and promoted downward
Which standards are considered universal under the GRI?
foundation, general disclosures, management approach
If you are saving the same amount each month in order to buy a new sports car when the new models are released, which of the following will help you determine the savings needed?
future value of an ordinary annuity
The third step for making a capital investment decision is to establish baseline criteria for alternatives. Which of the following would not be an acceptable baseline criterion?
inventory turnover
Which of the following is a disadvantage of outsourcing?
limiting ability to upsize or downsize production
Without proper performance measures, goal congruence is almost impossible to achieve and will likely lead to______
lost profits and dissatisfied employees
What are some reasons for a material quantity variance?
more qualified workers
Responsibility accounting holds managers responsible for
only the costs that they can control
Preference decisions compare potential projects that meet screening decision criteria and will be ranked in their preference order to differentiate between alternatives with respect to all of the following characteristics except____
political prominence
Capital investment decisions often involve all of the following except
short periods of time
Organizational charts________
show the structure of an organization
Which approach requires management to justify all its expenditures?
zero-based budgeting
Which of the following statements is most often the case?
Socially responsible businesses tend to post higher profits than those not focused on social responsibility.
This standard is set at a level that may be reached with reasonable effort.
attainable standard
Which of the following is not a characteristic of a good performance measurement system?
based on activities over which managers have no control or influence
This standard is set at a level that could be achieved if everything ran perfectly.
ideal standard