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Financial and Managerial Accounting: Budgeting, Forecasting, and Capital Investment Analysis

An assignment covering budgeting, forecasting, and capital investment.

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Financial and Managerial Accounting: Budgeting, Forecasting, and Capital Investment Analysis - Page 1 preview imageFinancial and Managerial Accounting: Budgeting, Forecasting, and CapitalInvestment Analysis1.(TCO 1) Which one of the following is not a benefit of budgeting?(Points : 5)It facilitates the coordination of activities.Itprovides definite objectives for evaluating performance.It provides assurance that the company will achieve its objectives.It provides early warning signs of potential threats.Question 2.2.(TCO 2) “Groupthink” is a primary disadvantage of which qualitative forecastingmethod?(Points : 5)Executive opinionsSales force pollingDelphi methodConsumer surveysQuestion 3.3.(TCO 3) Which of the following statements regarding the t-statistic istrue?(Points: 5)The t-statistic cannot be negative.The t-statistic measures how many standard errors the coefficient is awayfrom the independent variable.The higher the t-value, the more confidence we have in the coefficient.Low t-values indicate high reliability.Question 4.4.(TCO 4) Marketing expenses typically increase in proportion to_____.(Points : 5)number of customer orders.advertising dollars.sales dollars.salespersons’ salaries.Question 5.5.(TCO 5) Which of the following is true when ranking proposals using zero-basebudgeting?(Points : 5)Nonfunded packages should not be ranked.
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Financial and Managerial Accounting: Budgeting, Forecasting, and Capital Investment Analysis - Page 3 preview imageAdjustments are not allowed once the ranking is complete.Due to changing circumstances, a low-priority item may later become ahigh-priority item.Decision packages are ranked in order of increasing benefit.Question 6.6.(TCO 6) A disadvantage of the payback period technique is thatit_____.(Points : 5)ignores obsolescence factorsignores the cost of an investmentis complicated to useignores the time value of moneyQuestion 7.7.(TCO 6) All of the following statements about the accounting rate of returnmethod are correct except that it_____.(Points : 5)considers the profitability of a capital expenditureignores the salvage value of an investmentdoes not consider the time value of moneyuses income datarather than cash flow dataQuestion 8.8.(TCO 6) A project that cost $80,000 with a useful life of5 years is beingconsidered. Straight-line depreciation is being used and salvage value is $5,000. Theproject will generate annual cash inflows of $21,375. The accounting rate of returnis_____.(Points : 5)26.7%45.5%7.8%18.74%Question 9.9.(TCO 6) If an asset costs $210,000 and is expected to have a $30,000 salvagevalue at the end of its 10-year life, and generates annual net cash inflows of $30,000 eachyear, the payback period is _____.(Points : 5)5 years6 years7 years8 years
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