Chapter 8_ Master Budgeting
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1/ Developing goals and preparing various budgets to achieve those goals is part of -
planning
2/Budgets
-communicate management's plan throughout the organization
3/
Recognizing individuals at all levels of the organization as team members whose views and judgments are valued by top management is an advantage of
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self-imposed budgeting
4/
An integrated business plan that formally lays out the company's goals is called the
-master
5/The first step in the budgeting process is preparing the
-sales
6/Developing goals and preparing various budgets to achieve those goals is part of the
process
-
planning
7/
Master budget schedules
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-are based on estimates and assumptions
answer several key questions for a compan
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Identify the true statements about budgets.
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They coordinate the activities of the entire organization by integrating the plans of its various parts.
They encourage managers to think about and plan for the future.
The budgeting process can uncover potential bottlenecks before they occur.
They define goals and objectives that can serve as benchmarks for evaluating subsequent performance.
9/Because it is needed for the schedule of expected cash collections, the annual master budget file includes the
-balance
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sheet
10/
A manager cannot complain that the budget was unrealistic and impossible to meet when a(n)
-
budget, or a participative budget, is in place.
-self
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imposed
11/
When creating an Excel budget and performing what-if analysis, it is generally easiest to
-create the budget with a budgeting assumption tab
12/
A number of separate, but interdependent, budgets that formally lay out the company's sales, production, and financial goals are contained in the
-
master,
static,
or
planning
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13/Because all other parts of the budget depend on it, if the
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budget is inaccurate, the rest of the budget will be inaccur
-sales
14/In a manufacturing company, the
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budget shows the number of units that must be manufactured to satisfy sales needs and provide for the desired ending inventory.
-production
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Many of the schedules in a master budget are based on a variety of management estimates and
assumptions.
-
True 16/
A detailed plan used by a merchandising company that shows the amount of goods that must be purchased from suppliers during the period is called a(n)
-merchandise
-purchases
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The annual master budget file includes the
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______
from last year because it is needed for the schedule of expected cash collections.
-
balance sheet
18/
In a manufacturing company, the
budget details the raw materials that must be purchased to fulfill the production budget and to provide for adequate inventories.
- direct
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materials
or
material
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Using budgeting assumptions when preparing the master budget,
-makes it easier to answer "what-if" questions
20/Working hours required to satisfy the production budget are shown on the
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budget
-direct labor
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In a manufacturing company, the
budget shows the number of units that must be manufactured to satisfy sales needs and provide for the desired ending inventory.
-
production
22/a
ll costs of production other than direct materials and direct labor are shown on the
-manufacturing
-overhead
23/The amount of goods to be acquired from suppliers during the period is shown on the
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______
budget.
-merchandise purchases
24/
The ending finished goods inventory budget computes the cost of
-unsold
25/______ budget details the raw materials that must be purchased to fulfill the production budget and provide for adequate inventories
-
direct materials
26/
In large organizations, many smaller individual budgets submitted by department heads and other responsible people comprise the
-
selling and administrative
27/
The number of working hours required to satisfy the production budget is shown on the
budget.
-direct
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Select all of the benefits of budgeting.
Facilitates the coordination of activities within the business
O Requires management to plan ahead and formalize goals
O Motivates personal throughout the organization to meet planned objectives
ns
O Results in greater management awareness of the business's overall operations
O Provides definite objectives for evaluating performance
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Question One
Costing and Budgeting are key components in the control of business operations.
- Explain standard costing and state the any 3 types of standards. State the importance of standards.
- Explain what a budget is and identify and 5 types of budgets
-Outline the procedure followed in the preparations of the Master Budget
- State the importance of using budgets in the control of operational costs.
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The preparation of an organization's budgeta. forces management to look ahead and try to see the future of the organization.b. requires that the entire management team work together to make and carry out the yearly plan.c. makes performance review possible at all levels of management.d. all of the above
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Answer 1, 3, 5, and 6.
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Question 2
Budgeting is a very
useful process for any organisation and it is essential in a number of areas
including planning, controlling, evaluation of performance, motivation and communications.
As the Budget officer for your organisation, your Managing Director has asked you to brief a
senior management meeting that is scheduled to discuss the budgeting process for the upcoming
year. One of the items on the agenda for the meeting is how to motivate the managers and also
control the activities of these managers.
You are required to:
a) Explain how a budget can be used as a motivating tool as well as a controlling tool;
b) Describe the limitations of budgeting in an organisation.
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Which of the following is true in a bottom-up budgeting approach?
Group of answer choices
departments determine their needs and relate them to the overall goals
supervisors tell departments their budget amount and the departments are free to work within those amounts
departments budget their needs however they see it
every expense needs to be justified
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A budget:
A.is used to determine if a product should be continued or discontinued
B.complies actual costs for a given period
C.quantifies management's plans
D.determines and evaluates the cost of specific products or activities in a business
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1. Which of the following is NOT an objective of the budgeting process?
a.
O a. To communicate management's plans throughout the entire organization
O D.To provide a means of allocating resources to those parts of the organization where they can
be used most effectively
С.
To ensure that the company continues to grow
OTo uncover potential bottlenecks before they occur
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Activity-based budgeting is a system that recorded and analyses activities that lead to costs of the company. State FIVE (5) examples of suitable business using the activity-based budgeting
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Answer 2, 4, 7, 8 and 10.
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1. Which of the following is an advantage of the budgeting process?
a. It forces management to focus on the past and not be distracted by the day-to-day operations of the business.
b. It can communicate to employees specific information about their past performance to determine their promotion prospects.
c. It can communicate to employees specific information about their past performance to determine their promotion prospects.
d. It can communicate to employees information about their performance expectations in the period ahead.
2. Which one of the following statements regarding changing inventory costing methods is true?
a. A change in inventory methods can be justified if the change is made to better match profits with revenue
b. Changing inventory costing methods violates comparability
c. One place that the reader of an annual report would be able to identify that a company changed inventory costing methods is the statement of shareholders' equity
d. Changing inventory costing…
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