Division A of X plc produced the following results in the last financial year.
Net profit $200,000 Gross capital employed $1,000,000
For evaluation purposes all divisional assets are valued at original cost.
The division is considering a project that has a positive NPV, will increase annual net profit by $15,000, but will require average inventory levels to increase by $50,000 and non-current assets to increase by $50,000.
X plc imposes a 16% capital charge on its divisions. Given these circumstances, will the evaluation criteria of return on investment (ROI) and residual income (RI) motivate division A managers to accept the project?
The internal audit department has just completed an investigation into the HR department's procedures relating to new staff appointments The head of HR is unhappy with the draft report prepared by the lead internal auditor The report lists several cases in which appointments were made despite the fact that one or more of the entity's formal procedures were not followed
The head of HR has complained that the internal auditor's comments do not allow for the fact that the HR department's staff members are often very busy and do not always have time to conduct every check.
The internal auditor's comments also reflect a failure to complete documents None of the omissions have led to the appointment of an unsuitable member of staff
Which TWO of the following statements reflect an appropriate response by the board of directors to this report?
James owns a small company which sometimes suffers from credit risk.
Which of the following measures should he put in place to help reduce this risk?
James owns a small company which sometimes suffers from credit risk.
Which of the following measures should he put in place to help reduce this risk?
Why do businesses take risks?
Select the TWO correct answers.
B, a construction company, has a policy of carrying out a post completion audit on every construction project undertaken where the value exceeds $1 million.
What is the role of the post completion audit?
X has just set up a small public relations company. The company is growing last and already has eight employees. X"s accountant has said she needs to make sure she has good internal controls.
X disagrees and says that there are very few issues that could cause weaknesses in internal control in her type of business.
Which THREE of the following statements are correct?
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a quoted company has visited the company's Information Technology (IT) Centre in order to meet with the Head of IT. The CEO was concerned to discover that the door to the IT Centre was unlocked, even though the receptionist was not at their desk.
Which THREE of the following are correct?
A hospital is part of a government provided health service which is free to patients. The management of the hospital is concerned with the need to minimise the risks to which the hospital is exposed from patient litigation.
In this context, which TWO of the following are appropriate steps to manage this risk?
You are the Management Accountant for a company which supplies baked food to a string of retail outlets; biscuits, cakes, savoury snacks etc.
You discover that a trainee employee, who is responsible for cleaning out the delivery vans has been taking damaged goods and packets which have reached their sales expiry date and has been selling them to friends. These products would otherwise have been discarded as waste.
The trainee in question is the nephew of one of the senior managers.
What is the correct course of action?
