Study with CMA-Financial-Planning-Performance-and-Analytics Actual Test Questions

Product liability is best classified as an example of

• A. internal failure costs
• B. prevention costs
• C. appraisal costs
• D. external failure costs

The amount of the loss on the impairment of an intangible asset equals the

• A. difference between the carrying amount and the fair value
• B. expected future net cash flows
• C. difference between the fair value and the expected future net cash flows
• D. carrying amount and the expected future cash flows

The following information pertains to Wang Corporation which uses standard costing for its materials.
The following information pertains to Wang Corporation which uses standard costing for its materials.

What is me amount of the unfavorable material-related variance that would appear on a report to the production foreman?

• A. $5,600
• B. $4,000
• C. $5,000
• D. $6,000

Explain the difference between the ROI method and the Rl method in performance evaluation Essay Food Depot Ltd (FDD is a privately-held company that provides catering services to airlines and operates several restaurant chains including fast food, casual dining, and fine dining restaurants FDL has been profitable m recent years and has a very strong cash position FDL's newest division. Food-To-Go. is an online meal ordering and delivery platform acquired by FDL two years ago.
In 20X7. sales for the entire company were SI billion, with 50% of the business coming from the Airline Catering division. FDL is the country's leading airline catering services provider and controls 60% of the market share. However, the outlook of the airline catering industry is gloomy. The compound annual growth rate of the industry for the past five years was only 0.5% as airline networks have increasingly dropped catering on short domestic flights.
The Food-To-Go division only contributed 5% of FDL's total sales in 20X7 and is far behind in competing for market share of the online meal ordering and deliver, industry. It is estimated that Food-To-Go's sales were only 20% of the industry leader's sales However, the outlook for the online meal ordering and delivery services industry is bright. The compound annual growth rate of the industry since it started three years ago was 50%. It is estimated the rapid growth of the industry will continue in the foreseeable future.
The costs of shared corporate services are allocated based on each division s revenue FDL usually caps its capital expenditure budget to 4% of budgeted sales revenue In a recent capital budget coordination meeting.
Smith Whitney, the head of the Airline Catering division. complained that his division is underfunded on capital projects . The budgeted capital expenditure had been much less than 4 % of the division's budgeted sales in the past three years He argued that his division is the company's best-performing division, and it needs more funds to maintain its market share m the industry Whitney wants to reduce the capital expenditure budget for Food-To-Go and reallocate those funds to his division.
Susan Wiley, the bead of Food-To-Go, does not agree that the Airline Catering division is the best-performing division in the company Wiley argues that her division had the highest ROI in 20X7. and it deserves more capital funding FDL's required rate of return is 12%. The selected financial data for the Airline Catering division and Food-To-Go division in 20X7 are as follows (in $ millions).

See the Answer below in Explanation details.
Explanation
Return on investment measures the profit earned over the investment amount by a division where as residual income measures the income over the minimum required rate or return on the capital invested amount Return on investment is a percentage based method which is easy to understand by the managers and residual income is more goal congruent however calculations are subjective and subject to assumptions and estimates

A company has developed a core competency in data mining. Which one of the following best describes this core competency?

• A. Ability to derive valid information from large databases using statistical techniques
• B. Ability to develop recommendations for action based on the analysts of large data sets
• C. SQL mastery for structuring data as a oasis for applying data analytics
• D. Expertise in extracting data from large volumes of unstructured text using query tools