Explore topic-wise MCQs in General Management.

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1251.

Timeframe between placement of order until a finished good produces is classified as%!

A. customer response time
B. manufacturing lead time
C. manufacturing cycle time
D. both b and c
Answer» E.
1252.

On-time performance and customer-response time are examples of%!

A. customer measures
B. financial measures
C. measures of growth and learning
D. measures of internal business processes
Answer» B. financial measures
1253.

Basic aspects of product quality must include the%!

A. design quality
B. conformance quality
C. scorecard quality
D. both a and b
Answer» E.
1254.

Fishbone diagram is an example of%!

A. relevant costing diagram
B. cause and effect diagram
C. control chart
D. Pareto diagram
Answer» C. control chart
1255.

An officer responsible for financial operations of organization is considered as%!

A. chief financial officer
B. chief manager
C. chief line function
D. chief staff function
Answer» B. chief manager
1256.

In management accounting, an emphasis and focus must be%!

A. future oriented
B. past oriented
C. communication oriented
D. bank oriented
Answer» B. past oriented
1257.

In financial accounting, investors, banks, suppliers and government agencies are classified as%!

A. external parties
B. internal parties
C. environmental parties
D. transactional parties
Answer» B. internal parties
1258.

An approach in which managers use resources to increase customer value is classified as%!

A. help management
B. cost management
C. past management
D. future management
Answer» C. past management
1259.

In cost benefit approach, type of costs include%!

A. cost of ongoing operations
B. investments in physical assets
C. training of managers
D. all of above
Answer» E.
1260.

Continuous pressure of reducing cost of products to be sold is classified as%!

A. supply efficiency
B. material affectivity
C. processing effective
D. cost and efficiency
Answer» E.
1261.

If value added manufacturing time is 65 minutes, total manufacturing time is 80 minutes, then manufacturing cycle time will be%!

A. 0.8125
B. 0.6125
C. 0.9125
D. 1.725
Answer» B. 0.6125
1262.

*$_If payback period is 4 years and uniform increases in cash flows per year is $2750000, then net initial investment can be?

A. $10,511,000
B. $12,105,000
C. $1,100,000
D. $11,000,000
Answer» E.
1263.

*$_In strategy formulation, forces that must be focused for industry analysis include?

A. potential entrants in market
B. customer's bargaining power
C. supplier's bargaining power
D. all of above
Answer» E.
1264.

*$_Balanced scorecard perspective, which measures strategy profitability and amount of operating income results from cost reduction is classified as?

A. learning perspective
B. financial perspective
C. internal business process perspective
D. customer perspective
Answer» C. internal business process perspective
1265.

*$_Considering two fiscal years 2013 and 2014, an input price in 2013 and 2014 are $9 and $11 per unit respectively and input required units in 2013 to produce output in 2014 are 30000 units, then cost effect of price recovery will be?

A. $60,000
B. $6,000
C. $65,000
D. $6,500
Answer» B. $6,000
1266.

*$_Categories of cash flows include?

A. net initial investment
B. cash flow from operations after paying taxes
C. cash flow from terminal disposal after paying taxes
D. all of above
Answer» E.
1267.

*$_Considering two fiscal years 2013 and 2014, actual units sold in 2013 and 2014 are 11000 and 12500 units respectively, and selling price in year 2013 is $50, then revenue effect of growth will be?

A. $70,000
B. $75,000
C. $65,000
D. $73,000
Answer» C. $65,000
1268.

*$_Balanced scorecard perspective focuses on all operations, which leads to value creation process for customers, can be categorized as?

A. learning perspective
B. financial perspective
C. internal business process perspective
D. customer perspective
Answer» D. customer perspective
1269.

*$_If quantity of manufactured jackets is 2250000 units and leather used to produce output is 3500000 sq.m, then direct materials' partial productivity will be?

A. 0.642 unit of jacket per sq.m of leather
B. 0.342 unit of jacket per sq.m of leather
C. 0.442 unit of jacket per sq.m of leather
D. 0.542 unit of jacket per sq.m of leather
Answer» B. 0.342 unit of jacket per sq.m of leather
1270.

*$_Sum of returned working capital and net initial investment is divided by 2 to calculate?

A. increase in operating income
B. average investment over five years
C. average capital invested
D. average rate of return
Answer» C. average capital invested
1271.

*$_Process of making long term decisions, for capital investment in projects is called?

A. lead budgeting
B. lean budgeting
C. capital budgeting
D. relevant budgeting
Answer» D. relevant budgeting
1272.

*$_If actual price input is $700, budgeted price of input is $400 and actual quantity of input is 50 units, then price variance will be?

A. $15,000
B. $13,000
C. $11,000
D. $9,000
Answer» B. $13,000
1273.

*$_According to net present value, projects that would be acceptable must have a?

A. negative net present value
B. zero net present value
C. positive net present value
D. both b and c
Answer» E.
1274.

*$_An actual input quantity is 200 units and budgeted input quantity is 50 units, then efficiency variance will be?

A. 275 units
B. 250 units
C. 150 units
D. 650 units
Answer» D. 650 units
1275.

*$_Fishbone diagram is an example of?

A. relevant costing diagram
B. cause and effect diagram
C. control chart
D. Pareto diagram
Answer» C. control chart
1276.

*$_If value added manufacturing time is 65 minutes, total manufacturing time is 80 minutes, then manufacturing cycle time will be?

A. 0.8125
B. 0.6125
C. 0.9125
D. 1.725
Answer» B. 0.6125
1277.

*$_An approach in which managers use resources to increase customer value is classified as?

A. help management
B. cost management
C. past management
D. future management
Answer» C. past management
1278.

*$_In financial accounting, investors, banks, suppliers and government agencies are classified as?

A. external parties
B. internal parties
C. environmental parties
D. transactional parties
Answer» B. internal parties
1279.

*$_Continuous pressure of reducing cost of products to be sold is classified as?

A. supply efficiency
B. material affectivity
C. processing effective
D. cost and efficiency
Answer» E.
1280.

*$_In cost benefit approach, type of costs include?

A. cost of ongoing operations
B. investments in physical assets
C. training of managers
D. all of above
Answer» E.
1281.

*$_In management accounting, an emphasis and focus must be?

A. future oriented
B. past oriented
C. communication oriented
D. bank oriented
Answer» B. past oriented
1282.

*$_An officer responsible for financial operations of organization is considered as?

A. chief financial officer
B. chief manager
C. chief line function
D. chief staff function
Answer» B. chief manager
1283.

*/*_Variance is stated difference between expected performance and the?

A. revenue planning
B. actual results
C. marketing results
D. cost planning
Answer» C. marketing results
1284.

*/*_Costs that are not incorporated in accounting records, but are recognized in different situations are classified as?

A. congruent costs
B. imputed costs
C. operating costs
D. transfer costs
Answer» C. operating costs
1285.

*/*_An accounting approach, in which expected benefits exceed expected cost is classified as?

A. benefit approach
B. cost approach
C. cost-benefit approach
D. accounting approach
Answer» D. accounting approach
1286.

*/*_Delivery of goods by time it is contracted to be delivered is known as?

A. effective performance
B. efficient performance
C. in-time performance
D. on-time performance
Answer» E.
1287.

*/*_Quantity or number of units of different products that together make up total sales of company is called?

A. sales mix
B. product mix
C. unit mix
D. quantity mix
Answer» B. product mix
1288.

*/*_Kind of cost which on elimination, would not reduce perceived usefulness that customers can obtain by using market offering is known as?

A. designed-in costs
B. locked-in costs
C. value added cost
D. non-value added cost
Answer» E.
1289.

*/*_In standard costing, standard quantity allocation is multiplied to standard overhead rates for allocating?

A. flexible costs
B. variable costs
C. overhead costs
D. fixed costs
Answer» D. fixed costs
1290.

*/*_An energy, machine maintenance, indirect materials and engineering support are considered as?

A. variable overhead cost
B. fixed overhead cost
C. fixed batch cost
D. variable batch cost
Answer» B. fixed overhead cost
1291.

*/*_In costing and budgeting hierarchy, an example of product sustaining cost is?

A. initial offering cost
B. batch marketing cost
C. product marketing cost
D. product design cost
Answer» E.
1292.

*/*_Sum of all resources used to generate income is classified as?

A. DuPont investment
B. return on investment
C. investment
D. investment turnover
Answer» D. investment turnover
1293.

*/*_If current assets are $250000 and current liabilities are $135500, then working capital would be?

A. $3,855,500
B. $314,500
C. $214,500
D. $114,500
Answer» E.
1294.

*/*_In corporate costs, cost incurred to finance construction of new equipment are classified as?

A. treasury costs
B. discretionary costs
C. human resource management costs
D. corporate administration costs
Answer» B. discretionary costs
1295.

*/*_In accounting, possibility of deviation of actual amount from an expected amount is classified as?

A. contribution
B. certainty
C. uncertainty
D. margin
Answer» D. margin
1296.

*/*_An insensitivity of demand in relevance to change in price will be called?

A. demand elasticity
B. price elasticity
C. price inelasticity
D. demand inelasticity
Answer» E.
1297.

*/*_Costs that are planned in future and has not been incurred are known as?

A. designed-in costs
B. locked-in costs
C. value added cost
D. both a and b
Answer» B. locked-in costs
1298.

*/*_Pricing method used by services companies, such as home repair services, architectural firms and automobile repair services is known as?

A. product life cycle method
B. life cycle budgeting method
C. life cycle costing method
D. time and material method
Answer» E.
1299.

*/*_In customer cost hierarchy, costs of all incurred activities to sell a unit of product are classified as?

A. customer sustaining costs
B. customer output unit-level costs
C. customer batch-level costs
D. corporate sustaining costs
Answer» C. customer batch-level costs
1300.

*/*_If budgeted revenue is $50000 and breakeven revenue is $35000, then margin of safety would be?

A. $12,000
B. $14,000
C. $15,000
D. $16,000
Answer» D. $16,000