Explore topic-wise MCQs in General Management.

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1301.

*/*_Economic results that are predicted for possible combinations of events are classified as?

A. margin
B. distribution
C. collection
D. outcome
Answer» E.
1302.

*/*_If fixed cost is $15000 and breakeven revenue is $45000 then contribution margin will be?

A. 33.34%
B. 43.34%
C. 23.00%
D. 25.00%
Answer» B. 43.34%
1303.

*/*_Amount of money by which total revenues exceed breakeven revenues is classified as?

A. margin of safety
B. margin of profit
C. margin of loss
D. margin of income
Answer» B. margin of profit
1304.

*/*_Difference between actual result and corresponding amount of flexible budget, on basis of actual level of output is classified as?

A. sales mix variance
B. sales volume variance
C. flexible budget variance
D. static budget variance
Answer» D. static budget variance
1305.

*/*_executive salaries, rent and other general administration cost in corporate costs are classified under?

A. human resource management costs
B. corporate administration costs
C. treasury costs
D. discretionary costs
Answer» C. treasury costs
1306.

*/*_If an actual result is $5500 and corresponding amount of flexible budget on basis of actual level of output is $3500, then flexible budget variance will be?

A. $2,500
B. $5,500
C. $3,500
D. $2,000
Answer» E.
1307.

*/*_If actual price input is $500, budgeted price of input is $300 and actual quantity of input is 50 units, then price variance would be?

A. $4,000
B. $6,000
C. $8,000
D. $10,000
Answer» E.
1308.

*/*_An efficiency variance is subtracted from actual input quantity to calculate?

A. actual quantity manufactured
B. budgeted quantity manufactures
C. budgeted quantity sold
D. budgeted input quantity
Answer» E.
1309.

*/*_Static budget amount is subtracted from actual result to calculate?

A. static budget receipts
B. static budget deviation
C. static budget variance
D. multiple budget variance
Answer» D. multiple budget variance
1310.

*/*_In cost accounting, goal of variance analysis is to?

A. understand variance reason
B. improve future performance
C. learning of improvement
D. all of above
Answer» E.
1311.

*/*_Budget which is planned around a single output level is called?

A. marketing budget
B. methodological budget
C. static budget
D. varied budget
Answer» D. varied budget
1312.

*/*_If static budget variance is $46000 and static budget amount is $15000, then an actual result would be?

A. $80,000
B. $71,000
C. $61,000
D. $31,000
Answer» E.
1313.

*/*_An expected performance of company is also known as?

A. price requirements
B. supply requirements
C. budgeted performance
D. demand requirements
Answer» D. demand requirements
1314.

*/*_In broader categories, outcomes of decisions are classified as?

A. sunk factors
B. quantitative factors
C. qualitative factors
D. both B and C
Answer» E.
1315.

*/*_A situation when groups and individuals work together for achieving a particular goal can be classified as?

A. motivation
B. goal congruence
C. effort
D. autonomy
Answer» C. effort
1316.

*/*_Method of pricing, when two separate pricing methods are used to price transfer of products from one subunit to another, is called?

A. dual pricing
B. functional pricing
C. congruent pricing
D. optimal pricing
Answer» B. functional pricing
1317.

*/*_Price charged by one subunit to supply products or services to another unit is called?

A. subunit autonomy cost
B. transfer price
C. performance prices
D. effort cost
Answer» C. performance prices
1318.

*/*_Time between a customer's order placement till customer receives its delivery is known as?

A. manufacturing lead time
B. manufacturing cycle time
C. customer response time
D. system process time
Answer» D. system process time
1319.

*/*_A product performance in comparison to its features and design is classified as?

A. learning quality
B. design quality
C. conformance quality
D. business process quality
Answer» D. business process quality
1320.

*/*_Basic aspects of product quality must include the?

A. design quality
B. conformance quality
C. scorecard quality
D. both a and b
Answer» E.
1321.

*/*_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
1322.

*/*_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.
1323.

*/*_At break-even point, an operating income must equal to?

A. $3,000
B. $2,000
C. $1,000
D. zero
Answer» E.
1324.

*/*_If contribution margin per unit is $1000 and contribution margin percentage is 25%, then selling price would be?

A. $2,500
B. $4,000
C. $3,800
D. $3,800
Answer» C. $3,800
1325.

*/*_If contribution margin per unit is $800 and selling price is $20000, then contribution margin percentage will be?

A. 17.00%
B. 14.00%
C. 4.00%
D. 25.00%
Answer» D. 25.00%
1326.

*/*_In a relevant range, variable cost per unit, selling price and total fixed costs are?

A. unknown and variable
B. known and variable
C. unknown and constant
D. known and constant
Answer» E.
1327.

*/*_In manufacturing companies, revenue and cost drivers are categorized under?

A. variable costs
B. costs of goods sold
C. number of units sold
D. all of above
Answer» D. all of above
1328.

*/*_An economic value added method is specific type of method to calculate?

A. net income
B. nominal income
C. residual income
D. residual investment
Answer» D. residual investment
1329.

*/*_Target operating income is multiplied to tax rate and then subtracted from target operating income to calculate?

A. target net cost
B. target net income
C. target net gain
D. target net loss
Answer» C. target net gain
1330.

*/*_Fixed cost is added to target operating income and then divided to contribute margin per unit to calculate?

A. quantity of units required to sold
B. selling of units
C. sold units
D. contributed units
Answer» B. selling of units
1331.

*/*_Competitiveness can be best measured by?

A. Gross margin
B. income margin
C. sales margin
D. cost margin
Answer» B. income margin
1332.

*/*_Variable cost per unit is multiplied to quantity of sold units to calculate?

A. per unit cost
B. variable cost
C. fixed cost
D. multiple cost
Answer» C. fixed cost
1333.

*/*_In process of examining, occurred changes in total revenues, operating income and costs is known as?

A. revenue analysis
B. costs analysis
C. operating income analysis
D. cost volume profit analysis
Answer» E.
1334.

*/*_Measures that analyze performance of a company, such as residual income, economic value added and customer satisfaction are collectively called?

A. interactive control systems
B. belief systems
C. boundary systems
D. diagnostic control systems
Answer» E.
1335.

*/*_If contribution margin is $13000, total variable cost is $7000 then total revenue will be?

A. $6,000
B. -$6000
C. $20,000
D. -$20000
Answer» B. -$6000
1336.

*/*_Low level managers in organizations are to make decisions about?

A. net income irrelevancy
B. operating income maximization
C. operating income minimization
D. operating income relevancy
Answer» C. operating income minimization
1337.

*/*_Decisions made by company, which products to manufacture and sell and in what quantities out, of many product lines are called?

A. incremental decisions
B. outsource decisions
C. product mix decisions
D. in-source decisions
Answer» D. in-source decisions
1338.

*/*_Costs such as book value of old machines are $25000 can be a classified as an example of?

A. salvages
B. relevant
C. irrelevant
D. depreciated cost
Answer» D. depreciated cost
1339.

*/*_An example of quantitative factor is?

A. employee behavior at workplace
B. employee satisfaction
C. employee morale
D. cost of materials
Answer» E.
1340.

*/*_Factor, which are largely considered in making or buying decisions is?

A. quality of suppliers
B. dependability of suppliers
C. production irrelevancy
D. both a and b
Answer» E.
1341.

*/*_Product costing technique in which markup component is added into cost base, to set a target price is known as?

A. market based approach
B. cost incurrence pricing
C. cost plus pricing
D. locked-in cost pricing
Answer» D. locked-in cost pricing
1342.

*/*_Practice of seller to charge higher price for same market offering is classified as?

A. peak-load pricing
B. elastic pricing
C. elastic demand
D. inelastic demand
Answer» B. elastic pricing
1343.

*/*_Costs that are unavoidable and remain unchanged no matter what done are classified as?

A. sunk costs
B. bunked costs
C. unrecorded costs
D. recorded costs
Answer» B. bunked costs
1344.

*/*_A concept which explains a received money in present time, is more valuable than money received in future is called?

A. lead value of money
B. storage value of money
C. time value of money
D. cash value of money
Answer» D. cash value of money
1345.

*/*_If an initial investment is $765000, payback period is 4.5 years, then increase in future cash flow will be?

A. $5,645,000
B. $6,442,500
C. $3,442,500
D. $5,442,500
Answer» D. $5,442,500
1346.

*/*_Fundamental redesigning and rethinking of business processes to improve critical measures such as quality, speed, cost and customer satisfaction is called?

A. reengineering
B. differentiation
C. bargaining
D. targeting
Answer» B. differentiation
1347.

*/*_Which of following is an example of internal business perspective in balanced scorecard??

A. employee turnover rates
B. operating capabilities and number of patents
C. operating income and revenue growth
D. customer satisfaction and market share
Answer» C. operating income and revenue growth
1348.

*/*_In operating income strategic analysis, strategic component which measures change in operating income, attributed for change in price of outputs and inputs is classified as?

A. internal process component
B. growth component
C. price recovery component
D. productivity component
Answer» D. productivity component
1349.

*/*_An ability of an organization, to offer its services or products that must be perceived by customers as unique and superior, in comparison to its competitors is called?

A. inelastic demand
B. product differentiation
C. cost leadership
D. elastic demand
Answer» C. cost leadership
1350.

*/*_An organization's ability to offer market offerings at lower prices, in comparison with its competitors is known as?

A. inelastic demand
B. product differentiation
C. cost leadership
D. elastic demand
Answer» D. elastic demand