Explore topic-wise MCQs in General Management.

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1651.

Strategy that interlinks technology and people, to enhance relationships in all business functions is classified as

A. technology management
B. people management
C. customer relationship management
D. resource management
Answer» D. resource management
1652.

Degree which predetermines target or income achieved, can be grouped under

A. growth evaluation
B. performance evaluation
C. efficiency
D. effectiveness
Answer» E.
1653.

If required rate of return is 13%, operating income is $375000 and total investment is $2650000, then residual income would be

A. $30,500
B. $20,500
C. $25,500
D. $32,500
Answer» B. $20,500
1654.

In value chain analysis, coordination, acquiring and assembling of resources to produce a product is classified as

A. resourcing
B. value acquiring
C. production
D. value acquaintance
Answer» D. value acquaintance
1655.

Types of costs of quality consist of

A. appraisal costs
B. internal and external failure costs
C. prevention costs
D. all of above
Answer» E.
1656.

If gross margin is $6000 and total revenue is $26000, then gross margin percentage will be

A. 23.08%
B. 24.08%
C. 25.08%
D. 26.08%
Answer» B. 24.08%
1657.

An estimated cost per unit in long run, which enables company to achieve it's per unit target, operating income is classified as

A. target operating income per unit
B. target cost per unit
C. total current full cost
D. total cost per unit
Answer» C. total current full cost
1658.

Budget, which highlights difference between actual quantity and budgeted quantity is termed as

A. actual cost budget
B. flexible budget variance
C. inflexible budget
D. hourly budget
Answer» C. inflexible budget
1659.

If actual input quantity is 300 units and budgeted input quantity is 100 units, then efficiency variance will be

A. 600 units
B. 200 units
C. 400 units
D. 500 units
Answer» C. 400 units
1660.

Determined price at which company expects to pay for every single unit is called

A. standard price
B. input price
C. actual input
D. output price
Answer» B. input price
1661.

Formula to calculate return on investment, according to profitability analysis in DuPont method is

A. return on sales * investment turnover
B. return on sales + investment turnover
C. return on sales - investment turnover
D. investment turnover + residual income
Answer» B. return on sales + investment turnover
1662.

Depreciation on plant equipment, salaries of plant managers and plant leasing costs are considered a

A. fixed batch cost
B. variable batch cost
C. variable overhead cost
D. fixed overhead cost
Answer» E.
1663.

If flexible budget amount is $7500 and sales volume variance is $6500, then static budget amount would be

A. $7,500
B. $6,500
C. $1,000
D. $10,000
Answer» D. $10,000
1664.

In cost accounting, financial way of charging price for product above cost, of acquiring or producing goods is known as

A. sales margin
B. cost margin
C. Gross margin
D. income margin
Answer» D. income margin
1665.

Target annual operating income is divided with invested capital to calculate

A. target rate of return on investment
B. operating income per unit
C. operating cost per unit
D. cost of goods sold
Answer» B. operating income per unit
1666.

Practice by seller of offering same product at different prices, to different customers is known as

A. price incurrence
B. price discrimination
C. price targeting
D. price engineering
Answer» C. price targeting
1667.

Which of following do not include among major categories of corporate costs?

A. human resource management costs
B. corporate administration costs
C. treasury costs
D. discretionary costs
Answer» E.
1668.

In static budget, difference between corresponding budgeted amount and actual result is called

A. sales mix variance
B. sales volume variance
C. flexible budget variance
D. static budget variance
Answer» E.
1669.

If breakeven revenue is $220000 and revenue per bundle is $10000, then number of bundles to be sold to breakeven will be

A. 32 bundle
B. 22 bundle
C. 42 bundle
D. 38 bundle
Answer» C. 42 bundle
1670.

If fixed cost is $20000, target operating income is $10000 and contribution margin per unit is $1200 then required units to be sold will be

A. 55 units
B. 45 units
C. 35 units
D. 25 units
Answer» E.
1671.

Formula to calculate contribution margin is

A. revenue - all variable cost
B. revenue + all variable cost
C. cost + revenue
D. revenue - breakeven units
Answer» B. revenue + all variable cost
1672.

If contribution margin is $72000 and operating income is $12000, then degree of operating leverage would be

A. 8
B. 7
C. 6
D. 5
Answer» D. 5
1673.

If budgeted revenue is $20000 and breakeven revenue is $15000, then margin of safety will be

A. $35,000
B. $13,000
C. $5,000
D. $10,000
Answer» D. $10,000
1674.

In corporate costs, costs incur for employee recruitment, development and training are classified as

A. discretionary costs
B. human resource management costs
C. corporate administration costs
D. treasury costs
Answer» C. corporate administration costs
1675.

If sales volume variance is $8500 and static budget amount is $2000, then flexible budget amount would be

A. $6,500
B. $6,600
C. $6,700
D. $6,800
Answer» B. $6,600
1676.

An actual cost is subtracted from flexible budget cost to calculate

A. positive cost variance
B. negative cost variance
C. flexible budget variance
D. flexible cost variance
Answer» D. flexible cost variance
1677.

Point at which control functions and planning of management come together is known as

A. functioning
B. variance
C. variation
D. deviation
Answer» C. variation
1678.

In management control, an efficiency variance is also referred as

A. control variance
B. uncontrolled variance
C. usage variance
D. effective variance
Answer» D. effective variance
1679.

Actual price of material is less than budgeted price, this means that

A. price variance is favourable
B. price variance is unfavourable
C. cost variance is favourable
D. cost variance is unfavourable
Answer» B. price variance is unfavourable
1680.

A costing system, which focuses on individual activities as particular cost object is classified as

A. activity based costing
B. improved costing
C. learned improvements
D. positive effectiveness
Answer» B. improved costing
1681.

If an actual result is $250000 and static budget amount is $150000, then static budget variance for operating income will be

A. $400,000
B. $500,000
C. $100,000
D. $600,000
Answer» D. $600,000
1682.

If budgeted input quantity is 350 units and efficiency variance is 100, then an actual input quantity will be

A. 250 units
B. 450 units
C. 550 units
D. 650 units
Answer» C. 550 units
1683.

Static budget variance for operating income is added in to static budget amount to calculate

A. actual result
B. expected results
C. expected cost
D. expected revenue
Answer» B. expected results
1684.

When an essential information for calculation of income statement is missing, then costs that can be considered for this purpose is called

A. expected cost
B. expected revenues
C. irrelevant costs
D. relevant costs
Answer» E.
1685.

Cost of new machine is considered as

A. relevant
B. bunk
C. dispose value
D. sunk
Answer» B. bunk
1686.

An exertion for achieving a set goal is known as

A. motivation
B. goal congruence
C. effort
D. autonomy
Answer» D. autonomy
1687.

An organizational practice, according to which decision making freedom is available to lower level managers is known as

A. decentralization
B. centralization
C. autonomy of effort
D. congruency
Answer» B. centralization
1688.

Sum of cost of direct materials, costs of buildings, equipment, research and development costs is classified as

A. throughput costs
B. investments
C. operating costs
D. marginal costs
Answer» C. operating costs
1689.

Sum of manufacturing and waiting time for an order is classified as

A. manufacturing efficiency time
B. manufacturing cycle time
C. responding time
D. value chain time
Answer» C. responding time
1690.

Incurred costs to exclude production of goods, that do not meet specification, are called

A. rework costs
B. prevention costs
C. incremental costs
D. reengineering costs
Answer» C. incremental costs
1691.

Total manufacturing time is multiplied to manufacturing cycle efficiency to calculate

A. manufacturing cycle efficiency
B. value added manufacturing time
C. responding time
D. delivery time
Answer» C. responding time
1692.

Costs that are incurred to find manufactured products, which does not meet specifications are called

A. prevention costs
B. external failure costs
C. appraisal costs
D. internal failure costs
Answer» D. internal failure costs
1693.

If contribution margin is $15000 and units sold are 500 units, then contribution margin per unit would be

A. $20 per unit
B. $30 per unit
C. $50 per unit
D. $40 per unit
Answer» C. $50 per unit
1694.

If contribution per unit is $900 and number of units sold is $70, then contribution margin will be

A. $97,000
B. $83,000
C. $63,000
D. $12,860
Answer» D. $12,860
1695.

If break-even number of units are 120 units and fixed cost is $62000, then contribution margin per unit will be

A. $74,400
B. $7,440,000
C. $516.67
D. $51,667
Answer» D. $51,667
1696.

If selling price is $2000 and contribution margin per unit is $800, then contribution margin percentage would be

A. $14,000
B. $25,700
C. $16,000
D. $25,000
Answer» B. $25,700
1697.

Contribution margin per unit is divided by contribution margin percentage to calculate

A. percentage price
B. margin price
C. contribute price
D. selling price
Answer» E.
1698.

A desire of an individual to give good performance for self-satisfaction is known as

A. intrinsic motivation
B. extrinsic motivation
C. monetary motivation
D. bounded motivation
Answer» B. extrinsic motivation
1699.

Contribution margin is $34000 and operating income is $12000, then degree of operating leverage will be

A. 4.84
B. 2.84
C. 3.84
D. 5.84
Answer» C. 3.84
1700.

Gross margin is added to cost of sold goods to calculate

A. revenues
B. selling price
C. unit price
D. bundle price
Answer» B. selling price