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Total questions: 47
Worksheet time: 24mins
Which of the following is NOT a legitimate method of influencing government policy in the interests of a business?
Employing lobbyists to put the organisation’s case to ministers or civil servants
Giving lawmakers non-executive directorships
Offering financial incentives to public offcials to use their influence on the ogranisation’s behalf.
Attempting to influence public opinion, to put pressure on the legislative agenda.
For what function in an ogranisation would demographic information social class be most relevant?
Human Resources
Marketing
Purchasin
Which of the following words completes this sentence appropriately? ‘An organisation is a social arrangement which pursues collective…, which controls its own performance and has a boundary separating it from its environment.’
Goals
Profits
Stakeholders
Tactics
What is the term given to the idea that the combined output of a number of individuals working together will exceed that of the same individuals working separately?
Sympathy
Specialisation
Synergy
Systems thinking
Which of the following statements is true?
Limited company status means that a company is only allowed to trade up to a predetermined turnover level in any one year.
For organisations that have limited company status, ownership and control are legally separate
The benefit of being a sole trader is that you have no personal liability for the debts of your business.
Ordinary partnerships offer the same benefits as limited companies but are usually formed by professionals such as doctors and solicitors.
An organisation is owned and run by central government agencies. The organisation should be described as which of the following statements?
A voluntary sector ogranisation
A private sector organisation
A pullic setor ogranisation
Which of the following groups may be considered to be stakeholders in the activities of a nuclear power station?
(1) The government
(2) Environmental pressure groups
(3) Employees
(4) Local residents
(1), (3) and (4)
(1), (2), (3) and (4)
(3) only
(1) and (3) only
Which of the following organisations would rely most heavily on value for money indicators and efficiency rather than informantion or performance and profitalbility?
A private accountancy college
A local authority
A small retailer
ADB is a business which is owned by its workers. The workers share the profits and they each have a vote on how the business is run.
Which of the following should be used to describe ADB?
Public sector
Private sector
Not-for-profit
Co-operative
What is an acronym used to describe the key elements of an organisation’s external environment?
SWOT
SMART
PEST
Which word correctly completes the sentence? ….. is an analysis of statistics on birth and death rates, age structures of people and ethnic groups within a community.
Demographics
Economics
Ergonomics
Psychographics
A recent tred in organisation and managenment is the rise in ‘virtual organisation’ and ‘virtual teamworking’. To which of the following environmental (PEST) factors is this most directly attributed?
Economic
Socio-cultural
Technological
Political
Which of the following rights of data subjects is also known as the right ‘to be forgotten’?
Rectification
Portability
Erasure
Which of the following socio-cultural trends will have a direct impact on most business organisations?
(1) Increasing ethnic and religious diversity in populations
(2) Falling birthrates
(3) Focus on ‘green’ issues
(4) Increase in single-member households
(1), (2) and (3) only
(1), (2), (3) and (4)
(3) only
(1) and (3) only
Porter’s five forces model identifies factors which determine the nature and strength of competition in an industry.
Which of the following is NOT one of the five forces identified in Porter's model?
Substitute products or services
New entrants to the industry
Bargaining power of customers
Government regulation of the industry
Which of the following is a support activity in Porter’s value chain model?
Procurment
Operations
Marketing and sales
Inbound logistics
Which of the following statements about the impact the impact of technological development on the role of accountants is NOT true?
Automation and artificial intelligence allow the accountant to focus their time on verifying low-level transactions.
Distributed ledger technology reduces the need for auditors to audit all transactions.
Cloud accounting allows accountants to work collaboratively and with their clients
Big data and data analytics assist auditors to target key business risks.
BCD Co is a large trading company. Steve is the administration manager and is also responsible for legal and compliance functions. Sheila is responsible for after sales service and has responsibility for ensuring that customers who have purchased goods from BCD Co are fully satisfied. Sunny deals with suppliers and negotiates on the price and quality of inventory. He is also responsible for identifying the most appropriate suppliers of plant and machinery for the factory. Sam is the information technology manager and is responsible for all information systems within the company. According to Porter's value chain, which of the managers is involved in a primary activity as opposed to a support activity?
Steve
Sheila
Sunny
Sam
In Porter’s five forces model, which of the following would NOT constitute a ‘barrier to entry’?
Scale economies available to existing competitors
High capital investment requirements
Low switching costs in the market
Three of the following strategies are closely related. Which is the exception?
Downsizing
Delegating
Delayering
Outsourcing
Which of the following would be identified as a cultural trend?
Health and safety legislation
Concern with health and diet
Increasing age of the population
For demographic purposes, which of the following is NOT a variable in the identification of social class?
Income level
Lifestyle
Occupation
Education
Technological developments (automation and Al) mean that the role of the accountant and auditor to record and verify day-to-day transactions has become more important.
True
Fales
Joseph has just started his first job in an accountancy department. A qualified senior member of staff explains to him what the main aim of accounting is. Which of the following options is the correct aim of accounting?
To maintain ledger accounts for every asset and liability
To provide financial information to users of such information
To produce a trial balance
To record every financial transaction individually
Which of the following statements about accounting information is NOT correct?
Some companies voluntarily provide specially-prepared financial information to employees.
Accounting information should be relevant, reliable, complete, objective and timely
Accountants have a strong obligation to ensure that company accounts conform accounting standards.
Charities and professional bodies do not have to produce financial statements in the same way as businesses
In a typical finance function, preparation of budgets and budgetary control would usually be the responsibility of which of the following roles?
The Financial Controller
The Management Accountant
The Treasurer
Three of the following are outputs of a payroll system, and one is an input to the system. Which is the input?
Credit transfer forms
Time sheets
Payroll analysis
Pay slips
Which of the following is an aim of the control system relating to payables and purchases?
To ensure that all credit notes received are recorded in the general and payables ledger
To ensure that goods and services are only supplied to customers with good credit ratings
To ensure that all credit notes that have been issued are recorded in the general and receivables ledgers
To ensure that potentially doubtful debts are identified
Which of the following does company law require a statement of financial position to give?
A true and fair view of the profit or loss of the company for the financial year
An unqualified (or clean’) report on the statement of affairs of the company as at the end of the financial year
A true and fair view of the statement of affairs of the company as at the end of the financial year
All of the following, with one exception, are areas in which an integrated accounting software package has advantages compared to a series of separate (stand-alone) dedicated programs. Which is the exception?
Efficiency in updating data
Flexibility in preparing reports
Data integrity
Specialised capabilities
Which of the following terms correctly completes this definition?
A …. is a program which deals with one particular part of a computerized business accounting system.
Database
Module
Spreadsheet
Suite
All of the following, except one, are tasks that can be performed by spreadsheet software. Which is the exception?
The presentation of numerical data in the form of graphs and charts
The application of logical tests to data
The application of ‘What if?’ scenarios
Automatic correction of all data entered by the operator into the spreadsheet
The preparation and filing of accounts by limited companies each year is required by which of the following?
Codes of corporate governance
National legislation
International Accounting Standards
Local Accounting Standards
Gordon works in the accounts department of a retail business. He and his colleagues are looking at the sales figures for various types of clothing. The director asks them to use exception reporting to summarise their findings. Which of the following correctly defines the concept of exception reporting’ within a business context?
The reporting of unusual events, outside the normal course of events
The analysis of those items where performance differs significantly from standard or budget
The preparation of reports on routine matters on an ad hoc’ basis
The scrutiny of all data as a matter of course, save in exceptional circumstances
A small company’s computer system comprises five desktop personal computers located in separate offices linked together in an intranet within the same building. The computers are not connected to the Internet and employees are not
allowed to take storage media into or out of the building. Information which the business’ owner wishes to keep confidential to herself is stored in one of the computers. Which of the following statements can be concluded from this information?
This company’s computer system does not need a back-up storage system
This company’s computer system does not need a password access system
This company's computer system does not receive email from customers or suppliers
Which word or phrase correctly completes this sentence?
…. Systems pool data from internal and external sources and make information available to senior managers, for strategic, unstructured decision-making.
Decision Support
Executive Support
Expert
Management Support
All the following statements, except one, describe the relationship between data and information. Which is the exception?
Information is data which has been processed in such a way as to be meaningful to the person who receives it.
The relationship between data and information is one of inputs and outputs.
Data is always in numerical form whereas information is always in text form
What element of a database system is represented by the question mark in the below diagram?
Data storage
Database administrator
Database management system
Electronic point of sale system
Which of the following statements about data security is NOT true?
Loss or corruption of data is almost always non-deliberate.
New staff in particular pose a threat.
It is impossible to prevent all threats cost-effectively.
Smoke detectors are a form of data protection
Which word correctly completes this sentence?
Office Automation Systems are designed mainly to increase the….of data and information workers.
Decision-making capability
Flexibility
Productivity
Which of the following user groups of financial and accounting information are likely to need, and have access to, this information most?
Managers of the company
Shareholders of the company
Financial analysis advisers
To whom should the internal audit department of an organisation report?
The Finance Director
The audit committee of the board of
directors
The shareholders
Which function in an organisation is responsible for ensuring that only properly authorised purchases which are necessary for the business are made?
Goods inwards
Finance/accounts
Purchasing/procurement
Production/operations
There is a need for co-ordinated information flow between sections and departments in accounting management. To which of the following should the receivables ledger section give information about overdue debts?
Cost accounting staff
The credit control department
The payables section
Which of the following is NOT part of the regulatory system?
GAAP
International financial reporting standards
IFAC
The European Union
International Financial Reporting Standards are issued by which of the following organisations?
IASB
ASB
The European Union
Legally binding rules relating to the disclosure and presentation of financial statements are set down in which of the following?
National legislation
International financial reporting standards
Generally agreed accounting principles
Rule books of professional accountancy bodies
