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WorksheetsQuiz #1 Financial Controllership
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
A controller is the head of accountant of the company
True
False
A decline function is one that is directly involved in the core operations of the company
True
False
A treasurer has the following responsibilities except:
Keep the bankers of the company updated to the company’s financial condition and projections as well as its possible needing of borrowed funds
Manage cash flow of the business
Obtain loans and other forms of credit from outside sources
Analyze investment prospects to minimize use of company’s unused cash and assets
Which is a role of a controller?
Improving reporting to add value to the company
Audit the reports done by the accountants
Which is not a role of a controller?
Optimizing business processes
Recruiting & nurturing the finance team
Ensuring accuracy in all basic job functions
Audit the work of the accountant
financial controllers must ensure their reporting of Non-financial Key Performance Indicators.
True
False
Financial controllers must ensure their reporting except in:
The ability to deliver reports digitally
Relevance and conciseness
Demand and Supply Value Chain
Effective commentary that adds value
I. Having a corporate code of ethics is a great boon to the controller, for he or she can use it as the basis for any ethics-related decision
II. The controller’s immediate supervisor is probably either the chief financial officer (CFO), chief operating officer (COO), or CEO
III. There is no one within the company in whom the controller places a great deal of trust
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I. Controllership is a management function that supervises the accounting and financial reporting of an organization
II. Controllership is responsible in the implementation and monitoring of internal controls to ensure a smooth operation of a business
III. Controllership monitors and maintains a healthy business to ensure success
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I. The controller is responsible for obtaining and keeping the services or experienced and well-trained accounting personnel
II. The controller is responsible for ensuring that all employees in the department work together in an orderly manner to achieve the controller’s plan
III. The controller is responsible measuring the performance of all key aspects of the department to ensure that performance matches or exceeds standards and that errors are caught and corrected.
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I. The controller is responsible for the review, interpretation and generation of recommendations related to the corporate financial performance. This requires excellent communication skills
II. The controller is responsible for periodically reviewing and evaluating the performance of each major process that is involved in the completion of transactions with dual objective of maintaining tight financial controls over processes
III. The controller is responsible for recruiting who does the work
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I. The control environment includes the governance and management functions and the attitudes, awareness, and actions of those charged with governance and management
II. The control environment sets the tone of an organization, influencing the control consciousness of its people
III. The control environment is the last line of defense to mitigate risks in any institution or organization
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I. Control activities are the measures used to help ensure that management directives are carried out and that risks are addressed
II. Preventive controls includes reading and understanding applicable administrative policies, department policy/procedures to learn the right way to do something
III. Detective control is an accounting term that refers to a type of internal control intended to find problems within a company's processes once they have occurred.
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Which one of the following statement is correct?
SWOT analysis is a technique used to take important business decisions
SWOT analysis helps managers decide 'where the business is now'
SWOT analysis sets business objectives for the future
SWOT analysis considers only the external environment of business
It is a process in which organizational leaders determine their vision for the future as well as identify their goals and objectives.
Business Analyzing
Board Meeting
Strategic Planning
SWOT Analysis is a tool use in business strategy. SWOT stands for _________.
Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, Threat
Success, Weakness, Objective, Threat
Strength, Weakness, Observation, Transformation
All of it are benefits of having Strategic Planning, except one.
gives individuals a sense of direction and marshals them around a common mission
to make use of company fund for leisure activities
to be aware of future opportunities and challenges
You conduct a SWOT analysis and find out that a new competitor is opening within 5 miles of your store. This would be considered a __________.
Strength
Weakness
Opportunity
Threat
By identifying areas under the weaknesses section, how does this help you develop?
So that you can avoid them.
So that you can pretend they don't exist and ignore them
Use them to identify areas for development and focus on them
By allowing other people to see them and use them against you.
Things your competitor does better than you.
Strength
Weakness
Opportunity
Threat
Mr
Jonas a culinary chef has been a chef for 3 years, and he has a dream to open his
own restaurant. He has found the perfect space for his restaurant and has enough
capital to start his business. However, Mr Jonas has no entrepreneurial
skills and doesn’t know the first thing about starting a business even though
he is a cook. Mr Jonas would like to open a steak house restaurant but the location
he chose for his business already has 3 steak house restaurants. Mr Jonas has
passion, he has Capital and he is a hard worker.
Identify
threats that Mr Jonas might face during the process of starting his business? (ANA)
he has no entrepreneurial skills and this may influence his business negatively.
He has to many competitors and it might put a strain on Mr Jonas potential customer base.
He is a hard worker and he has passion this may blur his vision in seeing the potential threats to his dream.
Mr Jonas has sufficient Capital and with money he can make his business appealing to potential customers.
What is the purpose of performing a SWOT Analysis? (CRE)
Identifies internal and external factors that may affect the business future performance.
Access a organisations performance
Evaluates whether the business venture is a good idea.
Gives the management team a broader view on the potential opportunity
When assessing on the businesses external environment the owner is concerned with?(APP)
Opportunities and Threats
weaknesses and threats
strengths and weaknesses
strengths and opportunities
Mr. Jonas discovered that a new competitor has entered the market. At which stage of the SWOT analysis would this discovery probably be made? (ANA)
Analysis of strengths
Analysis of weaknesses
Analysis of opportunities
Analysis of threats
A SWOT analysis examines internal and external environment. (REM)
true
false
