P1 Exam Dumps : Management Accounting

A company is basing its budget on predicted sales of one of its products. They have tasked you with forecasting the sales in year 2. The company has found that a fairly accurate prediction can be found when the trend

is calculated like so:

a = 10,000

b = 2,000

The sales of year 1 were affected by seasonal variation and were as follows:

Q1:12,500

Q2:14,200

Q3:15,400

Q4:19,650

You use a multiplicative model and round percentages to the nearest whole percent.

Select ALL the correct quarterly forecasts of year 2 from the list.

The manager of a recently opened cafe is deciding how many sandwiches to make each day.

The sandwiches are made in the morning before the cafe opens.

If demand exceeds the number of sandwiches made in the morning no extra sandwiches can be made during the day. Any unsold sandwiches are thrown away at the end of each day.

Daily demand is uncertain but is predicted to be 10, 20, 30 or 40 sandwiches.

The following regret matrix has been prepared:

If the minimax regret criterion is used to make the decision, the manager will choose to make:

Which THREE of the following are purposes of all budgets?