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CIMA Strategic level P3 Dumps PDF

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Risk Management Questions and Answers

Question 41

The managers of a company are agents for the shareholders tasked with increasing shareholders' wealth. Which of the following will usually increase shareholders' wealth?

Options:

A.

Investing in projects with the shortest payback period.

B.

Investing in projects with positive net present value.

C.

Investing in projects with the greatest level of risk.

D.

Not paying a dividend for several years in order to invest in new projects.

Question 42

You are the Management Accountant for P, a food manufacturing company with an annual sales revenue of $5 million.

You discover that the Production Manager's records are inconsistent. Raw materials purchased do not agree to the total recorded for transfers to production plus wastage. There is an average shortfall of 2% of purchases.

You investigated and discovered that there are often mistakes made during manufacturing that results in food that is safe to eat, but cannot be sold because of visual flaws. The Production Manager is supposed to scrap all such damaged product and write all such losses off as waste, but you discovered that he has been giving the damaged food to a charity that assists homeless people. No records are made of such gifts in order to conceal the losses due to manufacturing errors.

What should you do?

Options:

A.

Do nothing, this is a good cause and the amount is insignificant.

B.

Instigate disciplinary action, this is both theft and poor management.

C.

Instigate a confidential, but documented, review with the Production Manager and tell him to stop.

D.

Instigate a review of the production process to potentially reduce the amount of wastage.

E.

Instigate a process whereby edible but unsellable items can be given to the charity officially.

Question 43

Which of the following is an ethical dilemma?

Options:

A.

A company is considering giving poorly-paid staff a generous pay rise.

B.

A company is deciding whether to issue debt or equity.

C.

A company is deciding whether to make a substantial bonus payment to its directors by means of cash or shares.

D.

A company must decide whether to settle a claim from an employee who appears to have fabricated a workplace injury. The company want to avoid the cost of defending the claim.

Question 44

YHJ is considering an investment in a project that will cost $20 million. Annual fixed costs will be $12 million per year, excluding depreciation. Annual sales are forecast at 5 million units, with a contribution per unit of $8. After five years the equipment will be worn out and YHJ will have to spend $50 million on disposal costs. The discount rate is 10%.

Calculate the sensitivity of the net present value of this project to a 20% increase in the disposal costs.

Options:

A.

11%

B.

13%

C.

31%

D.

20%

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