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NO.14 Which TWO of the following might create a good control environment?

NO.15 Risk management involves all parties in an organisation.
Which of the following describe the Board’s responsibilities for risk management?

NO.16 A project has been evaluated on the basis that it will cost $14 million and will have a net present value of $2.3 million.
The project has commenced and $3 million of the initial $14 million has been invested. A problem has been discovered that will cost an additional $2.5 million to rectify. The $2.5 million will be payable immediately.
What is the NPV of continuing with this project?

NO.17 P Ltd, a manufacturing company, is considering a new capital investment project to set up a new production line. The initial appraisal shows a healthy net present value of $6,465 million at a discount rate of 10% as shown in the table below:
However, management is unsure about the demand for the product which will be produced and has insisted that the future revenues should be reduced to certainity equivalents by taking 70%, 65% and 60% of the years
1,2, and 3 cash inflows respectively.
What should P do?

NO.18 B is a small retail bank that offers customers many on-the services B is keen to ensure sound security both to protect the bank’s assets and also to safeguard customer privacy B’s IT Security Manager has suggested that the bank should use two phase authentication for access to the on-line systems Which TWO of the following are examples of two phase authentication?

NO.19 E purchases parts for one of the machines it manufactures from Country X Place the risk classification next to the risk it relates to:

NO.20 The long-term prospects for inflation in the UK and the USA are 2% and 6% per annum respectively.
The GBP/USD spot rate is currently GBP/USD1.71.
Using purchasing power parity theory, what GBP/USD spot rate would you expect to see in three months’ time?

NO.21 A government department is conducting a value for money audit on a school.
The school’s pupils sit leaving exams. Classify each of the audit tests as either economy and efficiency or effectiveness.

NO.22 M plc has a $2 million loan outstanding on which the interest rate is reset every 6 months for the following 6 months and the interest is payable at the end of that 6-month period. The next 6-monthly reset period starts in 3 months and the treasurer of M plc thinks that interest rates are likely to rise between now and then.
Current 6-month rates are 7.2% and the treasurer can get a rate of 7.7% for a 6-month forward rate agreement (FRA) starting in 3 months’ time. By transacting an FRA the treasurer can lock in a rate today of 7.7%.
If interest rates are 8.5% in 3 months’ time, what will the net amount payable be?
Give your answer to the nearest thousand dollars.

NO.23 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?

NO.24 Company C wishes to recruit an employee who will have responsibility for, among other things, the receipt and handling of cash. Which THREE of the following would be most likely to provide useful information about the candidate from the point of view of the Internal Auditor?

NO.25 A government department is conducting a value for money audit on a school.
The school’s pupils sit leaving exams. Classify each of the audit tests as either economy and efficiency or effectiveness.

NO.26 G plc has decided to move its production plant to overseas Country A.
This would make the product cheaper to produce. The technology used to make the product is very advanced and some of the staff would have to move to Country A.
The Production Director has identified that there are some political risks in moving to Country A.
Match the methods of reducing the political risks associated with the move to Country A with the corresponding risks.

NO.27 Which method of quantifying risk exposure can be used to calculate the maximum loss on a portfolio occurring within a period of time with a given probability?

NO.28 YY is a company which generates electricity from alternative energy sources It has just begun constructing a wind farm near a well-known beauty spot The protect has been controversial as campaigners say it will be noisy and unsightly.
The campaigners took legal action but lost the case Some of them have started a campaign of direct action against YY and are physically blocking roads leading to the site and attempting to intimidate YY’s staff YY has hired a security company to help it to protect its staff Which of the following statements are view in relation to the ethics of this scenario” Select ALL that apply.

NO.29 V buys vegetables and fruit from three farms located in a different part of V’s country and sells them to large supermarket chains.
A recent newspaper magazine had an article on these farms showing that the farms employ illegal immigrants whose status was used by the factory’s owners to force them to work for low wages and in unpleasant conditions. They are forced to live in small overcrowded caravans with no running water. They are also given meals which are cold and poor quality. These farms are located in a developed country with strong labour laws.
Classify each of the following statements as true or false.

NO.30 MNB is a multinational IT company with headquarters in Asia and with operations in all continents.
MNB is attempting to expand its operations in Europe. This is seen as a major challenge as the European market is very well developed and highly competitive.
MNB develops and manufactures its own products. Parts and assemblies are sourced across Asia, America and Europe. These are sometimes purchased locally as a condition of a contract, but MNB aims to include as much of its own equipment as possible. Transfer prices between MNB’s subsidiaries can be set in YEN, USD, EURO, GBP. Transfer prices are revised every month in line with production times as most goods are made on short order with sales cycles running at 3-4 months.
What types of risk are being presented here?

NO.31 You are the management accountant for YY a food manufacturing company with an annual sales revenue of
$6 million
You discover that the production manager’s records are inconsistent Raw materials purchased do not agree with the total recorded for transfers to production plus wastage There is an average shortfall of 2% of purchases You have investigated and discovered that there are often errors made during manufacturing that results in food that is safe to eat but. because of visual flaws, cannot be sold The production manager is supposed to scrap all such damaged products and write all such losses off as waste You have discovered however 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 Which of the following actions should you take? Select ALL that apply

NO.32 VBN uses a balanced scorecard to monitor the performance of its divisions.
Classify each of the following decisions taken by a division’s management team as either commercially sound or dysfunctional.

NO.33 A project has been evaluated on the basis that it will cost $22 million and will have a net present value of $4.3 million The project has commenced and $5 million of the $22 million has been invested. A problem has been discovered that will cost an additional $4.5 million to rectify. The $4.5 million will be payable immediately.
What is the NPV of continuing with this project?

NO.34 SQH manufactures mobile phones SQH’s Board is currently undertaking a long-term planning exercise as part of the process of strategy development The Board is considering expanding the number of countries it currently exports products to.
Which THREE of the following could cause difficulty in forecasting accurately’?