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5) What is the first and most basic component in a management control system?
A) the organization's long-range budget
B) the organization's goals
C) the stockholders' goals
D) the manager's personal desires
6) ________ are characteristics or attributes that managers must achieve to drive the organization toward
its goals.
A) Nonfinancial performance measures
B) Targets
C) Key success factors
D) Objectives
7) Which of the following statements about performance measures is FALSE?
A) Organizational goals without performance measures do not motivate managers.
B) Every performance measure used to evaluate employees should be consistent with organizational
goals.
C) An ideal management control system should include at least one performance measure related to
every goal.
D) Performance measures become more specific at higher levels of the organization.
8) A hotel has the following organizational goal: Increase customer satisfaction of overnight guests by
50%. Which is the best performance measure of the organizational goal?
A) number of new employees trained
B) turnover rate of hotel employees
C) overall rating on guest satisfaction survey
D) percent of guests paying by credit card
9) A management control system is a logical integration of techniques to gather and report data and to
evaluate performance. T or F
10) The purpose of performance measures is to set direction and to motivate managers.
T or F
11) The following information is available for Wildwood Consulting Company and its two offices:
Euclid
Royal
Office
Office
Net sales
$250,000
$400,000
Fixed costs:
Controllable by division manager
78,000
48,000
Controllable by others
4,000
8,000
Variable costs:
Cost of merchandise sold
30,000
120,000
Operating expenses
15,000
60,000
Unallocated costs were $152,000.
Required:
A) Compute the contribution margin for the Euclid office.
B) Compute the contribution controllable by the manager of the Royal Office.
C) Compute the contribution by segment for the Euclid office.
D) Compute the income before taxes for the company as a whole. Extra credit
12) ________ is the process by which organizations concentrate decision making within a particular
location or group.
A) Management by objective
B) Balanced scorecard
C) Decentralization
D) Centralization
13) Which of the following statements is NOT a benefit of decentralization?
A) Lower-level managers are able to make faster and better decisions on local decisions than higher-level
managers.
B) By delegating decision-making authority to local managers, higher-level managers free up time to deal
with larger issues and fundamental strategy.
C) Local managers who are given more authority often have greater motivation and job satisfaction.
D) Managers in decentralized units may spend time negotiating transfer prices for goods transferred
between units.
14) The decentralization of organizations has several disadvantages that include ________.
A) lower level managers can make faster decisions than higher level managers.
21) Segment autonomy means that the activities of segment managers are directed by top managers.
Answer: T or F
22) When compared to a decentralized organization, there are really no advantages to a centralized
organization. T of F
23) The Nicholson and Cage Divisions are in the same company. Currently the Cage Division buys a part
from the Nicholson Division for $82 per unit. The Nicholson Division wants to increase the price of the
part to $100 per unit. Cage Division can buy the part for $94 from an outside supplier. The cost data for
the part obtained from the Nicholson Division is below:
Direct materials
Direct labor
Variable indirect production
Fixed indirect production
$25.50
32.50
22.50
9.60
If Nicholson does not provide the parts to Cage, it will save one-fourth of the fixed indirect production
costs. The Nicholson Division has excess capacity but no alternative uses of the facilities.
Required:
A) From the standpoint of the company as a whole, should Cage Division continue to buy the part from
Nicholson Division?
B) From the standpoint of Cage Division only, should Cage Division continue to buy the part from
Nicholson Division?
24) Long-term planning for making investments that require large amounts of resources is called
________.
A) operating budgeting
B) capital budgeting
C) strategic analysis
D) sensitivity analysis
25) The phases of capital budgeting do NOT include ________.
A) a post-audit of the investment
B) the selection of the investment to undertake
C) the identification of potential investments
D) awarding bonuses to managers for good investment decisions
26) In the capital budgeting process, accountants are NOT involved in ________.
A) identifying potential investments
B) choosing which investments to make
C) gathering data to aid the investment decision
D) follow-up monitoring of investments
27) The minimum desired rate of return on an investment is sometimes referred to as ________.
34) Bryant Company has obtained the following data about a possible planned investment:
Cost
Terminal salvage value in 8 years
Additional annual revenues for 8 years
Additional annual cash expenses for 8 years
Estimated useful life in years
Minimum desired rate of return
Present value of ordinary annuity, 10%, 8 periods
Present value of one, 10%, 8 periods
$270,000
$10,000
$250,000
$200,000
8
10%
5.3349
0.4665
$300,000
0
$250,000
$200,000
10
10%
6.1446
0.3855
40%
36)
Research Project Six Sigma.
In our lecture on Chapter 9 we discussed Six Sigma.
I.
The text mentions four companies that use Six Sigma: Motorola, General
Electric, 3M Dow Chemical.
Go to the website for each of these companies and find out what they have to say
about Six Sigma efforts.
II.
Find a Financial Services Firm that uses Six Sigma. And discuss how they are
using Six Sigma.
III.
Describe the levels of Six Sigma, and indicate what local institutions are
offering Six Sigma Training.