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SC is a professional football club which is currently listed on a recognised stock exchange. There is a proposal that it builds a new stadium at a location a considerable distance from its current stadium.
There is strong support within the club for the move as the current ground is now over 40 years old and has not been extensively modernised in that time.
However, there is a lot of opposition to the move in the area where it is proposed to locate the new stadium. Objectors claim that the new stadium will increase traffic and pollution in the area and will adversely affect the value of their properties.
Which of the following statements about the responsibility of the board of SC is correct?
HJK is a publishing company that employs several hundred staff A member of the company's IT Security Department contacted 30 members of HJK's staff selected at random, and told each one that his or her computer appeared to be infected with a virus The staff members were asked to provide their login details and corporate passwords so that IT Security could remove the virus remotely A total of six members of staff provided this information.
Which TWO of the following statements are correct?
RFD, a listed company, is considering making an investment in a risky new venture. RFD has a substantial cash surplus that will be used to acquire the necessary resources. It is unlikely that RFD would have been able to raise finance for this investment because the company is already highly geared.
Which of the following statements about stakeholders' conflicting interests are true?
AB is a manufacturing company which relies heavily on its computerised systems for customer management
Which of the following is the most important factor which will enable AB to continue to operate after an incident which destroys its central computer*?
DFG's call centre budgets four minutes for its operators to deal with a customer's enquiry and conclude the call. Team leaders are evaluated on the basis of the average call length.
Simone is a team leader. Her team's average call length is five minutes and 30 seconds. Simone accepts full responsibility. She encourages her team members to check that the customer is satisfied before concluding the call.
On investigation, it was discovered that 2% of the customers who dealt with Simone's team had to call DFG again within seven days. Other teams had an average of 25% of customers call back within seven days because their first call had not fully resolved their problem.
Which of the following statements are true?
R is a manufacturer of biscuits. The market for biscuits is extremely competitive with many companies competing for contracts with large supermarkets. The intensity of the competition means that prices are kept low; and the buyers can demand higher levels of quality, and greater flexibility in supply arrangements.
Which of the following represent ways that the use of an Information System could help R to win and retain supermarket contracts in such a competitive market?
DFR is an online retailer that sells picture frames The software running on DFR's website enables customers to log in and make purchases by inputting an email address as a user name and a password that must contain at least eight characters, including upper and lower case letters, numbers and punctuation marks (e.g. £, $ or!) Once logged in, customers can check previous orders that they have placed.
Customers can also use DFR's website to change personal details, including credit card numbers and delivery addresses Whenever they wish to use those facilities, the software sends a text message containing a six-digit number to their mobile phones They must input that number before the system will accept changes to their personal details
Which TWO of the following statements are correct?
Amber selects appropriate suppliers and places purchase orders.
Brian passes invoices for payment and submits payment instructions to the bank.
Chris checks incoming inventory and unpacks goods from their containers.
Dirwan posts purchase invoices and files invoices and supporting documents.
Which member of staff could most easily commit fraud?
M, a manufacturing company, has had some problems with defects in one of the main products it produces. This product has been made by the company for many years and is very profitable. Last month it had over 300 defects reported by customers which is more than 15% of products sold. This is a reputation risk for M and is also affecting profitability.
Which of the following controls could M introduce to reduce defects and also increase profitability?
A UK manufacturing company has simultaneously:
• purchased a put option to sell USD 1million at an exercise price of GBP1.00 = USD1.65
• sold a call option that grants the option holder the right to buy USD 1million at a price of GBP1.00 = USD1.61 (this option has the same maturity date as the put).
Which of the following is a valid explanation for entering into these option positions?
T has its computer facilities in a building adjacent to its headquarters Severe structural problems have been discovered with this building and T has been advised that the only option is demolition and rebuild This leaves T with strategic decisions to make about its IT provision and it has decided to investigate the outsourcing of its services.
Which TWO of the following factors should T consider as most important at this stage?
The Board of Directors of VCX, a state-owned electricity company, includes four executive directors the Chief Executive Officer, the Finance Director the Operation Director and the Technical Director
All of the shares in the company vest in the Office of the Minister for Energy, who is entitled to appoint two non-executive directors to the Board It has been alleged that the Minister appoints political "insiders" who have no particular knowledge of. or interest in. the electricity industry
There are three further non-executive directors
• L, who spent seven years as Chief Executive of VCX, but retired from that role two years ago,
• M, who spent several years on the Board of a state electricity company in a different country to VCX but who resigned from it before accepting the position with VCX: and
• N, who is a qualified and experienced professional accountant
In relation to best practice in respect of Corporate Governance, which of the following statements are valid? Select ALL that apply
The technology used by 3D printers is developing rapidly These machines can now use a data file to print a solid object Depending on the printer the object can be plastic, metal or ceramic The increasing capability of those printers is being matched by the falling prices of the printers themselves and of the materials that they use to create the finished product
Which THREE of the following suggest that 3D printing is a potentially disruptive technology?
B, a construction company, has a policy of carrying out a post completion audit on every construction project undertaken where the value exceeds $1 million.
What is the role of the post completion audit?
Which of the following best describes the relevance of value at risk (VaR) as a decision tool?
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?
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?
When a new computer system is being implemented there are several possible methods for managing the changeover from the old system to the new system.
Which THREE of the following are true?
B 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.
An oil company has entered into a joint venture with a competing oil company to develop a new oil field. The joint venture arrangement is intended to mitigate the risks associated with developing the oil field.
The following disclosure appears in the oil company's risk report:
"Many of our large projects and operations are conducted through joint ventures. These arrangements involve complex risk allocation and indemnification arrangements and we have less control over these activities than we would have if we had full ownership and control. Our partners may have economic or business interests that are opposed to ours, and may exercise the right to block key decisions or actions. We believe the joint arrangement is in our best interest."
Which of the following statements are correct?
SDF has a variable rate loan of $100 million on which it is paying interest of LIBOR + 2%.
SDF entered into a swap with CV bank to convert this to a fixed rate 7% loan. CV bank charges an annual commission of 0.3% for making this arrangement.
Calculate the net payment from SDF to CV bank at the end of the first year if LIBOR was 3% throughout the year.
Give your answer in $ million, to one decimal place.
A US company enters into a five year borrowing with bank A at a floating rate of USD Libor plus 2%.
It simultaneously enters into an interest rate swap with bank B at 3.5% fixed against USD Libor plus 1%.
What is the hedged borrowing rate, taking the borrowing and swap into account?
Give your answer to 1 decimal place
GHY is a listed company. Tom is GHY's CEO and Peter is its non-executive Chair of the Board. Tom and Peter both have substantial relevant business and industrial experience and both are believed to have considerable integrity. Tom and Peter quickly developed a good working relationship after Peter's appointment. They have become close friends.
Tom briefs Peter on every aspect of the business. Tom and Peter jointly agree the agenda for every board meeting and both agree on the manner in which matters will be presented to the board.
Taking account of the principles of good corporate governance, which of the following statements is correct?
Which categories on a risk map best describe the loss of sales floor staff in a fast fashion chain?
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.
Match the descriptions shown in the boxes below with the method of quantifying risk exposure it best describes.
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?
A US company has to pay £500,000 for a new machine.
You have the following information on currencies.
EUR 1 = £1.2300
EUR 1 = USD 1.6200
What is the cost of the machine in USD?
Give your answer to the nearest $.
Laura is an accounts clerk. She is supposed to sign each invoice as evidence that she has conducted checks against supporting documents. Sometimes Laura signs invoices without making these checks.
Terry is a member of the internal audit team. Terry has been told to conduct compliance tests on whether Laura is checking the invoices properly.
Which of the following would give Terry a false sense of assurance that Laura's checks have been operating?
GHJ is a manufacturing company that insures against the financial costs associated with industrial injuries involving staff. The Health and Safety Office is part of GHJ's Operations Department. GHJ's insurers will automatically increase the insurance premium by 10% in the event of a claim against the policy.
Which TWO of the following are correct?
BCD has recently experienced a cyber security breach which fortunately was carried out by someone more interested in demonstrating the weakness in its defence than by someone malicious
This has made BCD realise that its cyber defence is inadequate BCD has engaged a cyber security consultant who has advised BCD to set up a Computer Incident Response Team (GIRT)
What THREE of the following activities would this CIRT have responsibility for?
Recruit specialist security staff to avoid an incident
The safety guard on a piece of equipment was broken. The factory manager suspended an operator who refused to operate the equipment until it was repaired. The factory manager paid another operator a bonus for operating the damaged equipment until the safety guard could be repaired.
What does this incident say about the control environment within that factory?
GHJ makes large export sales to customers in Country A, whose currency fluctuates significantly against GHJ's home currency. GHJ also makes large purchases from suppliers in Country A. All of these transactions are in Country A's currency.
GHJ's Treasurer does not actively hedge currency risks because there is a natural hedge in place due to the company making both sales and purchases in the same currency.
GHJ's Board has instructed the Treasurer to put active hedging measures in place because the Risk Report would otherwise have to disclose the fact that GHJ has a currency risk which is not actively hedged.
Which of the following statements are correct?
P has decided to invest in a new warehouse at a cost of $2,000,000. The discount rate of the project is 18% and the present value of the tax shield is £26,000.
What is the minimum acceptable Internal Rate of Return of the project?
HWG is a large company which grows and processes coffee The coffee is sold to supermarkets, branded with their names for sale as "own brand" products HWG brands and packages the coffee using the supermarkets' own designs
HWG's directors are considering a strategic proposal to develop a range of coffees to be sold under a brand that HWG will develop
Which TWO of the following should the directors consider as part of their strategic analysis?
CW is a large company in the food production industry. It has grown over the years by the acquisition of several smaller rivals CW has ten branches located in its home country and has just opened a foreign branch for the first time It has recently made some changes to the structure and implementation of its control system.
Which TWO of the following changes would be most likely to improve the overall control system?
Identify, from the list provided, which category of business risk most accurately describes the events detailed below.
Z plc has recently undertaken a SWOT analysis. The SWOT analysis identified two main threats to Z plc:
• The threat that the currency of Z plc's main overseas competitor weakens compared to Z plc's home currency.
• The threat that there will be a military coup which will overthrow the government in the country that Z plc purchases most of its raw materials from.
Which TWO of the following categories of risk correspond most closely to the above threats?
C is an accounts clerKwho is supposed to sign each invoice as evidence that she has conducted checks against supporting documents Sometimes C signs invoices without making these checks
D is a member of the internal audit team He has been told to conduct compliance tests on whether C is checking the invoices property
Which of the following would grve D a false sense of assurance that C's checks have been in operation?
Select ALL that appry
UIO sells mobile phones through a cham of 100 shops spread across the country Shop managers have considerable discretion over pncmg and the incentives offered to sales staff Shop managers are evaluated on the monthly contribution from completed sales. Those who exceed targets by more than 10% for three successive months are promoted Those who fail to achieve monthly targets in two successive months lose their jobs
Which of the following statements are true of the performance management of UIO's shop managers?
Select ALL that apply.
A patient has been prescribed a new medicine by their physician. The medicine is accompanied by a leaflet describing potential adverse effects associated with taking it. Most of these potentially adverse effects are trivial, but the leaflet states that three patients in every 10,000 who take the medicine suffer a severe reaction requiring urgent medical attention.
Which of the following statements is true?
S, a qualified and experienced professional accountant, has been appointed as a non-executive member of the Audit Committee of X X has recently obtained a listing on the second tier of a reputable Stock Exchange
B, the Finance Director, is only worried about the maintenance of proper financial controls and is less concerned with operational controls
S has asked A. the Production Director, to produce regular reports for the Audit Committee on production specification compliance and related issues A is concerned that this means S does not think he is doing his job properly and doubts his integrity
In relation to this scenario, which of the following statements are valid?
Select ALL that apply.
ABC has recently appointed a Chief Information Officer who has announced that he wants to start a major clean up starting with all desktop and laptop equipment.
Which THREE of the following measures should be adopted to help enhance security'?
Multinational companies have a variety of methods by which to manage currency risk.
Select ALL internal hedging methods from the following list.
An electricity company owns and operates a nuclear power station located ten miles from a large city. A recent and very extensive engineering examination of the power station concludes with the estimate that the probability of a major nuclear disaster within the next 20 years is 0.2%.
Which of the following best explains the relevance of quantifying the risk in that way?
TESTED 16 May 2024
