CMA Exam Support Package Examination Essay Questions For Practice © Copyright 2010 By Institute of Certified Management Accountants Introduction The Institute of Certified Management Accountants (ICMA) is publishing this book of practice questions with answers to help you prepare for the CMA examination. Each question is referenced to the Content Specification Outline (CSO) and the Learning Outcome Statements (LOS). These questions are actual “retired” questions from the CMA exams
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development is not taking place and this is having a negative effect of staff performance and morale. The credit control system within the accounts department is particularly weak and policies need to be tightened up so that there is minimal risk of cash flow problems due to bad debtors or over-stretched payment periods. The computer systems are ineffective to deal with the different functions as a whole and it requires and Integrated computer system to bring information together‚ versatility in roles
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Coursework Assignment Number 1 The Gordon Model is particularly useful since it includes the ability to price in the growth rate of dividends over the long term. It is important to remember that the price result of the Constant Dividend Growth Model assumes that the growth rate of the dividends over time will remain constant. This is a difficult assumption to accept in real life conditions‚ but knowing that the result is dependent on the growth rate allows us to conduct sensitivity analysis to
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CAPITAL INVESTMENT ANALYSIS WITH TAXATION OBJECTIVE At the end of this lecture‚ the students should be able to: 1. Explain the nature of inflation 2. Distinguish between money cash flow and real cash flow 3. Distinguish between money and real discount rates 4. Compute impact of inflation on discounted cash flow. 5. Explain investment incentives - capital allowance‚ annual allowance initial allowance 6. Compute impact of tax on capital investment Introduction Inflation refers to persistent
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company can choose because it is more effective at dealing effectively with periodic free cash flows that develop from the time that an asset is purchased through its life to the point where it is sold‚ ranking projects and variable rates of return through the project life. The Internal Rate of Return is an inefficient model to make decisions with because it lack the ability to account for the periodic free cash flows‚ proper ranking and variable returns from certain projects. The use of Internal Rate
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ACCT 712 Final Exam 1. Net cash will be different from a company’s net income because of the changes in working capital (inventories‚ receivables‚ etc.) which is derived in the operating flows on a cash flow statement. By taking net income and making adjustments to reflect the changes‚ net cash flow from operating section will show how cash was generated. Another main reason is the translation process from accrual accounting to cash accounting because for example revenue reported on a accrual
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should Caledonia focus on project free cash flows as opposed to the accounting profits earned by the project when analyzing whether to undertake the project? It is important that Caledonia Company should focus on the free cash flows instead of the accounting profits. With the free cash flows that the company receives they can reinvest. To accurately analyze the timing of the benefit or cost we can examine the cash flows. The only cash flows that the company should be interested in
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Life of the project = 10 years Annual net cash inflow = $4‚000 Salvage Value = $0 Required rate of return = 16% Item Years Amount of cash flow 16% factor Present Value of Cash flow Annual net cash flow 1 to 10 $4‚000 4.833 $19‚332 Intial Investment Now $15‚000 1 $15‚000 Net Present Value (a-b) $4‚332 Project B Initial Cost = $15‚000 Life of the project = 10 years Cash inflow = $6000 (60‚000/10 years) Salvage Value
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its operations and the stock price almost doubled. However‚ in year 14 the company started a rapid descent. The company did not have enough cash flow to service its debt. Furthermore‚ the company found material misstatements in their financial statements. After analyzing the financial statements of the company it has become clear the causes of the cash flow problems. a. An important factor that indicates a company’s liquidity position is to analyze the change in current ratio and quick ratio
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company. The aim of the memo is to analyze the financial data from Chemalite and make a recommendation on the prospects of holding investments in Chemalite. Key Points • Zero liabilities • Positive net income • Negative cash flow from operating activities • Cash invested in business • Falling bank account balance • Start up expenses already incurred • Net income understates potential of business • Lifetime of patent Zero liabilities. Chemalite financed all of its start up costs through
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