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BM II 5.01 - By the Numbers
BM II 5.01 - By the Numbers
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Business Management II - Unit 5.01 - By the Numbers
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A business wants to purchase new machinery for its production line. Which pieces of financial info is relevant?
How much money the company spent on machinery five years ago
The amount of money spent by competing company on production line equipment
The current salaries of top company executives
The amount of money left in the budget for the fiscal year
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For financial information to be relevant, it must also be
Perfect
Certified by an auditor
Timely
Digital
3
Businesses use financial information to create and adjust
mission statements.
trends.
accounting standards.
budgets.
4
For financial information to be comparable, it must also be
digital
consistent
private
current
5
When reviewing Financial Info. we determine we can save $'s by switching providers - this is an example of ways to
increase sales.
create a budget.
reduce expenses.
plan business expansion.
6
The businesses go over the contracted financial info to ensure the payment terms are acceptable.
make purchases.
enter into legal agreements.
increase sales.
boost profitability.
7
Using financial info to determine if a store can afford to add items to its shelves is helping to:
check on the competition.
manage debt.
increase sales.
reduce expenses.
8
Bus. is expected to reduce expenses by 4% last quarter but financial info shows it was 2%. Example of?
boost profits.
manage debt.
monitor ongoing business activities.
acquire new businesses.
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Which of the following is an example of business-related financial information?
Pay stub
School-loan document
Accounts receivable record
Sales receipt from purchasing a matress
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Which of the following is a reason that businesses might look at financial information from another company:
To see how their company compares to the competition
To manage their company’s debt
To monitor their company’s ongoing business activities
To determine how to increase sales
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In business, the most important application of financial information is
getting to know the target market.
business decision-making.
trend identification.
determining salaries.
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Financial information that is __________ conforms to specific processing standards.
reliable
comparable
understandable
relevant
13
For financial information to be reliable, it must also be
relevant.
complete.
biased.
understandable.
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There may be more than one acceptable way to record and organize a piece of financial information, but it’s important to
create your own set of accounting standards.
make sure competitors don’t find out about it.
do it the same way every time.
keep all paper copies of receipts.
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Jargon” is a term used to describe specialized language for only a specific group of people. Jargon information would
not be considered understandable
not be considered relevant
be considered neutral
be considered complete
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Useful financial information is understandable to
Anyone who needs to use it.
Anyone with a background in finance.
Everyone.
Accountants and managers.
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In its raw state, financial data aren't very helpful. To be useful to businesses, financial data need to be
formatted in HTML
inserted into a spreadsheet
listed in order of size from smallest to largest
gathered and organized in some way
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If a business wants to prepare reliable financial reports, it must be
partial
neutral
certified
supervised
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A business decides to use some surplus cash to pay off a loan early. Example of using financial information to?
create budgets
make purchases
manage debt
increase sales
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Which of the following is an example of personal financial information?
pay stub
sales invoice
accounts payable record
expense report