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Sharing financial information and results with all employees in the organization is called _____ management.

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CASE Scenario - Katrina Aldridge The yearly auditing review of Pilgrim Industries is scheduled for next month. Katrina Aldridge is preparing for that audit and is also preparing her budget for the coming year. -Which of these budgets will provide Katrina information about planned investments in major assets like buildings and heavy machinery?


A) Cash budget
B) Revenue budget
C) Capital budget
D) Expense Budget
E) Balance-Sheet budget

F) B) and D)
G) A) and D)

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Open-book management ties employee rewards to the company's overall success.

A) True
B) False

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Identify and briefly describe each of the common financial ratios addressed in your text.

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The major categories addressed...

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The income statement shows revenues coming into the organization from all sources and subtracts all expenses.

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following is a ratio that measures the firm's internal performance with respect to key activities defined by management?


A) A liquidity ratio
B) An activity ratio
C) Return on total assets
D) A current ratio
E) Profit margin on sales

F) A) and C)
G) A) and E)

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_____ refer(s) to the difference between assets and liabilities and is the company's net worth in stock and retained earnings.


A) Assets
B) Current debt
C) Net profit
D) Owners' equity
E) Liabilities

F) A) and B)
G) All of the above

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Zachary, a manager at ExecuComp, receives quarterly reports, which track his department's production statistics. However, these reports lack key information regarding reject rates. Which of the following components of the control model need improvement?


A) Measuring actual performance
B) The planning and setting of performance standards
C) SWOT analysis
D) The ability to take corrective action when necessary
E) All of these

F) A) and D)
G) C) and D)

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_____ refers to the system of governing an organization so that the interests of corporate owners are protected.

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The firm's financial position with respect to assets and liabilities at a specific point in time is shown by its:


A) activity ratio.
B) profitability ratio.
C) income statement.
D) liquidity ratio.
E) balance sheet.

F) A) and E)
G) D) and E)

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An activity ratio that measures how many times the inventory is turned over to meet the total sales figure is called the inventory turnover.

A) True
B) False

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An organization wide commitment to infusing quality into every activity through continuous improvement is called _____.

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Silver n' Gold Inc. recently introduced a new control philosophy where all employees have access to the same information that owners have, such as what money is coming in and where it is going. This is an example of which control philosophy?


A) Balanced scorecard
B) Six Sigma
C) Continuous improvement
D) Total quality management
E) Open-book management

F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

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Benchmarking is the age-old practice of allowing the artisan to sign his name to the finished product.

A) True
B) False

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A(n) _____ includes anticipated and actual expenses for each responsibility center and for the total organization.

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Which of the following allows employees to see for themselves the financial condition of the company?


A) Open-book management
B) An economic value-added system
C) Activity-based costing
D) An inappropriate control system
E) Market value-added system

F) D) and E)
G) A) and B)

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The control "system" at FreshFood Corporation is based on the culture of the organization and norms that develop in the individual work teams. This is an example of:


A) bureaucratic control.
B) decentralized control.
C) organizational control.
D) feedback control.
E) none of these.

F) B) and C)
G) B) and E)

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The _____ plans future investments in major assets to be depreciated over several years.


A) capital budget
B) balance sheet budget
C) cash budget
D) revenue budget
E) profit budget

F) None of the above
G) B) and E)

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The goal of _____ is to get every employee thinking and acting like a business owner.


A) management-by-walking around
B) closed-book management
C) MBO
D) open-book management
E) just-in-time inventory systems

F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

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Decentralized control is usually implemented in all of the following areas EXCEPT:


A) self-control.
B) peer group.
C) corporate culture.
D) employee selection and socialization.
E) the quality control department.

F) C) and E)
G) None of the above

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