IMA CMA-Strategic-Financial-Management 問題集

質問 1：
Explain me concept of relevant cost in the season-making process and discuss whatever the €200, 000 course development coil is relevant to OLi's price decisions in future years Essay Online Learning Inc. lOLI) is a privately-held company based in the IUC that specializes in providing online courses in English as a Second Language (ESL). OLI is trying to set up a new sales office in a foreign country.
It needs a business license to operate in that country. The license normally lakes six months to obtain. An official of that country said that he could expedite the process for a fee of €300.
OLI estimates the new sales office can bring €300,000 incremental profit annually OLI has just launched a new online 40-houi course to help adult ESL learners master basic business English. The price of the new course is €500 per student, the variable cost is €300 per student, and the total fixed cost of the new course is €300.000 per year OLI spent €200.000 to develop the new course before launching it.
There are many online course providers in the marketplace, and each has its own feature However, OLI's highly qualified staff and good reputation have enabled it to charge a premium price compared to its major competitors.
Recent market research indicates that if OLI raises the price of its new business English course by 10V the student enrollment would decrease by 5V A regional airlines company in Asia has approached OLI and offered to enroll 1.000 of its employees in the new course if OLI would agree to a special price of €350 per employee If OLI accepts this offer, an additional €10,000 onetime cost would be required to temporally expand its capacity to accommodate the new students.
正解：
See the explanation for the answer.
Explanation
Relevant com is cost which is incurred in future and incremental because of the division and in terms of cash other costs are considered to be relevant while making a decision. The development cost is a past cost incurred before mating the decision and hence irrelevant.

質問 2：
SSA inc. issues 4% bonds with a lace value of $500,000 when the market rate of interest is 3% for similar bonds. The bonds mature in 10 years, and pay interest every six months. Which one of the following is closest to the amount of cash SSA will receive upon issued.
A. $543,000
B. $459,000
C. $505,000
D. $500,000
正解：A

質問 3：
Genco Healthcare has asked ns controller to summarize the company's financial performance for the past two years. The accountant provided the following two years financial ratios for reference.
A. More Liquid Less profitable less solvent
B. Less liquid mote profitable less solvent
C. Less liquid mote profitable more solvent
D. More liquid, less profitable mote solvent
正解：B

質問 4：
The internal audit division of a company is investigating a potential fraud in the Accounts Payable department Someone in the department has been writing checks to fictitious vendors and collecting the cash The primary suspect Is an employee who has own with the company for twelve years and recently lost his Did for promotion to Director of Accounts Payable a position which would have given mm a 25% salary increase This employee has been heard complaining to several other employees in the department that he was cheated out of his raise. Which one of the following elements of the fraud triangle is this employee exhibiting?
A. Pressure
B. Motive
C. Rationalization
D. Opportunity
正解：C

質問 5：
A company can by identical raw materials from four suppliers. Each supplier offers a different term of sale.
Which one of the following terms of sale has the highest effective annual interest rate if the company does not take the cash discount?
A. 1/30, net 90
B. 1/10, net 45
C. 1/10, net 90
D. 1/30 net 45
正解：D

質問 6：
Should OLI accept the proposal from the regional airline? Show your calculations Essay Online Learning Inc. lOLI) is a privately-held company based in the IUC that specializes in providing online courses in English as a Second Language (ESL). OLI is trying to set up a new sales office in a foreign country.
It needs a business license to operate in that country. The license normally lakes six months to obtain. An official of that country said that he could expedite the process for a fee of €300.
OLI estimates the new sales office can bring €300,000 incremental profit annually OLI has just launched a new online 40-houi course to help adult ESL learners master basic business English. The price of the new course is €500 per student, the variable cost is €300 per student, and the total fixed cost of the new course is
€300.000 per year OLI spent €200.000 to develop the new course before launching it. There are many online course providers in the marketplace, and each has its own feature However, OLI's highly qualified staff and good reputation have enabled it to charge a premium price compared to its major competitors. Recent market research indicates that if OLI raises the price of its new business English course by 10V the student enrollment would decrease by 5V A regional airlines company in Asia has approached OLI and offered to enroll 1.000 of its employees in the new course if OLI would agree to a special price of €350 per employee If OLI accepts this offer, an additional €10,000 onetime cost would be required to temporally expand its capacity to accommodate the new students.
正解：
See the explanation for the answer.
Explanation
Yes the order can be accepted as the price offered is above the variable cost of 300, hence it will make a contribution of 50 per enrollment and should be accepted

質問 7：
The CFO at GameX, a handheld game manufacturer has asked a financial analyst to provide an analysis and evaluation of the company versus three of its competitors. The analyst prepared the following report.

Based or the analysis the analyst is justified to write in his evaluation mat in order to Improve its position in the market. GameX should
A. increase its inventory
B. reduce its debt load
正解：B