CCA Strategic Management Accounting 3

Question 1

The 'Beyond Budgeting' management model primarily advocates for:

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Replacing fixed annual budgets with adaptive, rolling forecasts and decentralized decision-making

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Creating more granular and detailed annual budgets

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Eliminating all forms of financial planning and target-setting

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Adopting zero-based budgeting for every department each year

Question 2

Shareholder Value Analysis (SVA), as developed by Alfred Rappaport, defines value creation as maximizing:

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The present value of expected future free cash flows

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Reported earnings per share each quarter

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Net income after interest and taxes

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The book value of shareholders' equity on the balance sheet

Question 3

In the Balanced Scorecard framework, the 'learning and growth' perspective primarily measures:

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Employee skills, information systems, and organizational culture

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Customer satisfaction scores and retention rates

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Financial returns delivered to shareholders

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Efficiency and quality of internal business processes

Question 4

Strategic variance analysis extends traditional variance analysis by:

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Identifying variances attributable to changes in strategic assumptions, competitive position, and market conditions

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Focusing exclusively on direct material price and usage variances

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Analyzing only labor efficiency variances across departments

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Comparing budgeted overhead absorption rates between periods

Question 5

Lean accounting supports lean manufacturing environments by:

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Eliminating non-value-added accounting activities and using value-stream costing

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Applying more detailed standard cost systems to track waste

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Increasing the number of cost centers to improve cost visibility

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Requiring traditional overhead absorption for all product lines

Question 6

A key limitation of Return on Investment (ROI) as a divisional performance measure is that it:

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May cause managers to reject projects that reduce divisional ROI but increase total company value

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Is too complex to calculate from standard financial statements

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Completely ignores revenue and focuses only on cost reduction

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Cannot be compared across divisions of different sizes

Question 7

The Hoshin Kanri strategic planning system is primarily designed to:

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Align organizational goals, departmental activities, and individual efforts with top-level strategic priorities

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Reduce short-term operating costs through headcount rationalization

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Maximize quarterly earnings reported to shareholders

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Standardize overhead allocation across all business units