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CIMA E1 - Managing Finance in a Digital World

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Total 336 questions

A few years have passed since tech company NVision launched their new games console, Superbox. The product was once a star, with high, rising sales, but it is now selling quite poorly. In fact, it's selling so poorly that

NVision are no longer making a return on the product.

Which of the following strategies would be the BEST for NVision to implement?

A.

Pull out of the market or, if possible, sell the rights of Superbox to an individual or company who is willing to carry it on.

B.

Keep costs low and continue to sell the console.

C.

Develop the product for a specific market segment who continue to have a need for it - this will allow NVision to sell the product at a higher price.

D.

Allow the product to follow its natural life-cycle.

R is a 14 year old girl and has been promised a new computer for her birthday. Her school friends have popular hand-held models which are very intuitive to use with an eye-pleasing interface and design. Her parents want her to have a cumbersome personal computer which has to be situated at home as it will be more secure and easy to upgrade in the future without replacing the whole unit. R would prefer the computer her friends have. Which influence is R demonstrating?

A.

Socio/cultural influence

B.

Personal influence

C.

Psychological influence

D.

Technical influence

The following statements are from which section of the UK Combined Code?

1:The board should disclose a balanced and understandable assessment of the company's position and prospects in the financial reports.

2:The board should maintain an appropriate relationship with the company's external auditor.

A.

Accountability

B.

Leadership

C.

Effectiveness

D.

Remuneration

E.

Shareholder relations

Velocity is one of the defining characteristics of Big Data.  Which of the following most accurately defines what this means?

A.

The speed of data creation

B.

The volume of the data

C.

The different formats of data

D.

The validity of data

YZ Company has grown rapidly and has recently recruited a finance director to set up a more structured finance function. During this process care will be needed to ensure effective lines of communication between different disciplines within the whole function and to recognise the interdependencies.

 

Which of the following are examples of the interdependence of elements of the finance function?

 

Select ALL that apply.

A.

Variance analysis reporting

B.

Taxation management

C.

Budget management

D.

Management reporting

E.

Statutory financial reporting

F.

Internal auditing

It can be said that ethics is a set of moral principles underpinning the concept of right and wrong. Whether an action is actually right or wrong depends on which of the following?

 

Select ALL that apply.

A.

The consequences of the action

B.

The motivation for the action

C.

The key values associated with the action

D.

The legality of the action

E.

The organisational policy 

F.

The government policy

Which of the following will mean a company has breached a General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) principle'?

A.

Data has been deleted after it is no longer required

B.

Data has been used fairly, lawfully and transparently

C.

Data has been kept for longer than necessary

D.

Data has been kept securely with restricted access

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) encompasses four different dimensions.

Match each of the descriptions below with the correct CSR dimension.

Which of the following is a benefit to the employer of remote working?

A.

Reduced cost of commuting

B.

Ease of balancing work/life commitments

C.

Privacy to the individual

D.

Increased employee motivation

Workforce flexibility takes a number of different forms. Which of the following achieves flexibility where employees have the ability to move between tasks as and when required by the organisation?

A.

Shift system flexibility

B.

Numerical flexibility

C.

Functional flexibility

D.

Temporal flexibility