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Barrett's Fashions forecasts sales of $125,000 for the quarter ended December 31.Its gross profit rate is 20% of sales,and its September 30 inventory is $32,500.If the December 31 inventory is targeted at $41,500,budgeted purchases for the fourth quarter should be:


A) $134,000
B) $109,000
C) $91,500
D) $25,000
E) $91,000

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

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What is a merchandise purchases budget? How is the merchandise purchases budget constructed?

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Northern Company is preparing a cash budget for June.The company has $12,000 cash at the beginning of June and anticipates $30,000 in cash receipts and $34,500 in cash disbursements during June.Northern Company has an agreement with its bank to maintain a cash balance of at least $10,000.As of May 31,the company owes $15,000 to the bank.To maintain the $10,000 required balance,during June the company must:


A) Borrow $4,500
B) Borrow $2,500
C) Borrow $10,000
D) Repay $7,500
E) Repay $2,500

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

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A plan that shows the predicted costs for direct materials,direct labor,and overhead to be incurred in manufacturing the units in the production budget is called the:


A) Sales budget.
B) Merchandise purchases budget.
C) Production budget.
D) Rolling budget.
E) Manufacturing budget.

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

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Which of the following statements about budgeting is false?


A) Budgeting is an aid to planning and control.
B) Budgets create standards for performance evaluation.
C) Budgets help coordinate the activities of the entire organization.
D) Budgeting forces managers to think ahead and formalize long-range objectives.
E) The master budget should only be prepared by top management.

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

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Which of the following factors is least likely to be considered in preparing a sales budget?


A) Plant capacity.
B) General economic and industry conditions.
C) Past sales volume.
D) The capital expenditures budget.
E) Proposed selling expenses, such as advertising.

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

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Blaircraft Company manufactures a product that requires five pounds of raw material for each unit produced.For the next year,beginning inventory of raw materials is 8,000 pounds.The raw materials inventory at the end of each quarter should be 15% of the next quarter's raw materials needed for production.Given the projected production in units below,what is the quantity of raw materials that needs to be purchased for the third quarter?  Quarter 1234 Expected production 7,005,008,006,00 Units 0000\begin{array} { l l l l l } \text { Quarter } & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 \\\text { Expected production } & 7,00 & 5,00 & 8,00 & 6,00 \\\text { Units } & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0\end{array}


A) 41,500 pounds
B) 40,000 pounds
C) 38,500 pounds
D) 7,7000 pounds
E) 8,300 pounds

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

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Traditional budgeting is generally better than activity-based budgeting when attempting to reduce costs by eliminating nonvalue-added activities.

A) True
B) False

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In preparing a budgeted balance sheet,the amount for Accounts Receivable is primarily determined from:


A) The purchase budget.
B) The sales budget.
C) The capital expenditures budget.
D) The budgeted income statement.
E) The selling expenses budget.

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

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The task of preparing a budget should be the sole task of the most important department in an organization.

A) True
B) False

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Preparing a master budget is usually the responsibility of:


A) The company CEO.
B) The marketing department.
C) A budget committee.
D) The chief financial officer.
E) Lower level management.

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

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What is a manufacturing budget?

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The __________________________ shows expected cash inflows and outflows during the budget period.

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A plan that lists the types and amounts of general and administrative expenses expected during the budget period is referred to as a:


A) General and administrative expense budget.
B) Sales budget.
C) Cash payments budget.
D) Overhead budget.
E) Selling expense budget.

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

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A June sales forecast projects that 6,000 units are going to be sold at a price of $10.50 per unit.The desired ending inventory of units is 15% higher than the beginning inventory of 1,000 units.Merchandise purchases for June are projected to include how many units?


A) 6,000 units
B) 6,150 units
C) 5,850 units
D) 7,150 units
E) 6,500 units

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

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A budget is a formal statement of future plans,usually expressed in monetary terms.

A) True
B) False

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Operating budgets include all the following budgets except the:


A) Sales budget.
B) Selling expense budget.
C) Cash budget.
D) Merchandise purchases budget.
E) General and administrative expense budget.

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

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Which of the following budgets is not an operating budget?


A) Sales budget.
B) Cash budget.
C) General and administrative expense budget.
D) Selling expenses budget.
E) Merchandise purchases.

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

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Budget preparation is best determined in a top-down managerial approach.

A) True
B) False

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The process of evaluating performance can be improved by using budgets.

A) True
B) False

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