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CHAPTER 11
EVALUATION AND CONTROL
True/False
1.
Top management is often better at the first two steps of the control model than it is in the last three
follow-through steps.
(p.242)
Answer: T
2.
Evaluation and control information consists only of performance data.
Answer: F
(p.243)
3.
Performance is the end result of activity.
Answer: T
(p.243)
4.
Behavior controls specify how something is to be done through policies, rules, standard operating
procedures, and orders from a superior.
Answer: T
ISO 2000 Standards series was developed by the International Standards Association of Geneva,
Switzerland.
Answer: F
(p.243)
5.
(p.245)
6.
ACB is an accounting method for allocating indirect and fixed costs to individual products.
Answer: F
(p.245)
7.
ABC accounting first breaks down pen manufacturing into its activities.
Answer: T
(p.246)
8.
ROI stands for return on incentives.
Answer: F
(p.246)
9.
One advantage of using ROI is that it is a single comprehensive figure influenced by everything
that happens.
Answer: T
10.
Return on equity (ROE) is calculated by dividing total equity by net income.
Answer: F
Shareholder value is the present value of the anticipated future stream of cash flows from the
business plus the value of the company if liquidated.
Answer: T
(p.247)
(p.247)
11.
12.
EVA will never replace ROI as the standard performance measure.
Answer: F
MVA is the difference between the market value of a corporation and the capital contributed by
shareholders and lenders.
Answer: T
(p.248)
(p.249)
13.
The balanced scorecard combines financial measures that tell the results of actions already taken
with operation measures on customer satisfaction, internal processes, and the corporations
innovation and improvement activities.
Answer: T
(p.250)
14.
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15.
Management audits have been developed to evaluate activities such as corporate social
responsibility, functional areas such as the marketing department, and divisions such as the
international division, as well as to evaluate the corporation itself.
Answer: T
16.
Standard costs are computed on the basis of historical data.
Answer: T
(p.252)
(p.252)
17.
The revenue center is measured in terms of efficiency.
Answer: F
(p.252)
18.
Benchmarking is a concept that is decreasing in popularity.
Answer: F
(p.254)
19.
The repatriation of profits is the transfer of profits to the parent company.
Answer: T
(p.255)
20.
International transfer pricing is primarily used to evaluate performance.
Answer: F
(p.255)
Multiple Choice
21.
Which one of the following is NOT a part of the evaluation and control of performance?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
22.
e.
23.
25.
(p.243)
measurement.
gratuity.
performance.
return on equity.
achievement.
(p.243)
24.
(p.243)
(p.243)
Controls that measure variables that influence future results are called
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a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
26.
Which type of control specifies how something is to be done through policies, rules, standard
operating procedures, and orders from a superior?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
27.
29.
30.
31.
(p.245)
sales quotas.
specific cost reduction.
profit objectives.
making sales calls to potential customers.
surveys of customer satisfaction.
(p.245)
(p.245)
tactical control
strategic control
output control
functional control
behavior control
(p.245)
tactical control
strategic control
output control
functional control
behavior control
(p.245)
tactical control
strategic control
output control
functional control
behavior control
Which type of control specifies what is to be accomplished by focusing on the end result of
behaviors through the use of objectives and performance targets or milestones?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
28.
steering controls.
activity controls.
behavior controls.
output controls.
influencing controls.
243
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32.
33.
34.
36.
37.
38.
(p.245)
conglomerate diversification.
concentric diversification.
retrenchment.
divestment.
vertical integration.
Corporations will emphasize all types of controls (output, input, behavior) when they are
following a strategy of
a.
b.
(p.245)
$100,000
$175,000
$200,000
$300,000
$400,000
Corporations will emphasize output controls when they are following a strategy of
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
(p.245)
Costa Rica.
Canada.
Mexico
The United States.
The European Union.
(p.245)
$100,000
$150,000
$200,000
$250,000
$300,000
All of the following nations or trade alliances were cited in the text for having ISO 9000
certification of their suppliers EXCEPT
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
(p.245)
9000.
9001.
9004.
9002.
9003.
35.
9000.
9001.
9004.
9002.
9003.
(p.245)
conglomerate diversification.
concentric diversification.
244
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c.
d.
e.
39.
40.
(p.245)
a.
total quality management.
b.
value-chain analysis
c.
reengineering.
d.
MBO.
e.
benchmarking.
Activity-based accounting differs from traditional cost accounting in the way it
(p.245)
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
41.
e.
44.
45.
(p.246)
(p.246)
(p.246)
EPS
ROE
DPS
ROI
ROVA
43.
Which is the MOST commonly used measure of corporate performance in terms of profit?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
42.
retrenchment.
divestment.
vertical integration.
(p.246)
sales.
EPS.
ROE.
ROI.
ROA.
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a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
46.
Which of the following measures does NOT appear in the stakeholder scorecard proposed by
Freeman?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
47.
49.
return on assets.
ROVA.
shareholder value.
earnings per share.
ROI.
ROI.
EPS.
ROE.
EVA.
MVA.
The measure which calculates the stock market's estimate of the net present value of the firm's
past and expected capital investment projects is called
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
51.
(p.248)
The measure which calculates the after-tax operating profit minus the total cost of capital is called (p.249)
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
50.
(p.248)
shareholder value
basic earning power
price/earnings ratio
profit margin on sales
return on assets
The present value of the anticipated future stream of cash flows from the business plus the value
of the company if liquidated is referred to as
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
(p.249)
Because of the belief that accounting-based numbers such as ROI, ROE, and EPS are not reliable
indicators of a corporation's economic value, which method of corporate performance is now
preferred?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
48.
sales
EPS
ROE
ROI
ROA
ROI.
EPS.
ROE.
EVA.
MVA.
(p.250)
(p.250)
Add all of the capital that has been put into a company.
Reclassify certain accounting expenses.
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c.
d.
e.
52.
Which of the following is NOT one of the areas in which goals or objectives should be developed
for use in the balanced scorecard approach?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
53.
b.
c.
d.
e.
56.
(p.251)
Which one of the following is NOT one of the areas in which a board of directors should evaluate
the effectiveness of the CEO?
(p.251)
a.
55.
(p.251)
customer
innovation and learning
financial
stakeholder
internal business perspective
The balanced scorecard approach to evaluation and control assigns to each goal/objective in an
area one or more measures that are each essential for achieving a desired strategic option. These
measures are called
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
54.
Total the value of all outstanding stock, using current stock price.
Conduct a S.W.O.T. analysis.
Maximize earning potential.
They are used to isolate a unit so that it can be evaluated separately from the rest of the
corporation.
Each responsibility center has its own budget and is evaluated on its use of budgeted
resources.
The responsibility center coordinates all the functional areas and project
developments to implement the strategic decision plan.
The center uses resources to produce a service or a product.
A responsibility center is headed by the manager responsible for the center's
performance.
(p.252)
investment center.
revenue center.
expense center.
profit center.
standard cost center.
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57.
The comparison of the expected cost of production against the actual cost of production typically
occurs in the
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
58.
59.
61.
62.
63.
(p.253)
investment center.
revenue center.
expense center.
profit center.
standard cost center.
A type of responsibility center which is typically established whenever an organizational unit has
control over both its resources and its products or services is a(an)
a.
(p.253)
investment center
revenue center
profit center
standard cost center
expense center
A responsibility center which is measured in terms of the difference between revenues measured
in production and expenditures measured in resources is a(an)
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
(p.253)
investment center.
revenue center.
expense center.
profit center.
standard cost center.
What centers have budgets prepared for engineered expenses and for discretionary expenses?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
(p.252)
investment center.
revenue center.
expense center.
profit center.
standard cost center.
(p.252)
investment center
revenue center
standard cost center
profit center
expense center
60.
investment center.
revenue center.
standard cost center.
profit center.
expense center.
(p.252)
investment center.
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b.
c.
d.
e.
64.
What type of center should be used when a company is organized into divisions of separate
product lines?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
65.
d.
e.
investment center
revenue center
expense center
profit center
standard cost center
(p.253)
investment center
expense center
profit center
standard cost center
revenue center
The continual process of measuring products, services, and practices against the toughest
competitors or those companies recognized as industry leaders is
a.
(p.253)
revenue center
expense center
investment center
profit center
standard cost center
69.
Return on investment (ROI) is the most widely used measure of performance in what
responsibility center?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
68.
(p.253)
Which type of responsibility center will a multidivisional corporation typically emphasize through
the use of ROI?
(p.253)
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
67.
(p.253)
profit center
investment center
revenue center
standard cost center
expense center
A transfer price is
a.
b.
c.
66.
revenue center.
expense center.
profit center.
standard cost center.
249
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b.
c.
d.
e.
70.
Which of the following is NOT one of the steps followed in the benchmarking process?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
71.
b.
(p.255)
technology transfer.
activity-based costing.
transfer pricing.
repatriation of profits.
transnational funding.
(p.256)
budgets.
earnings per share.
rate of return.
currency-adjusted cash flow.
historical comparisons.
A multi-domestic MNC should use what type of controls on its foreign units?
a.
(p.254)
$100,000
$200,000
$300,000
$400,000
$500,000
75.
10%
30%
50%
70%
90%
Transferring profits from a foreign subsidiary to the parent corporation through dividends,
royalties, or management fees is called
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
74.
73.
(p.254)
A study by Bain & Company revealed what percentage of companies using benchmarking in some
manner?
(p.254)
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
72.
benchmarking.
action planning.
reengineering.
management by objectives.
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c.
d.
e.
76.
An MNC with a global perspective should use what type of controls on its foreign units?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
77.
activity-based costing.
transfer pricing.
spreadsheet software.
R/3 software system.
transnational software integrator.
(p.256)
Which one of the following is NOT one of the reasons why many executives do not conduct
long-run performance evaluations while preferring to focus primarily on short-run performances?
(p.258)
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
80.
The union of all of a companys major business activities from order processing to production
within a single family of software modules is known as
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
79.
(p.256)
The complex software system which integrates and automates order taking, credit checking,
payment verification, and book balancing for a multinational corporation's many operations and is
becoming the business information systems' global standard is
(p.256)
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
78.
Management needs to exert tight controls over its many units using a centralized strategic
operational decision-making format.
Management should use a functional approach assigning distinct and separate
responsibilities to each department throughout the MNC.
Management should use a divisional approach assigning goals and targets for each
product-group throughout the MNC.
Rather than striving to meet the organization's long-term goals, managers tend to focus
their efforts only on factors that have positive short-term effects which may be
inconsistent with corporate objectives.
251
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b.
c.
d.
e.
81.
What term describes when activities originally intended to help managers attain corporate
objectives become ends in themselves or are adapted to meet ends other than those for which they
were intended?
(p.258)
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
82.
b.
c.
d.
e.
a division or functional unit views itself as a separate entity and refuses to cooperate with
other divisions or units in order to keep its performance measures at a high level.
there is a failure to produce at or near full capacity.
individuals are placed into positions not suited to their abilities.
managers tend to focus more of their attention on those aspects which are
measurable than on those which are not.
managers concentrate too much on short-term performance objectives.
b.
c.
d.
e.
(p.259)
a division or functional unit views itself as a separate entity and refuses to cooperate
with other divisions or units in order to keep its performance measures at a high
level.
there is a failure to produce at or near full capacity.
individuals are placed into positions not suited to their abilities.
managers tend to focus more of their attentions on those aspects which are measurable
than on those which are not.
managers concentrate too much on short-term performance objectives.
If marketing attains its goal while production costs are raised for the manufacturing department,
the end result of marketings achievements and manufacturings cost increases reflects the term
a.
b.
c.
(p.259)
85.
(p.258)
The text cited the organization of _____ as improving employee productivity by tying
performance to rewards.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
84.
economic rationality
minimal acceptable behavior
goal displacement
closed system thinking
trained incapacity
83.
behavior substitution.
suboptimization.
resource allocation.
252
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d.
e.
86.
87.
89.
90.
91.
(p.260)
(p.260)
Which of the following criteria is NOT an appropriate way to link executive compensation to
corporate performance?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
(p.259)
strategic factors.
profitability ratios.
strong managerial leadership.
critical success factors.
key performance measures.
According to Peter and Waterman in their book, In Search of Excellence, which type of
companies have only a few formal objective controls?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
(p.259)
Those few things which must go well to ensure corporate success, the 20% of the factors that
determine 80% of the results, are called
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
88.
resource optimization.
strategy optimization.
(p.260)
16%
36%
27%
21%
10%
A survey of 600 business units found that compensation programs emphasizing bonuses and other
incentives were most used in those units emphasizing
(p.260)
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
stability strategies.
retrenchment strategies.
cooperative strategies.
international strategies.
growth strategies.
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92.
93.
94.
96.
97.
(p.260)
strategic-funds method
segmentation method
long-term evaluation method
individual evaluation method
weighted-factor method
(p.260)
company cars.
company stock.
health insurance.
retirement plans.
vacations.
(p.260)
strategic-funds method
segmentation method
long-term evaluation method
individual evaluation method
weighted-factor method
According to the text, based on solid long-term performance, a company executive might be
promised incentives such as
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
(p.260)
strategic-funds method
segmentation method
long-term evaluation method
individual evaluation method
weighted-factor method
95.
return on investment.
year-end bonuses.
zero base budgeting.
weighted-factor method.
return on assets.
(p.260)
return on assets
cash flow
strategic-funds programs
market-share increase
all factors should receive equal weights
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98.
99.
100.
(p.262)
management audit.
accounting audit.
financial audit.
environmental audit.
strategic audit.
In a strategic audit, which one of the following is NOT a part of the corporation's internal
environment?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
101.
(p.262)
(p.262)
corporate structure
corporate culture
corporate task environment
corporate resources
none of these
Which one of the following is NOT one of the key considerations of evaluation and control?
(p.262)
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
102.
At _____, forty employees were fired for visiting pornographic Web sites.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
103.
Motorola
Sears
Xerox
Corning
Cisco
Intelligence agencies from different counties use a satellite communications monitoring system
which is called
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
(p.262)
Echelon.
Epicurean.
Epicenter.
Ensign.
Eurydice.
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