IMA CMA Part 1: Financial Planning - Performance and Analytics Sample Questions:

1. To prevent cyoeratiacks. a company recently implemented penetration testing wnich one of tne following statements best descnbes this test?

A) An email testing employee compliance with phishing guidelines
B) A staged break-in of the company s server room after business hours
C) An authorized attempt to break through the company's firev.au
D) A series of attempts to flood the company's network with traffic

2. A company has two service departments Security and Human Resources and two operating departments Assembly and Finishing Cost data for these departments are shown below

To determine the full costs of conducting Business m the operating departments the company allocates service department costs to the operating departments Security costs are allocated based on the number of employees and Human Resources costs are allocated based on the number of Human Resources hours used using the step-down method, what amount of Security costs would be allocated to the Assembly department?

A) $20,000.
B) $18,773.
C) $13,333.
D) $12,727.

3. The type of data anarytics mat seeks to identify the best action to take in oraer to achieve a desired result is

A) diagnostic analytics
B) prescriptive analytics
C) directive analytics
D) predictive analytics

4. A company has developed a core competency in data mining. Which one of the following best describes this core competency?

A) Expertise in extracting data from large volumes of unstructured text using query tools
B) Ability to develop recommendations for action based on the analysts of large data sets
C) Ability to derive valid information from large databases using statistical techniques
D) SQL mastery for structuring data as a oasis for applying data analytics

5. identity and explain one benefit and one limitation of outsourcing most of me payroll-related work to an outside payroll service provider.
Essay
Zhiliang Foods Inc. (ZFI) is a privately-held food distributor ZFI has two production departments' the Meat Department is labor-intensive. while the Bakery Department is highly automated ZFI applies a single overhead allocation rate, using the number of pounds produced as an allocation base for the whole company The expected annual overhead costs of ZFI for 100 million pounds produced are as follows (¥ in millions).

ZFI has one payroll administrator in its Human Resources department, but most of the payroll related work is outsourced to a payroll service provider ZFI's payroll administrator is responsible for tracking the list of current employees and maintaining the most up-to-date employee information, including bank accounts for payroll direct deposits.
Each pay period, the payroll administrator emails the information for all current employees' hours worked to the payroll service provider. The service provider then processes the payroll, makes direct deposits to employees' bank accounts, mails payroll stubs to employees' homes and emails payroll reports to ZFI's payroll administrator. The payroll administrator then makes payroll journal entries to ZFI's accounting system based on the payroll reports received ZFI's accountant prepares a bank reconciliation each month to ensure ZFI s payroll payments on ZFI's bank statement match the amounts shown on the payroll reports from the service provider.
ZFl's management is evaluating the purchase of data encryption software and human resources management software next year. The human resource management software is expected to provide various human resources and payroll-related functions.
In addition, the human resource software can generate a report to indicate the monthly employee turnover rate and the average service length of employees who have resigned. The system can also generate a report to indicate the main reasons for resignations and identify current employees who are at risk of resigning. The system will recommend actions to help retain these employees, such as more training opportunities or a pay raise.

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