IMA CMA Part 2: Strategic Financial Management Sample Questions:

1. Safety Strollers was recently sued by several people who alleged harmful and unsafe strollers. The management team was largely unconcerned about these lawsuits due to the apparent negligence of the plaintiffs However, a consumer grassroots effort Drought these dangers into the public eye and the management team now fears for their brand s reputation and the sales o' their products. The facts are staring to get distorted and some stores are electing to no longer carry this brand. This situation could best be considered a

A) hazard loss mal can be mitigated with liability insurance
B) financial risk managed through product diversification
C) cost of doing business mat the company's m-house legal counsel will hand.
D) catastrophic force that could have been managed better with a robust crisis management plan

2. Identify and explain two risks that Guda may face after it acquires Blue Moon.
Essay
Apex Manufacturing lnc. (AMI) is a Canada-based company that manufactures a manufactures and unique part for aircrafts. It has few competitors in the market. The company is exposed to exchange rate risk because about 90% of its products are exported to the U.S, and most of its sales contracts are in U.S. dollars. AMI has the capacity to manufacture 1,500 units of the part per year. For the year just ended. AMI manufactured and sold 1,000 units. The operating results are shown below.

Recently, A new customer made a one-area order of 500 units of the part at $1.200 per unit. The CTO asked the controller to analyze this offer. AMI is considering adjusting its sales price next year in a recent meeting, the CFO suggested to use the market-based approach for pricing decisions, bat the controller insisted that the cost-based approach is more favorable to the company.

3. Determine whether me €300 fee is a facilitating payment
Essay
Online Learning Inc. lOLI) is a privately-held company based in the IUC that specializes in providing online courses in English as a Second Language (ESL). OLI is trying to set up a new sales office in a foreign country.
It needs a business license to operate in that country. The license normally lakes six months to obtain. An official of that country said that he could expedite the process for a fee of €300.
OLI estimates the new sales office can bring €300,000 incremental profit annually OLI has just launched a new online 40-houi course to help adult ESL learners master basic business English. The price of the new course is €500 per student, the variable cost is €300 per student, and the total fixed cost of the new course is
€300.000 per year OLI spent €200.000 to develop the new course before launching it. There are many online course providers in the marketplace, and each has its own feature However, OLI's highly qualified staff and good reputation have enabled it to charge a premium price compared to its major competitors. Recent market research indicates that if OLI raises the price of its new business English course by 10V the student enrollment would decrease by 5V A regional airlines company in Asia has approached OLI and offered to enroll 1.000 of its employees in the new course if OLI would agree to a special price of €350 per employee If OLI accepts this offer, an additional €10,000 onetime cost would be required to temporally expand its capacity to accommodate the new students.

4. A corporation has $80 million in current assets comprised of $30 million in inventory and $50 million in cash and marketable securities it has current liabilities of $50 million. If the corporation purchases an additional $10 million in inventory with trade credit this would

A) increase its current ratio and increase its quick ratio
B) not change its current ratio and decrease its quick ratio
C) not change its current ratio and not change its quick ratio
D) decrease its current ratio and decrease its quick ratio

5. FumiSelf is a global manufacturer of consumer-assembled furniture with a business presence in nearly every country. The Vice President of Production was presented with the following information by the Vice President of Finance as of the end of the current quarter.

A) African division is the most efficient in manage its inventory
B) North American division has the lowest days' sales in Inventory.
C) Asian division has the highest days' sales in inventory
D) Europe division is the most inefficient in managing its inventory

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