EMT Practice Test

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Question1: You have just been employed as a management accountant in a small business with an annual turnover of $0.5 million.
You have a wide range of duties because the business is small.
Which of the following is an ethical risk?

Question2: G plc has decided to move its production plant to overseas Country A.
This would make the product cheaper to produce. The technology used to make the product is very advanced and some of the staff would have to move to Country A.
The Production Director has identified that there are some political risks in moving to Country A.
Match the methods of reducing the political risks associated with the move to Country A with the corresponding risks.

Question3: GHJ makes large export sales to customers in Country A, whose currency fluctuates significantly against GHJ's home currency. GHJ also makes large purchases from suppliers in Country A.
All of these transactions are in Country A's currency.
GHJ's Treasurer does not actively hedge currency risks because there is a natural hedge in place due to the company making both sales and purchases in the same currency.
GHJ's Board has instructed the Treasurer to put active hedging measures in place because the Risk Report would otherwise have to disclose the fact that GHJ has a currency risk which is not actively hedged.
Which of the following statements are correct?

Question4: The interest rate on EUR deposits is 7%. The interest rate on GBP deposits is 5%. The spot rate is EUR/GBP0.8500. What is the one year forward rate predicted to be assuming interest rate parity holds true?

Question5: Return on capital employed (ROCE) can be a useful measure of divisional performance. For which of the following types of company is ROCE likely to be most appropriate?

Question6: QAW is a quoted building company QAW has detailed rules relating to the wording of its contracts and the need to seek Board approval for any changes to the standard wording The Convener of the Audit Committee has just received a copy of an internal audit report relating to the QAW Land Reclamation subsidiary The subsidiary has signed several construction contracts over the past two years that have made significant changes to the standard wording, with no attempt to seek approval from QAW's Board The internal audit report quotes the manager in charge of QAW Land Reclamation as refusing to accept that there is a compliance error at the subsidiary The manager stated that the nature of the business done by QAW Land Reclamation would make it inappropriate to use the standard contract terms and that it would be impractical to seek permission for every one of the many changes that are necessary Which of the following would be an appropriate response to this item by QAW's Board?

Question7: BCD has set up a number of functions within its security operations centre (SOC) One of these is a Hunt team.
Which of the following is the primary function of a Hunt team?

Question8: ABC is an online retail chain which operates on a 24/7 basis It has been updating its Cyber Security processes and has implemented a centralised monitoring process to track activity through its web access portal Which of the following activities will increase the awareness of its cyber security risk most effectively?

Question9: M, a manufacturing company, has had some problems with defects in one of the main products it produces.
This product has been made by the company for many years and is very profitable. Last month it had over 300 defects reported by customers which is more than 15% of products sold. This is a reputation risk for M and is also affecting profitability.
Which of the following controls could M introduce to reduce defects and also increase profitability?

Question10: Risk management involves all parties in an organisation.
Which of the following describe the Board's responsibilities for risk management?

Question11: A project has been evaluated on the basis that it will cost $14 million and will have a net present value of $2.3 million.
The project has commenced and $3 million of the initial $14 million has been invested. A problem has been discovered that will cost an additional $2.5 million to rectify. The $2.5 million will be payable immediately.
What is the NPV of continuing with this project?

Question12: Achieving the budget is often used as a good performance measure. However, there are problems with budgets which may mean they are not always good measures of performance.
Which TWO of the following statements about budgets suggest that they should not always be used to measure performance?

Question13: The managers of a company are agents for the shareholders tasked with increasing shareholders' wealth.
Which of the following will usually increase shareholders' wealth?

Question14: Company X has been advised by its internal audit team that it should have a fraud response policy A is a new member in the internal audit team and he does not see why this would help to prevent fraud and has asked for an explanation Which TWO of the following would be included in this explanation? It would act as a deterrent and help prevent staff from committing fraud

Question15: Laura is an accounts clerk. She is supposed to sign each invoice as evidence that she has conducted checks against supporting documents. Sometimes Laura signs invoices without making these checks.
Terry is a member of the internal audit team. Terry has been told to conduct compliance tests on whether Laura is checking the invoices properly.
Which of the following would give Terry a false sense of assurance that Laura's checks have been operating?

Question16: As part of risk assessment exercise for a low-cost airline you are requested to match the risks listed below with the most approriate method of minimising or dealing with each risk.

Question17: K plc is a large listed company in the retail industry. It has recently appointed T as a non-executive director. T has never had any previous involvement with K plc but is well known to K's Chief Executive P because T is the Managing Director of K plc's largest supplier.
K has recently expanded into Asia. Doubts about the wisdom of the move have been expressed in the financial press with some journalists commenting that it has exposed K plc to higher degrees of risk than previously.
The move had been approved by the Risk Committee which consists of four Non-Executive Directors (NEDs) all of whom have significant experience in business.
K plc does not have a Nominations Committee. Nominations to the Board are usually proposed by P and generally agreed by the other directors.
In relation to the above scenario which of the following comments is valid?

Question18: S is a senior production manager for LK, which is about to set up a new production line requiring S4 million of new specialist equipment.
S's daughter goes to school and is friends with the daughter of R.
the sales manager in GG. GG is a potential supplier of the specialist equipment that LK requires.
R owns a holiday home. S's daughter regularly accompanies R's daughter on family vacations at this holiday home, all at R's expense.
S is the only person working for LK who is qualified to select the specialist equipment. GG will definitely bid for the sale.
What should S do?

Question19: YY is a company which generates electricity from alternative energy sources It has just begun constructing a wind farm near a well-known beauty spot The protect has been controversial as campaigners say it will be noisy and unsightly.
The campaigners took legal action but lost the case Some of them have started a campaign of direct action against YY and are physically blocking roads leading to the site and attempting to intimidate YY's staff YY has hired a security company to help it to protect its staff Which of the following statements are view in relation to the ethics of this scenario'' Select ALL that apply.

Question20: Division A of X plc produced the following results in the last financial year.
Net profit $200,000 Gross capital employed $1,000,000
For evaluation purposes all divisional assets are valued at original cost.
The division is considering a project that has a positive NPV, will increase annual net profit by $15,000, but will require average inventory levels to increase by $50,000 and non-current assets to increase by $50,000.
X plc imposes a 16% capital charge on its divisions. Given these circumstances, will the evaluation criteria of return on investment (ROI) and residual income (RI) motivate division A managers to accept the project?

Question21: The acronym VPN stands for.

Question22: M plc has a $2 million loan outstanding on which the interest rate is reset every 6 months for the following 6 months and the interest is payable at the end of that 6-month period. The next 6-monthly reset period starts in
3 months and the treasurer of M plc thinks that interest rates are likely to rise between now and then.
Current 6-month rates are 7.2% and the treasurer can get a rate of 7.7% for a 6-month forward rate agreement (FRA) starting in 3 months' time. By transacting an FRA the treasurer can lock in a rate today of 7.7%.
If interest rates are 8.5% in 3 months' time, what will the net amount payable be?
Give your answer to the nearest thousand dollars.

Question23: An electricity company owns and operates a nuclear power station located ten miles from a large city. A recent and very extensive engineering examination of the power station concludes with the estimate that the probability of a major nuclear disaster within the next 20 years is 0.2%.
Which of the following best explains the relevance of quantifying the risk in that way?

Question24: Company A's gross profit percentage has fallen from 70% to 61 % Which of the following possible explanations would most concern the internal auditors?

Question25: Which of the following statements best explains why a corporate treasury department should be established as a cost centre rather than a profit centre?

Question26: N, a large company in the food production industry, has grown over the years by the acquisition of several smaller rivals. The company has ten branches located in its home country and has just opened a foreign branch for the first time. It has recently made some changes to the structure and implementation of its control system.
Which TWO of these would be most likely to improve the overall control system?

Question27: E purchases parts for one of the machines it manufactures from Country X Place the risk classification next to the risk it relates to:

Question28: The long-term prospects for interest rates in the UK and the USA are 2% and 6% per annum respectively.
The GBP/USD spot rate is currently GBP/USD1.71.
Using interest rate parity theory, what GBP/USD spot rate would you expect to see in six months' time?

Question29: TLY sell building materials such as bricks sacks of concrete and paving slabs to builders Materials are kept in a large yard Customer orders are fulfilled by a team of 30 employees who use forklift trucks to move sold items to the loading bay, from where they are loaded onto lornes for dispatch to the customer The sales office prepares dispatch notes, which are used by the yard employees to identify the items that have been ordered Which TWO of the following controls would be cost-effective ways to prevent the theft of inventory by TLY's staff?

Question30: A junior sales clerk at BCD, a wholesale jewellers, received an email which appeared to be from a well known parcel delivery company informing her that a delivery had been attempted outside office hours and had consequently failed She was asked to click on a link and complete some seemingly innocent but logical questions to effect the delivery on the next day She thought no more about it but was very surprised the next month to be awarded salesperson of the month as her sales had doubled Unfortunately, on investigation it was found that this was as a result of several fraudulent orders for high-value items that had seemingly been placed by an existing customer but delivered to a new address, which turned out to be a temporary box number The existing customer's credit card had been fraudulently charged for these orders Which of the following types of cyber-attack had the sales clerk been a victim of?

Question31: H Ltd is a logistics company which is likely to be seeking a Stock Exchange listing shortly. The directors wish to strengthen the company's internal controls.
Which of the following statements are valid?

Question32: Company W produces mobile phone components and has recently tendered for a substantial contract. The results of the tendering process will not become available until three months from now. If the company is successful it will require 2,000 units of a commodity which is currently traded in an open commodity market for $740 per unit. However, there has been speculation that this commodity could increase substantially in price over the next three months and so the company is considering purchasing the commodity now and storing it for three months.
The funds to buy the commodity would be borrowed at an annual interest rate of 7% and the storage cost of the product would be $5.40 per unit per month. The storage costs would be paid at the end of the three month storage period.
Which of the following represents the gain or loss (to the nearest thousand dollars) that will accrue to Company W assuming that the price of the commodity rises to $800 in three months' time?

Question33: An internal audit investigation involved conducting compliance tests on the processing of purchase invoices.
The purchase ledger clerk compares invoices against purchase orders and passes them for payment The invoices are then input into a computerised purchase ledger system The system checks that the supplier has a valid purchase ledger account, as authorised by the chief buyer, before crediting the supplier's account with the value of the invoice.
The internal auditor checked a sample of recorded purchase invoices against their corresponding purchase orders The internal auditor found four cases where invoices could not be agreed to corresponding purchase orders.
What is the potential significance of this compliance error?

Question34: Why do businesses take risks?
Select the TWO correct answers.

Question35: X Company M has lost 25% of its revenue in the last three months due to bad debts. One of the receivables written off was from a long standing customer and the other three were from new customers. The management accountant has warned the sales team that the company cannot survive any more substantial bad debts.
Which of the following internal controls should be put in place to try and prevent further bad debts?

Question36: SQH manufactures mobile phones SQH's Board is currently undertaking a long-term planning exercise as part of the process of strategy development The Board is considering expanding the number of countries it currently exports products to.
Which THREE of the following could cause difficulty in forecasting accurately'?

Question37: NTN manufactures mobile phones. The company's directors have created a new formal long term strategy The strategy is based on differentiation. NTN's phones will be thinner and lighter than those of its competitors.
Which TWO of the following statements are correct?

Question38: A's directors do not believe that they always get value for money from their investment in capital projects.
Over the past decade the company has invested in 55 projects that have cost more than $1m. They are considering introducing a system of post completion audit to see if this will help them to understand any problems they have had with projects in the past. They hope to use the results of the post completion audits to significantly improve the results of their capital investments State whether you agree or disagree with the points raised by A's directors.

Question39: A publicly funded hospital has put various features in place in an attempt to improve strategic control and create an improved control environment.
Which TWO of the following features are most likely to meet this objective?

Question40: H manufactures and sells healthy dietary supplements. The company recruits individuals as part-time agents to sell its products to friends and colleagues. These agents are required to buy H's products and to resell them at a small mark-up.
For a fee, H will provide agents with training in persuasive selling techniques. Agents who pass exams at the conclusion of this training can become distributors. Distributors buy bulk quantities of H's products at a discount and can recruit their own sales agents. Those agents can also take training and can recruit agents of their own.
At what stage does H stop being a legitimate business and become a pyramid selling fraud?

Question41: VBN's home currency is the V$. On 1 January, VBN must make a payment of C$2 million on 31 March of that same year.
On 1 January the spot exchange rate was V$1 = C$0.4.
On 1 January VBN paid $180,000 for a call option to buy C$2 million for V$5.5 million on 31 March. VBN's cost of borrowing was 8% per year.
On 31 March the spot rate was V$1 = C$0.45.
What was the total cost, including the cost of the option, of settling the payable?

Question42: You are a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) and you have recently taken up the position of Sales Manager with a company that is facing financial difficulties. The company's terms include a commitment to maintain specified profitability, liquidity and solvency measures; failure to do so would render bank loans immediately repayable. The draft financial statements show that the company has not succeeded in complying with all of these requirements.
The financial results are very dependent on various estimates such as receivables impairments. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has suggested that these be recalculated so as to bring the financial results within the requirements of the bank. He has asked you to sign pre-dated internal documentation which would imply that, as Sales Manager, you initiated these changes in the belief that they would enhance the accuracy of the Financial Statements.
Which TWO of the following courses of action available to you would be ethically acceptable according to the CIMA Code of Ethics?

Question43: Which method of quantifying risk exposure can be used to calculate the maximum loss on a portfolio occurring within a period of time with a given probability?

Question44: L is a specialist deep sea diving company The company specialises in challenging tasks that are often rejected by other companies as being too risky Most assignments are difficult and some are very dangerous L has very experienced divers who are highly trained and are safety conscious In spite of the dangerous work, L has an excellent success rate and is highly sought after L charges very high fees for its work Despite L's precautions, the likelihood of accidents is high and the consequences are also high L has an excellent insurance which has always been very expensive but the price has just been increased by 40% Which of the following is correct?

Question45: The Dean of Information Technology at Capital City University wishes to develop a degree in 'ethical hacking" Students will graduate from this course with the skills needed to develop malware, so that they have the ability to reverse engineer malicious software The Dean believes that there will be strong demand for such graduates from employers in IT security and related fields.
Which TWO of the following statements are correct?

Question46: XYZ is a large supermarket chain which has engaged in online shopping and home delivenes It has a 24/7 service which runs on a central server allowing its customers to input orders at any time XYZ runs a card loyalty scheme which is hosted on the central server All transactions, whether shop based or on-line, create an update on the central database on the central server Which THREE of the following types of Personally Identifiable Information (Pll) will XYZ have to hold for its customers?

Question47: RFG is considering a major expansion that will result in a more diversified business model.
At present, RFG's market capitalisation is $240 million. This is based on a beta of 1.6. The risk free rate is 4% and the market rate of return is 9%. RFG is financed entirely by equity. The company generates an annual cash surplus of $28.8 million.
The expansion will cost $50 million and will generate future cash flows of $12 million in perpetuity. This new business will reduce RFG's beta to 1.4.
Calculate the adjusted present value of the expansion.

Question48: A capital investment project shows a NPV of £3,450 at a discounted rate of 8% and an NPV of £1,210 at a discounted rate of 9%.
What is the internal rate of return?

Question49: Under the COSO Enterprise Risk Management Framework, who is responsible for risk management?

Question50: H has a floating rate loan that it wishes to replace with a fixed rate. The cost of the existing loan is LIBOR +
4%. H would have to pay a fixed rate of 8% on a fixed rate loan. H's bank has found a potential counterparty for a swap arrangement.
The counterparty wishes to raise a variable rate loan. It would pay LIBOR + 1% on a variable rate loan and
9% on a fixed rate.
The bank will require 10% of the savings from the swap and H and the counterparty will share the remaining saving equally.
Calculate H's effective rate of interest from this swap arrangement.

Question51: DRF is a manufacturing company
The internal auditor is conducting an investigation into the operation of the payroll system and has discovered a compliance error The Head of Human Resources (HR) is required to add any new names to the payroll, using a specific computer password The Head of HR was absent for a month because of ill health During that period a senior member of the Wages Office, who is normally responsible only for organising wage payments, was issued a temporary password in order to add new names to the payroll The password was cancelled when the Head of HR returned to work Which TWO of the following statements are correct?

Question52: Which of the following statements are true of residual risk?

Question53: UIO designs clothes and pays third parties to manufacture them A recent television programme showed that two of the factories used by UIO were employing illegal immigrants whose status was used by the factory's owners to force them to work for low wages and in unpleasant and dangerous conditions. These factories were located in a developed country with strong labour laws Classify each of the following statements as true or false:

Question54: AZX sells electrical components.
AZX's annual turnover is S24 million. Half of all sales are on 30 days' (1 month) credit
5% of credit sales have to be written off as unrecovered debt
25% of such write off is subsequently recovered through debt collection and legal action.
What is the expected loss each year due to credit risk?

Question55: Assuming a company has both internal auditors and risk managers, indicate which of these would perform the duties listed below:

Question56: DFR is an online retailer that sells picture frames The software running on DFR's website enables customers to log in and make purchases by inputting an email address as a user name and a password that must contain at least eight characters, including upper and lower case letters, numbers and punctuation marks (e.g. £, $ or!) Once logged in, customers can check previous orders that they have placed.
Customers can also use DFR's website to change personal details, including credit card numbers and delivery addresses Whenever they wish to use those facilities, the software sends a text message containing a six-digit number to their mobile phones They must input that number before the system will accept changes to their personal details Which TWO of the following statements are correct?

Question57: Amber selects appropriate suppliers and places purchase orders.
Brian passes invoices for payment and submits payment instructions to the bank.
Chris checks incoming inventory and unpacks goods from their containers.
Dirwan posts purchase invoices and files invoices and supporting documents.
Which member of staff could most easily commit fraud?

Question58: Q is a company which generates electricity from alternative energy sources. It has just begun constructing a wind farm near a well-known beauty spot. The project has been controversial as campaigners say it will be noisy and unsightly.
The campaigners took legal action but lost the case. Some of them have started a campaign of direct action against Q and are physically blocking roads leading to the site and attempting to intimidate Q's staff.
Q has hired a security company to help it to protect its staff.
In relation to the ethics of this scenario, which of the following statements are valid?

Question59: K is a manufacturing company. It has sourced new equipment from the US to equip a new production facility.
It has to make a payment of USD1,000,000 in 3 months' time.
K's production manager needs to know whether it is cheaper to use a forward contract or a money market hedge.
Current spot and forward exchange rates are as follows:
Current mid-point money market rates (annual) are as follows:
Ignoring taxation, which of the following statements is correct?

Question60: Which TWO of the following are benefits of carrying out a post-completion audit of capital projects?

Question61: D has decided to invest in a new factory at a cost of $6,000,000. The discount rate of the project is 22% and the PV of tax shield is $80,000.
What is the IRR?
Give your answer to two decimal places.

Question62: JNH is a major corporation that stores its customer database in the Cloud JNH has suffered a data breach that has led to customer credit card details being made available for sale on the internet JNH's Head of Security wishes to analyse network traffic at the cloud-based server in order to gain a better understanding of the manner in which the data was intercepted, but has been refused access.
Which of the following is the most likely explanation for the third-party owner's refusal to assist JNH's Head of Security?

Question63: HIW manufactures motorcycles and has factories in several countries HIW produces several different types of motorcycle, with different models often being tailored to suit the needs of customers in specific countries HIW has identified a positive net present value project to build a new factory in Farland, which will make motorcycles for sale in Farland and for export to neighbouring countries HIW has not previously traded in Fartand or its neighbours Farland is regarded as politically and economically unstable and its currency is highly volatile against other leading currencies HIWs Board wishes to consider the interests of different stakeholder groups who will be affected by the investment in Farland The Board recognises that there could be conflict between the goals of maximising profit and of maximising shareholder wealth Which THREE of the following statements are correct?

Question64: A project has been evaluated on the basis that it will cost $22 million and will have a net present value of $4.3 million The project has commenced and $5 million of the $22 million has been invested. A problem has been discovered that will cost an additional $4.5 million to rectify. The $4.5 million will be payable immediately.
What is the NPV of continuing with this project?

Question65: The Committee of Sponsoring Organisations (COSO) outlined six key principles of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM).
Which of the following are COSO key principles?

Question66: ABC is a large supermarket chain which also has online shopping and home deliveries It has a 24/7 service which runs on a central server allowing all customers to enter new orders at any time This is a business critical service which, if not available, may lead to customers turning to alternative supermarket chains offering similar services, resulting in immediate turnover loss and possible long term customer loss.
ABC is contemplating the implementation of a hot standby facility, not only to cover for emergency disaster recovery, but also to allow for business continuity, allowing necessary maintenance and updates without service interruption.
Which of the following cybersecurity objectives is ABC concerned about in this scenario?

Question67: HWG is a large company which grows and processes coffee The coffee is sold to supermarkets, branded with their names for sale as "own brand" products HWG brands and packages the coffee using the supermarkets' own designs HWG's directors are considering a strategic proposal to develop a range of coffees to be sold under a brand that HWG will develop Which TWO of the following should the directors consider as part of their strategic analysis?

Question68: Will owns $400,000 of shares in Company X.
Company X has a daily volatility of 1% of its share price.
Calculate the 28 day value at risk that shows the most Will can expect to lose during a 28 day period.
(Will wishes to be 90% certain that the actual loss in any month will be less than your predicted figure).
Give your answer to the nearest $000.

Question69: J plc is a wholesale building supply business. It has a large warehouse where some of its materials are stored.
Last month three accidents occurred where employees were slightly injured whilst moving items from the 5th shelf. The 5th shelf is located 15 metres up from the ground.
This is a health and safety risk and could also be a reputation risk in the longer term.
Which of the following risk mitigations should the company employ?

Question70: Company H operates a fleet of lorries. The Internal Auditor recently conducted an investigation into the transport needs of the company. Their report recommended that the lorries be disposed of, the drivers made redundant, and the distribution of the company's products be outsourced.
The type of investigation carried out by the Internal Auditor is best described as a:

Question71: A project has a net present value of $2 million.
Total cash outflows of this project have a present value of $14 million, which includes staff costs of $10 million.
What is the project's sensitivity to staff costs?

Question72: Which of the following scenarios might be relevant stress tests for a potential lender to conduct? Which TWO of the following answers are correct?

Question73: Which of the following is an ethical dilemma?

Question74: A company is keen to avoid becoming a victim to malware. Which TWO of the following techniques would be valid responses to this threat?

Question75: GUJ A small but rapidly expanding company has recently opened several branches in locations far away from the Head Office. All of the branches are relatively small with no one branch accounting for more than 5% of turnover. Management has decided that the company is not yet large enough to install an Internal Audit function but is, nonetheless, concerned about maintaining adequate control and monitoring at the branches whilst allowing Branch Managers the opportunity to react to local circumstances as appropriate.
Which of the following measures would assist Head Office management in maintaining appropriate monitoring and control at the branches?

Question76: Which of the following statements concerning the use of balanced scorecards to measure divisional performance is correct?

Question77: Which TWO of the following are NOT methods used for risk identification?

Question78: K has several subsidiary companies. The directors of K's subsidiaries are paid an annual bonus based upon their particular subsidiary's reported profits.
The directors of one of K's subsidiaries are considering the choice between two models of a machine.
Which of the following is most likely to explain the decision to choose model X over model Y?