EMT Practice Test

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Question1: CVB is a consulting firm that occupies a large office with many individual staff offices Staff access the corporate network through a wired network AM work files and company emails are accessed through this network CVB is upgrading its office heating system At present, each room in the building has a simple, mechanical thermostat that can be used to regulate the heating CVB plans to install smart thermostats in each room These will make it possible to reduce heating costs by monitoring room temperatures centrally, using software that will be installed on the corporate network It would be expensive to connect the thermostats to CVB's existing wired network but it would be possible to connect a wireless router to the network so that CVB could install wireless smart thermostats instead The software on the network's server could then monitor and control the thermostats via the Wi-Fi connection that would be created by the wireless router.
Which TWO of the following statements are correct?

Question2: SDF is a quoted company. Which of the following matters should normally be dealt with by SDF's audit committee?

Question3: 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?

Question4: UIO sells mobile phones through a cham of 100 shops spread across the country Shop managers have considerable discretion over pncmg and the incentives offered to sales staff Shop managers are evaluated on the monthly contribution from completed sales. Those who exceed targets by more than 10% for three successive months are promoted Those who fail to achieve monthly targets in two successive months lose their jobs Which of the following statements are true of the performance management of UIO's shop managers?
Select ALL that apply.

Question5: A government department is conducting a value for money audit on a school.
The school's pupils sit leaving exams. Classify each of the audit tests as either economy and efficiency or effectiveness.

Question6: TYU is a retailer selling televisions. The company is financed wholly by equity.
Why might TYU be exposed to interest rate risk?

Question7: 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?

Question8: 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?

Question9: You are the Management Accountant for a company which supplies baked food to a string of retail outlets; biscuits, cakes, savoury snacks etc.
You discover that a trainee employee, who is responsible for cleaning out the delivery vans has been taking damaged goods and packets which have reached their sales expiry date and has been selling them to friends.
These products would otherwise have been discarded as waste.
The trainee in question is the nephew of one of the senior managers.
What is the correct course of action?

Question10: FGT is evaluating the political risks associated with its operations around the world.
Which of the following would indicate that a particular subsidiary has a high level of political risk?

Question11: 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?

Question12: Company C wishes to recruit an employee who will have responsibility for, among other things, the receipt and handling of cash. Which THREE of the following would be most likely to provide useful information about the candidate from the point of view of the Internal Auditor?

Question13: 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?

Question14: 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?

Question15: SDF is a quoted company that has a large internal audit department.
Which of the following would impair the independence of SDF's internal audit?

Question16: S Doc is an out-of-hours service provided by a country's government. The service allows members of the public to call and speak to a nurse who can advise on medical situations which are not obviously emergencies.
Depending on the situation the caller can be referred to the full emergency services, or be advised to go to Accident and Emergency at the nearest hospital. Alternatively, a callout from a general practitioner (GP) can be organised; the caller can be advised of where GP services are available; advice can be given over the phone; or a decision can be taken that no further action is required at least until normal services resume on the next working day.
There has been a suggestion that the nurses who take these calls could be replaced by suitably trained operatives who have available to them a specially designed expert system.
Which of the following are advantages of using an expert system instead of nurses?

Question17: P Ltd manufactures and sells electrical goods through retail outlets.
N is P Ltd's Sales Director. He has been recently promoted from a senior sales position with P Ltd. He has been forced to spend the first six months as Sales Director on dealing with an administrative mess left behind by the previous sales director.
You are a Senior Management Accountant at P Ltd. You have worked with N for many years.
N has worked hard and has made many changes that have brought significant benefit to the business.
N has asked you to postpone the recording of some purchase invoices so that he will meet his quarterly targets on profit margin.
What should you do?

Question18: 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.

Question19: A project requires a capital investment of £2.7million. The project will save £450,000 each year after taxation.
Assume the savings are in perpetuity. The business risk of the venture requires a 15% discount rate. The company has to borrow £1million to finance the project at a rate of 9% and the net tax shield is 30%, the project supports debt which generates an interest tax shield of 0.30 x 0.09 x £1million, which is £27,000 per year in perpetuity.
Calculate the project's adjusted present value.

Question20: GHJ is a manufacturing company that insures against the financial costs associated with industrial injuries involving staff. The Health and Safety Office is part of GHJ's Operations Department. GHJ's insurers will automatically increase the insurance premium by 10% in the event of a claim against the policy.
Which TWO of the following are correct?

Question21: J is a manager in charge of a section in GDD's Buying department. J has eight staff who report to her.
Including M, who has worked for GDD for seven months.
One afternoon, while J was absent on sick leave, M was asked to place an urgent order for plastic pellets that are vital for GDD's production process. The usual supplier could not supply the pellets on time to avoid a shortage and so M telephoned a new supplier and placed an order. When the supplier invoiced for the delivery, GDD's Accounts Payable Department rejected the invoice because the supplier did not have a valid account.
On investigation, it was revealed that M did not have the authority to place an order with a new supplier. Only J can authorise new accounts. M claimed that he had been unaware of the need to seek approval because he had never found it necessary to place an order with a new supplier before Which TWO of the following statements ate correct?

Question22: 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?

Question23: SC is a professional football club which is currently listed on a recognised stock exchange. There is a proposal that it builds a new stadium at a location a considerable distance from its current stadium.
There is strong support within the club for the move as the current ground is now over 40 years old and has not been extensively modernised in that time.
However, there is a lot of opposition to the move in the area where it is proposed to locate the new stadium. Objectors claim that the new stadium will increase traffic and pollution in the area and will adversely affect the value of their properties.
Which of the following statements about the responsibility of the board of SC is correct?

Question24: Z plc has recently undertaken a SWOT analysis. The SWOT analysis identified two main threats to Z plc:
* The threat that the currency of Z plc's main overseas competitor weakens compared to Z plc's home currency.
* The threat that there will be a military coup which will overthrow the government in the country that Z plc purchases most of its raw materials from.
Which TWO of the following categories of risk correspond most closely to the above threats?

Question25: 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?

Question26: 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.

Question27: 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?

Question28: Which TWO of the following scenarios should be considered in strategic scenario planning by a publishing company that specialises in academic textbooks?

Question29: You have just been appointed Financial Controller of Y, a marketing consultancy.
You are in a meeting with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Y, and have been discussing the need for a major upgrade of all the information systems throughout Y, as they are all very old.
Knowing that major change should be managed effectively, you have suggested that Y should have a 'systems steering committee'.
Advise the CEO which of the following should be included in the terms of reference of the steering committee.

Question30: RFD, a listed company, is considering making an investment in a risky new venture. RFD has a substantial cash surplus that will be used to acquire the necessary resources. It is unlikely that RFD would have been able to raise finance for this investment because the company is already highly geared.
Which of the following statements about stakeholders' conflicting interests are true?

Question31: 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?

Question32: Which TWO of the following are NOT methods used for risk identification?

Question33: Which of the following statements are true of residual risk?

Question34: A patient has been prescribed a new medicine by their physician. The medicine is accompanied by a leaflet describing potential adverse effects associated with taking it. Most of these potentially adverse effects are trivial, but the leaflet states that three patients in every 10,000 who take the medicine suffer a severe reaction requiring urgent medical attention.
Which of the following statements is true?

Question35: 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?

Question36: 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?

Question37: CH makes a popular type of chocolate bar The bars are made on a production line and are scanned for size and shape as they move along the line Wrong sized and misshapen bars are rejected as being poor quality. The scanner detects 90% of poor quality bars. If CH wants to reduce the risk of poor quality bars being sold to the public it can add a further check by a person scanning the production line as well. this check would detect 80% of poor quality bars If the further check was implemented what percentage of poor quality bars would still get through the checking process?

Question38: 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:

Question39: 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.

Question40: DFG's home currency is the D$.
DFG is heavily exposed to the exchange rate between the D$ and the L$, country L's currency. DFG's treasurer has noted the following:
* Inflation has been running at 5% in DFG's home country and 8% in country L
* Interest rates are 7% in DFG's home country and 11% in country L
* The spot rate is D$1.0000 = L$2.1000 and the three month forward rate is D$1.0 = L$2.1196 Which of the following statements is consistent with these figures?

Question41: L's risk register currently states the likelihood of risks m terms of their estimated percentage probabilities. The risk committee cs considering classifying risks using a three point scale high, medium and low.
Which TWO of the following are true?

Question42: A UK based company is considering an investment of GB£1,000,000 in a project in the USA. It is anticipated that the following cash flows will arise from this project.
The cash flows will be either US$400,000 with a probability of 40% or US$700,000 with a probability of 60% for each of the next three years; remitted to the UK at the end of each year.
Currently GB£1.00 is worth US$1.30.
The expected inflation rates in the two countries over the next four years are 2% in the UK and 4% in the US.
Applying the Purchasing Power Parity Theory, which of the following represents the expected net present value of the project in GP£ (to the nearest whole pound)?

Question43: ERT is choosing between two maintenance policies for its vehicles. The outcomes of these policies are difficult to predict and so ERT has run a simu-lation of both.
Policy 1 has an expected annual cost of $400,000 per year, with a standard deviation of $80,000.
Policy 2 has an expected value of $350,000, with a standard deviation of $150,000.
Which of the following statements are correct?

Question44: The board of OKN is considering an investment opportunity that will require the company to borrow a large amount in month 10 of the current financial year and to invest it immediately in property, plant and equipment.
This investment has a positive net present value that justifies the risk, but the directors are reluctant to invest in the project.
Why might the directors be reluctant?

Question45: G is an administrator who works for TRF TRF issues its staff with laptop computers that can be linked to the corporate network via Wi-Fi when they are working in the office Staff are permitted to work from home and can connect their company laptops to TRF's network via the internet in order to access files and send and receive emails The software on G's laptop has not been updated for several months When G last updated the software it erased a draft report that he had been working on from his machine Ever since, whenever he logs in and is automatically offered the opportunity to install available updates he clicks the 'install later' option on his screen Some of the outstanding updates relate to the laptop's operating system and others to the software applications such as word processing and spreadsheet packages Which TWO of the following are correct?

Question46: 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?

Question47: YHJ is considering an investment in a project that will cost $20 million. Annual fixed costs will be $12 million per year, excluding depreciation. Annual sales are forecast at 5 million units, with a contribution per unit of
$8. After five years the equipment will be worn out and YHJ will have to spend $50 million on disposal costs.
The discount rate is 10%.
Calculate the sensitivity of the net present value of this project to a 20% increase in the disposal costs.

Question48: Which of the following will increase the value of a call option?

Question49: The acronym VPN stands for.

Question50: The treasurer of IOK is considering entering into a money market hedge in order to hedge a payable.
Which of the following might be valid explanations for the use of a money market hedge for this purpose?

Question51: An internal auditor has just completed an investigation into human resource (HR) procedures in the Springtown branch of IUY The Springtown branch is too small to have its own full-time HR staff All HR work is undertaken by the Branch Manager, assisted by the Branch Administrator The internal auditor has discovered a number of problems with branch HR records. These are due to a misunderstanding of the regulations by the Branch Manager and the Branch Administrator, neither of whom has any specific HR training The Branch Manager has asked that the problems be omitted from the internal audit report because they were due to a lack of training and will be rectified immediately Which TWO of the following actions should the internal auditor take with regard to the audit report on the Springtown Branch?

Question52: The Head of IT Security has been asked to conduct a detailed forensic analysis of a suspected data breach that ted to customer credit card details being intercepted.
Which TWO of the following would be suitable objectives for such a forensic analysis?

Question53: Internal audit should be both efficient and effective.
Which THREE of the following measure the efficiency of internal audit"?

Question54: A company has a sound system of internal controls that have been reviewed by the internal audit department.
Which TWO of the following correctly identify reasons why the company's control system might fail to prevent or detect an irregularity?

Question55: TRF is conducting a post completion audit on an investment in a pollution control machine that has reached the end of its five year useful life.
TRF could have been heavily fined if the machine had failed to keep pace with the output of emissions, measured in units. TRF's cost of capital is 10%. When the machine was purchased, there was a choice of three machines on the market:
TRF purchased the Big machine, but annual requirements only exceeded 600,000 once, in year 3, when
720,000 units of emissions were emitted.
Calculate the amount that the post completion audit shows TRF overpaid for the ownership costs associated with this machine.
Give your answer to the nearest whole $ (in $'000s).

Question56: Y plc, a pharmaceutical company, has dealt with a number of risks in the manner indicated below.
Use the TARA framework to classify each of Y plc's responses.

Question57: H is a senior production manager for P Ltd which is about to make a strategic decision on setting up a new production line requiring $3 million of new specialist equipment.
H's daughter is friends with and goes to school with the daughter of T, the sales manager in KK Ltd. KK Ltd is a potential supplier of the specialist equipment that P Ltd requires.
T owns a holiday home. H's daughter regularly accompanies T's daughter on family vacations at this holiday home, all at T's expense.
H is the only person working for P Ltd who is qualified to select the specialist equipment. KK Ltd will definitely bid for the sale.
What should H do?

Question58: 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?

Question59: Which of the following statements concerning the role of a non-executive director (NED) is correct?

Question60: 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.

Question61: C is an accounts clerKwho is supposed to sign each invoice as evidence that she has conducted checks against supporting documents Sometimes C signs invoices without making these checks D is a member of the internal audit team He has been told to conduct compliance tests on whether C is checking the invoices property Which of the following would grve D a false sense of assurance that C's checks have been in operation?
Select ALL that appry

Question62: A hospital is part of a government provided health service which is free to patients. The management of the hospital is concerned with the need to minimise the risks to which the hospital is exposed from patient litigation.
In this context, which TWO of the following are appropriate steps to manage this risk?

Question63: An IT security consultant has been asked to conduct a forensic analysis of a client's systems after the discovery of a system breach The consultant discovered several fake user accounts that appeared to have been created by the perpetrators of the breach Before deleting the accounts, the consultant took care to copy as much detail as possible concerning the accounts.
Which TWO of the following are valid explanations for the consultant's decision to copy the details concerning the fake accounts'?

Question64: YHU manufactures flour from wheal (hat it purchases from wheat wholesalers who buy the gram in bulk from farmers around the world and import it to YHU's home country.
YHU sells its flour as "organic and free from genetically modified grain" It is difficult to test wheat to ensure that it is organic and impossible to prove that it has not been obtained from genetically modified crops YHU must trust its wholesalers to check the provenance of the wheat that they buy for resale to YHU.
Without YHU's knowledge, a consignment of wheat that it has used to make flour was purchased from a farmer who used genetically modified seed. The wholesaler made an error in tracking this consignment through its inventory system and sold it to YHU as organic and free from genetically modified gram Which TWO of the following are correct?

Question65: Company A's gross profit percentage has fallen from 70% to 61 % Which of the following possible explanations would most concern the internal auditors?

Question66: Which of the following statements are correct?

Question67: 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?

Question68: 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:

Question69: Which of the following actions would breach CIMA's Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants?

Question70: Which of the following scenarios might be relevant stress tests for a potential lender to conduct? Which TWO of the following answers are correct?

Question71: B is a company with a strong risk appetite. Which of the following are benefits of using the certainty equivalent method of capital investment appraisal in B's case?

Question72: Which of the following are objectives of the audit planning procedure?

Question73: Identify, from the list provided, which category of business risk most accurately describes the events detailed below.

Question74: TTO is seeking to recruit a new non-executive director TTO produces high quality women's clothing, which it sells to retailers Some clothing is sold under the retailer's own brand names, some is made on behalf of recognised clothing designers TTO is a well regarded company and its products are of a very high quality.
Several applications have been received, and the Board is seeking to make a shortlist by eliminating unsuitable candidates Which THREE of the following would make a candidate unsuitable for appointment to the post?

Question75: Which of the following are threats to the control environment?

Question76: D is a large oil refinery.
The managers have identified four risks shown in the risk map below:
Which of the risk mitigations listed below would be the best for dealing with the two risks classified as medium likelihood and high impact?

Question77: 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?

Question78: CDE an online ticket sales agent, has unwittingly become an accomplice in cyber crime and is suffering attacks on its own business as a result CDE's website was poorly designed and cyber-attackers have managed to inject the site with malware, so that it collects all of CDE's customer log-in information and enables the cyber-attackers to retrieve it.
The cyber-attackers subsequently use this information to set up Botnet agents in the customers' devices which are then used in a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack whenever very popular tickets are being placed on sale such as international football matches.
The cyber-attackers secure access to a single portal on the site and buy multiple tickets for subsequent sale on the black market while the DDoS causes all other portals to be overloaded preventing real fans acquiring the tickets at face value.
Which TWO of the following apply in this scenario?

Question79: Which of the following statements concerning the use of balanced scorecards to measure divisional performance is correct?

Question80: Why do businesses take risks?
Select the TWO correct answers.

Question81: The managers of a company are agents for the shareholders tasked with increasing shareholders' wealth.
Which of the following will usually increase shareholders' wealth?