Chapter 9: Creating a Budget

Question 1

F. What are the two reasons managers prepare budgets?

Answer 1

1. Communicate their plans to employees and to coordinate the activities of employees across the entire organization
2. Compare with actual results to evaluate employee and organizational performance

Question 2

What are the two approaches to budgeting?

Answer 2

1. Top-down: Upper management establishes the budgets with little input from others
2. Bottom-up: Lower level employees are involved in budgeting process*

Question 3

The ___ is responsible for overseeing and approving the master budget regardless of the approach used to create it.

Answer 3

Budget committee

Question 4

A ___ is a series of budget schedules outlining the organizations plans for the upcoming period (monthly, quarterly, or annually).

Answer 4

Master budget

Question 5

F. The ___ is the most important budget because it drives the other budgets.

Answer 5

Sales budget

Question 6

The master budget for a manufacturing company includes budget schedules for (8):

Answer 6

• Sales
• Production
• DM, DL, and MFO
• Selling and Admin
• Income statement
• Capital expenditures
• Cash
• Balance sheet

Question 7

Which organizations do not have production-related budgets? What do they have instead?

Answer 7

Merchandising organizations

Purchase budget

Question 8

Which organizations do not have merchandise purchase budgets? What do they have instead?

Answer 8

Service organizations

Projected sales and labor costs

Question 9

___ organizations use budgets for planning and control purposes.

Answer 9

Not-for-profit

Question 10

A conflict often exists between planning and control phases of budgeting. The ___ phase is most concerned about getting accurate estimates that lead to positive results, while ___ phase requires evaluating performance of employees by comparing actual results to the operating budget often leading to employees deciding between doing what is best for the individual or the organization.

Answer 10

Planning

Control

Question 11

F. quiz: A budget:

a. ignores past performance because it represents management’s plans for a future time period
b. is the primary method of communicating agreed upon objectives throughout an organization
c. is the responsibility of management accountants
d. may promote efficiency but has no role in evaluating performance

Answer 11

b. is the primary method of communicating agreed upon objectives throughout an organization

Question 12

F. quiz: he formula for the production budget is budgeted sales in units plus:

a. desired ending finished goods units less beginning finished goods units
b. beginning finished goods units less desired ending finished goods units
c. desired ending merchandise inventory less beginning merchandise inventory
d. desired ending direct materials units less beginning direct materials units

Answer 12

a. desired ending finished goods units less beginning finished goods units

Question 13

quiz: Each of the following budgets is used in preparing the budgeted income statement except the:

a. sales budget
b. capital expenditure budget
c. direct labor budget
d. selling and administrative budget

Answer 13

b. capital expenditure budget

Question 14

F. quiz: The format of a cash budget is:

a. Beginning cash balance + Cash revenues - Cash expenses = Ending cash balance
b. Beginning cash balance + Cash receipts - Cash disbursements +/- Financing = Ending cash balance
c. Beginning cash balance + Cash receipts + Cash from financing - Cash disbursements = Ending cash balance
d. Beginning cash balance + Net income - Cash dividends = Ending cash balance

Answer 14

b. Beginning cash balance + Cash receipts - Cash disbursements +/- Financing = Ending cash balance

Question 15

F. quiz: Which of the following is an example of the planning function of the budgeting process?

a. The budget outlines a specific course of action for the coming period
b. Budget figures are used to evaluate the performance of managers
c. Employees are motivated to achieve the goals set by the budget
d. A budget demands integrated input from different business units and functions

Answer 15

a. The budget outlines a specific course of action for the coming period

Question 16

F. quiz: The starting point in developing the master budget is the preparation of the

b. budgeted income statement
c. cash budget

Answer 16

a. sales budget

Question 17

quiz: Which of the following describes the cash budget?

Select one:

a. It captures the variable and fixed expenses of the business
b. It helps in planning to ensure the business has adequate cash
c. It aids in planning to ensure the company has adequate inventory and cash on hand

Answer 17

b. It helps in planning to ensure the business has adequate cash

Question 18

quiz: Culinary Enterprises manufactures cookware sets and sells the sets to department stores. Culinary expects to sell 2600 cookware sets for $220 each in April and 3000 cookware sets for $235 each in May. Sales are 25% cash and 75% on account. Compute the total budgeted sales for May.

a. $705,000
b. $572,000
c. $528,750
d. $176,250

Answer 18

a. $705,000

3000 x 235 = 705,000

Question 19

F. quiz: June sales were $30,000, while projected sales for July and August were $52,000 and $74,000, respectively. Sales are 60% cash and 40% credit. All credit sales are collected in the month following the sale. Calculate expected collections for July.

a. $12,000
b. $31,200
c. $43.200
d. $38,800

Answer 19

c. $43.200

30,000 x 40% = 12,000 (June credit sales)

52,000 x 60% = 31,200 (July cash sales)

31,200 + 12,000 = 43,200

Question 20

The ___ budget is an estimate of units of product the organization expects to sell times the expected sales price per unit.

Answer 20

Sales budget

Question 21

The ___ budget is an estimate of raw materials needed to achieve a desired level of production.

Answer 21

DM purchase budget

Question 22

The ___ budget is an estimate of units to be produced and is based on sales projections plus an estimate of desired ending finished goods inventory less beginning finished goods inventory

Answer 22

Production budget

Question 23

The ___ budget is an estimate of direct labor hours, and related costs, necessary to achieve a desired level of production

Answer 23

DL budget

Question 24

The ___ budget is an estimate of all production costs, other than direct materials and direct labor, necessary to achieve a desired level of production.

Answer 24

MFO budget

Question 25

F. The ___ budget is an estimate of all operating costs other than production

Answer 25

Selling and administrative budget

Question 26

The ___ is an estimate of the organization’s profit for a given budget period

Answer 26

Budgeted income statement

Question 27

The___ budget is an estimate of the long-term assets to be purchased during the budget period. This includes purchases of tangible long-term assets such as property, plant, and equipment, and intangible assets, such as patents, copyrights, and trademarks.

Answer 27

Capital expenditures budget

Question 28

The ___ budget is an estimate of the amount and timing of cash inflows and outflows for the budget period. It will signal when short-term borrowing is necessary and allows time for the treasurer to arrange for financing

Answer 28

Cash budget

Question 29

The ___ is an estimate of the ending balances for all balance sheet accounts

Answer 29

Budgeted balance sheet