Copy of ESP Chapter 15 - Questions - Sheet1 Flashcards
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governments most important financial responsibility
annual budget
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what establishes plans and priorities for service
annual budget
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budget process takes __ to __ months
3 to 6
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budget serves 3 functions
control, management, planning
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response time is a __ __ - indicator used to track performance
performance measure
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budget reflects major __ and __ objectives set by elected officials
program and policy
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management uses budget to
manage and control
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__ gives you authority to operate
budget
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all gov’t has 2 separate budgets
operating and capital
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operating budget
revenue estimates and planned expenditures
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capital budget
revenue sources and planned expenditures for capital items
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capital items
more costly, nonrecurring, useful life longer than 1 yr
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line item budget has 2 expenditure categories
salaries and other expenses
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most traditional form of budgeting
line item budget
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budget widely used by smaller government
line item budget
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budget organized by major activities
program budget
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program budget focuses on __ rather than what gov’t is buying
what gov’t is trying to achieve by providing services
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__ budget used when have grant funded activities that cross department lines
program
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__ budget is organized according to work to be accomplished in each program and cost
performance budget
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__ budget is similar to program budget but lists costs for amount of work done
performance
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least common type of budget
zero based budget
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budget that ranks each service level and costs
zero based budget
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zero based budget negatives
staff and time commitment to prepare
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capital budget is drawn from
capital improvement plan