Copy of ESP Chapter 15 - Questions - Sheet1 Flashcards

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governments most important financial responsibility

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annual budget

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what establishes plans and priorities for service

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annual budget

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budget process takes __ to __ months

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3 to 6

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budget serves 3 functions

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control, management, planning

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response time is a __ __ - indicator used to track performance

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performance measure

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budget reflects major __ and __ objectives set by elected officials

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program and policy

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management uses budget to

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manage and control

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__ gives you authority to operate

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budget

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all gov’t has 2 separate budgets

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operating and capital

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operating budget

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revenue estimates and planned expenditures

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capital budget

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revenue sources and planned expenditures for capital items

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capital items

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more costly, nonrecurring, useful life longer than 1 yr

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line item budget has 2 expenditure categories

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salaries and other expenses

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most traditional form of budgeting

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line item budget

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budget widely used by smaller government

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line item budget

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budget organized by major activities

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program budget

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program budget focuses on __ rather than what gov’t is buying

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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

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__ budget is organized according to work to be accomplished in each program and cost

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performance budget

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__ budget is similar to program budget but lists costs for amount of work done

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performance

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least common type of budget

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zero based budget

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budget that ranks each service level and costs

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zero based budget

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zero based budget negatives

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staff and time commitment to prepare

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capital budget is drawn from

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capital improvement plan

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# ffective Supervisory Practices is capital budget separate/included in operating budget
included as section of operating budget
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# ffective Supervisory Practices capital improvement plan
multiyear plan for purchasing and financing of major equipment/facilities
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# ffective Supervisory Practices how often is capital budget published
each year - explains spending for 1st year of CIP
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# ffective Supervisory Practices Capital Outlay
section in budget where capital items listed - if don't have CIP
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# ffective Supervisory Practices what's in budget document
budget message, revenue estimates, program expenditures, mission statements and goals
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# ffective Supervisory Practices revenue estimates - include info from __ preceding years for __
1-2 years, for trends
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# ffective Supervisory Practices who outlines standardized budget terms
Government Finance Officers Association
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# ffective Supervisory Practices budget planning starts when
5 months before beginning of fiscal year
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# ffective Supervisory Practices who defines broad goals and guiding principles for dept budget
government manager
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# ffective Supervisory Practices __ months before new fiscal year, departmental budget is submitted
4 months
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# ffective Supervisory Practices 3 guidelines for preparing budget requests
keep simple, provide detail, separate capital from operating
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# ffective Supervisory Practices capital items are used more than __ yr, and usually __ or more years
1 yr, 3 yrs
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# ffective Supervisory Practices for capital items, you should differentiate between __ vs __
replacement vs new
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# ffective Supervisory Practices for new capital items, it should be related to __ or __ of service
new or expansion
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# ffective Supervisory Practices is preliminary budget balanced
no - expenditures usually exceed revenues
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# ffective Supervisory Practices after the __ __ __, the budget is sent to elected officias
internal budget review
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# ffective Supervisory Practices you receive a monthly or quarterly budget report, to help you...
monitor how much you spent so far
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# ffective Supervisory Practices budget is a tool used to__ __ __ how tax money is spent
control, manage, plan
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# ffective Supervisory Practices budget helps dept meet __ and __
goals and objectives
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# ffective Supervisory Practices use the budget process to...
highlight accomplishments of unit