CMA Exam Part 1

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4. Overview of Financial Statements and the Income Statement
Name some internal users of the f...,
List some external users of the f...,
When looking at the financial sta...
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5. Statement of Changes in Equity and the Balance Sheet
Which accounts are typically pres...,
Explain the effect on the financi...,
Explain the events of stock split...
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6. Statement of Cash Flows and Financial Statement Articulation
Describe the purpose of the state...,
Name and explain the three main s...,
Describe the indirect and the dir...
5  cards
7. Receivables
What is credit risk,
Briefly describe the two ways org...,
What are the two approaches for e...
6  cards
8. Inventory
What is the periodic inventory va...,
How is cost of goods sold calcula...,
What is the perpetual method of i...
7  cards
9. Accounting for Investments in Other Entities
What are the three possible class...,
What is the significant influence...,
What are the three methods of acc...
5  cards
10. Long-term Assets
What are some of the judgments or...,
What are the four most common dep...,
What impact does using different ...
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11. General Liabilities
What are the three important char...,
What distinguishes a liability as...,
What criteria must be met for an ...
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12. Leases
Describe operating leases and the...,
Describe capital leases and their...,
What are some reasons that most o...
4  cards
13. Accounting for Income Taxes
Describe what a permanent differe...,
Describe what a temporary differe...,
Describe what causes a deferred t...
5  cards
14. Revenue Recognition
List the steps in the revenue rec...,
Describe the three estimation met...,
Describe the differences between ...
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15. IFRS Differences in Accounting
What is the difference between sh...,
What are the differences in accou...,
What are the differences in inven...
4  cards
19. Strategy and SWOT
What is strategy,
What are the five steps of the st...,
What is the difference between th...
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20. Strategic Objectives and Generic Strategy
What are the three generic strate...,
Describe a cost leadership strategy,
Describe a differentiation strategy
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21. Specific Strategy Tools
Describe the four classifications...,
Describe scenario analysis,
Describe contingency planning
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22. Strategy Implementation and Budgeting
When is an organization effective...,
Describe strategy implementation,
Describe the three elements of th...
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23. The Budgeting Process
How are the time frames different...,
Why should managers be evaluated ...,
What are the five steps in the bu...
5  cards
24. Building Budget Standards
What is a standard cost sheet,
What is the difference between id...,
When setting cost standards what ...
6  cards
25. Regression Analysis
How does regression analysis in c...,
What is the difference between si...,
What is the multiple r in regress...
5  cards
26. Expected Value Computations & Learing Curve Analysis
What is an expected value computa...,
What is the formula for the expec...,
What are the benefits of expected...
8  cards
27. Sales Budgets and Production Budgets
What comprises the operational bu...,
What are the components of the sa...,
What factors impact sales prices ...
5  cards
28. Budgeting for Production Costs
What are the three production cos...,
Describe the process of creating ...,
Describe the process of creating ...
6  cards
29. Wrapping Up Operational Budgeting
How is the operating statement di...,
What are the different ways to co...,
How do selling and administrative...
5  cards
30. Capital Expenditures and Cash Budgets
How does the organizations strate...,
How does spending on capital proj...,
What are three key analyses that ...
5  cards
31. Comparing Flexible, Rolling, Activity-Based, Zero-Based, and Project Budgeting
What is a continuous rolling budget,
What are the benefits of a contin...,
What are flexible budgets
5  cards
32. Pro Forma Financial Statements
What are pro forma financial stat...,
Describe the process of preparing...,
How is the pro forma balance shee...
6  cards
35. Flexible Budgets and Performance Analysis
Describe the three main component...,
What is the difference between ef...,
What is a flexible budget and how...
5  cards
36. Management by Exception and Sales Revenue Variances
Describe how the variance framewo...,
How are price and quantity varian...,
The sales volume variance can be ...
5  cards
37. Direct Material and Direct Labor Cost Variances
When should the direct materials ...,
Which budget is the direct materi...,
How is the direct labor rate vari...
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38. Factory Overhead Cost Variances
How is the variable overhead spen...,
How is the variable overhead effi...,
Why would an organization calcula...
5  cards
39. Mangament Work with Variance Analysis
How can the variance framework be...,
Assuming revenue and cost standar...,
Which department is typically res...
6  cards
40. Business Units & Performance Evaluation
What two important behavioral con...,
Briefly describe the four general...,
Briefly describe how to distingui...
4  cards
41. Transfer Pricing
Why is transfer pricing needed,
Describe the first issue that nee...,
Assuming the organization wants t...
6  cards
42. Evaluating Product & Customer Profitability
What does the whale curve chart d...,
What does the customer profit mig...,
What are the characteristics of t...
4  cards
43. Return on Investment & Residual Income
What is the basic return on inves...,
What is the dupont equation as it...,
Describe what the residual income...
6  cards
44. The Balanced Scorecard
What are key performance indicato...,
Describe the financial and custom...,
Describe the internal and learnin...
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48. Cost Drivers & Cost Flows
What are some of the main challen...,
Briefly describe what is meant by...,
How are cost drivers used briefly...
6  cards
49. Variable Costing versus Absorption Costing
Why can fixed production costs cr...,
Briefly describe how costs are re...,
Why can using the absorption cost...
5  cards
50. Joint Product Costing
What factors distinguish joint pr...,
Describe why managers need to be ...,
Describe cost allocation using th...
5  cards
51. Job Order Costing
Describe when an organization wou...,
Briefly describe the three step p...,
What are the two reasons that an ...
3  cards
52. Process Costing
What is the challenge of using a ...,
What are the three steps that a c...,
Describe what constitutes normal ...
5  cards
53. Activity-Based Costing (ABC) and Life Cycle Costing
Briefly describe the two potentia...,
Briefly describe the focus of the...,
What are the main benefits of act...
5  cards
54. Support Department Costing
Regardless of whether a process i...,
Describe how support cost assignm...,
Describe how support cost assignm...
6  cards
55. Variable & Fixed Overhead Costs
Briefly describe the four stages ...,
Describe how organizations use th...,
Describe how organizations use re...
5  cards
56. Inventory Management & Production Systems
List some of the benefits and lim...,
Briefly describe enterprise resou...,
Briefly describe some of the majo...
5  cards
57. The Theory of Constraints
Describe the three basic problems...,
What is the core difference betwe...,
Briefly describe the three parts ...
5  cards
58. Managing Capacity
What are some of the challenges t...,
Some organizations use the budget...,
Describe the difference between a...
5  cards
59. Creating and Capturing Value
Describe the two fundamental chal...,
What is the difference between pr...,
Describe what a value chain analy...
5  cards
60. Managing Quality
Describe the activity based manag...,
Describe how kaizen is related to...,
Describe the kaizen activity cycl...
5  cards
64. Internal Control Structure and Management Philosophy
Describe the three objectives of ...,
To comply with the foreign corrup...,
Briefly describe the five compone...
4  cards

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