Q51. K is a large mining company. In its risk report it states that there is a risk of accidents and injury because of the nature of the industry. It states that it has staff training in place and complies with all Health and Safety regulations but in spite of this there will still be a residual risk that accidents and injuries may occur.
Which of the following statements are correct?

Q52. Which TWO of the following are likely to be consequences of a weak control environment?

Q53. E purchases parts for one of the machines it manufactures from Country X Place the risk classification next to the risk it relates to:

Q54. 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?

Q55. The list below has duties performed by risk managers and internal auditors. Show who would carry out the duties assuming the company has both risk managers and internal auditors.

Q56. 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?

Q57. 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?

Q58. 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.

Q59. R plc is considering an investment of $1,100,000 in a new machine which is expected to have substantial cash inflows over the next five years.
The annual cash flows from this investment and their probability are shown below:
Annual cash flow ($) Probability
200,000 0.4
280,000 0.5
350,000 0.1
At the end of its five-year life, the asset is expected to sell for $100,000. The cost of capital is 5%.
What is the Expected Net Present Value?
Give your answer to the nearest whole $.

Q60. Assuming a company has both internal auditors and risk managers, indicate which of these would perform the duties listed below:

Q61. Z is a multinational pharmaceuticals company with operations across Europe, America and Asia.
It is currently investigating the possibility of setting up a chemical and specialist production facility in South America. This would be a multi $billion investment. What steps should Z take to manage the following risks in this long term venture.

Q62. 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.

Q63. A large, publicly funded university is considering introducing a new information system in order to enhance its ability to store and retrieve academic records for past and current students, including the registration and deregistration of students.
In conducting an evaluation of the system, which THREE features would the management of the college be most likely to consider as essential prerequisites to implementation?

Q64. 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?

Q65. B uses a balanced scorecard to monitor the performance of its divisions.
Classify each of the following decisions taken by a division’s management team as either commercially sound or dysfunctional.

Q66. Jo is a well known entrepreneur who founded JIS. a global producer or high technology equipment JIS has grown rapidly and was listed two years ago JIS’s share price has grown steadily since its listing Jo serves as both CEO and Chair A recent newspaper article has suggested that JIS would benefit from having a separate CEO and Chair Which TWO of the following arguments are valid?

Q67. P Ltd, a manufacturing company, is considering a new capital investment project to set up a new production line. The initial appraisal shows a healthy net present value of $6,465 million at a discount rate of 10% as shown in the table below:
However, management is unsure about the demand for the product which will be produced and has insisted that the future revenues should be reduced to certainity equivalents by taking 70%, 65% and 60% of the years
1,2, and 3 cash inflows respectively.
What should P do?

Q68. 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.

Q69. 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?

Q70. THG is a quoted company that manufactures expensive clothes that are sold to upmarket department stores THG’s Board has commissioned a stress test to identify the impact of strategic risks The consultant who is conducting the test is currently investigating the impact that a 1 % increase in interest rates would have on THG.
Which TWO of the following are valid reasons for including an increase in interest rates in the stress test?

Q71. B uses a balanced scorecard to monitor the performance of its divisions.
Classify each of the following decisions taken by a division’s management team as either commercially sound or dysfunctional.