When sales volume is seasonal in nature, certain items in the budget must be coordinated.
The three most significant items to coordinate in budgeting seasonal sales volume are:
If a manufacturer has established a limit on the number of defects that are tolerable in the final assembly of its product, which of the following quality control procedures should be employed?
I. Inspect completed goods for compliance with established tolerances.
II. Review sales returns for defects not detected during the final inspection process.
III. Compare materials and machinery specifications with original product designs.
IV.
Establish a quality circle that includes management and subordinates to discuss labor efficiency.
Which of the following descriptions of the internal control system are indicators that risks are managed effectively?
1. Existing controls promote compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
2. The control environment is designed to address all identified risks to the organization.
3. Key controls for significant risks to the organization remain consistent over time.
4. Monitoring systems are in place to alert management to unexpected events.
A post office serves customers in a single line at one service window. During peals periods, the rate of arrivals has a Poisson distribution with an average of 100 customers per hour and service times that are exponentially distributed with an average of 0 seconds per customer.
From this, one can conclude that the: