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Professional Examinations Paper F9

Financial Management

EXAM KIT

PAPER F9 : FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

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ISBN: 978‐1‐78415‐231‐4

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Acknowledgements

The past ACCA examination questions are the copyright of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. The original answers to the questions from June 1994 onwards were produced by the examiners themselves and have been adapted by Kaplan Publishing.

We are grateful to the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales for permission to reproduce past examination questions. The answers have been prepared by Kaplan Publishing.

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CONTENTS

Page

Index to questions and answers v

Analysis of past exam papers xi

Exam Technique xiii

Paper specific information xv

Kaplan’s recommended revision approach xix

Kaplan’s detailed revision plan xxiii

Mathematical tables and formulae sheet xxvii

Section

1 Objective Test Questions – Section A 1

2 Practice Questions – Section B 39

3 Practice Examination Paper 1 – Section C 103

4 Practice Examination Paper 2 – Section D 113

5 Answers to Objective Test Questions – Section A 121

6 Answers to Practice Questions – Section B 141

7 Answers to Practice Examination Paper 1 – Section C 333

8 Answers to Practice Examination Paper 2 – Section D 343

Specimen Exam


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Key features in this edition

In addition to providing a wide ranging bank of real past exam questions, we have also included in this edition:

An analysis of all of the recent examination papers.

Paper specific information and advice on exam technique.

Our recommended approach to make your revision for this particular subject as effective as possible.

This includes step by step guidance on how best to use our Kaplan material (Complete text, pocket notes and exam kit) at this stage in your studies.

Enhanced tutorial answers packed with specific key answer tips, technical tutorial notes and exam technique tips from our experienced tutors.

Complementary online resources including full tutor debriefs and question assistance to point you in the right direction when you get stuck.

You will find a wealth of other resources to help you with your studies on the following sites:

www.MyKaplan.co.uk

www.accaglobal.com/students/

Quality and accuracy are of the utmost importance to us so if you spot an error in any of our products, please send an email to [email protected] with full details, or follow the link to the feedback form in MyKaplan.

Our Quality Co‐ordinator will work with our technical team to verify the error and take action to ensure it is corrected in future editions.

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INDEX TO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

INTRODUCTION

Past exam questions have been modified (sometimes extensively) to reflect the current F9 syllabus and exam structure.

KEY TO THE INDEX

PAPER ENHANCEMENTS

We have added the following enhancements to the answers in this exam kit:

Key answer tips

All answers include key answer tips to help your understanding of each question.

Tutorial note

Many answers include more tutorial notes to explain some of the technical points in more detail.

Top tutor tips

For selected questions, we “walk through the answer” giving guidance on how to approach the questions with helpful ‘tips from a top tutor’, together with technical tutor notes.

These answers are indicated with the “footsteps” icon in the index.


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ONLINE ENHANCEMENTS

Timed question with Online tutor debrief

For selected questions, we recommend that they are to be completed in full exam conditions (i.e. properly timed in a closed book environment).

In addition to the examiner’s technical answer, enhanced with key answer tips and tutorial notes in this exam kit, online you can find an answer debrief by a top tutor that:

works through the question in full

points out how to approach the question

shows how to ensure that the easy marks are obtained as quickly as possible, and

emphasises how to tackle exam questions and exam technique.

These questions are indicated with the “clock” icon in the index.

Online question assistance

Have you ever looked at a question and not known where to start, or got stuck part way through?

For selected questions, we have produced “Online question assistance” offering different levels of guidance, such as:

ensuring that you understand the question requirements fully, highlighting key terms and the meaning of the verbs used

how to read the question proactively, with knowledge of the requirements, to identify the topic areas covered

assessing the detailed content of the question body, pointing out key information and explaining why it is important

help in devising a plan of attack

With this assistance, you should then be able to attempt your answer confident that you know what is expected of you.

These questions are indicated with the “signpost” icon in the index.

Online question enhancements and answer debriefs will be available on MyKaplan at:

www.MyKaplan.co.uk


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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FUNCTION AND ENVIRONMENT Page number

Question Answer Past exam

1 UUL Co 39 141 −

2 CCC 39 142 −

3 Neighbouring countries 40 144 −

4 RZP Co 40 145 −

5 Dazzle Co 41 146 Dec 08

6 JJG Co 41 148 June 09

7 News for you 42 150 −

WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

8 Gorwa Co 43 152 Dec 08

9 Flit Co 44 155 Dec 14

10 Wobnig Co 45 157 June 12

11 FLG Co 45 160 June 08

12 PKA Co 46 163 Dec 07

13 KXP Co 46 167 Dec 12

14 Ulnad 47 170 −

15 APX Co 48 173 Dec 09

16 HGR Co 49 177 June 09

17 Anjo Co 50 181 −

18 ZSE Co 52 183 June 10

19 PNP Co 52 187 June 07

20 Plot Co 53 189 Dec 13

21 WQZ Co 54 190 Dec 10

INVESTMENT APPRAISAL

22 Armcliff Co 55 194 −

23 Uftin Co 56 196 Dec 14

24 Warden Co 58 199 Dec 11

25 Dairy Co 58 202 −

26 Investment appraisal 59 204 −

27 Darn Co 59 208 Dec 13

28 Charm Co 60 211 −

29 Play Co 61 213 −

30 Duo Co 62 215 Dec 07


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Page number


31 OKM Co 63 220 June 10

32 BRT Co 64 222 June 11

33 Umunat Co 65 226 −

34 Victory 65 228 −

35 Springbank Co 66 230 −

36 CJ Co 67 232 Dec 10

37 Basril 67 235 −

38 ASOP Co 68 237 Dec 09

39 Cavic 69 240 −

40 Hypermarket 69 242

BUSINESS FINANCE AND COST OF CAPITAL

41 FMY 70 244 −

42 Tinep Co 70 247 Dec 14

43 Fence Co 71 249 June 14

44 RWF 72 252 −

45 Bar Co 73 254 Dec 11

46 Nugfer 74 257 Dec 10

47 Spot Co 75 261 Dec 13

48 Echo Co 75 263 Dec 07

49 Zigto Co 76 267 June 12

50 Pavlon 77 269 −

51 Arwin 78 271 −

52 Associated International Supplies Co 79 273 −

53 AMH Co 80 276 June 13

54 GTK Co 81 279 June 07

55 TFR 81 282 June 07

56 GXG Co 82 285 June 13

57 Droxfol 83 288 −

58 Ill colleague 84 290 −

59 AQR Co 85 291 June 11

60 GM Co 86 295 −

61 Card Co 86 296 Dec 13

62 IRQ Co 87 298 −


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BUSINESS VALUATIONS

Page number


63 Close Co 88 300 Dec 11

64 Par Co 89 302 Dec 14

65 MFZ Co 90 303 June 14

66 NN Co 90 305 Dec 10

67 Corhig Co 92 306 June 12

68 MAT Co 92 309 −

69 THP Co 93 311 June 08

70 Dartig Co 95 314 Dec 08

71 Phobis 95 316 Dec 07

RISK MANAGEMENT

72 Nedwen 96 319 −

73 PZK Co 97 320 Dec 14

74 Lagrag Co 97 321 −

75 Boluje Co 98 322 Dec 08

76 Exporters plc 99 324 −

77 Elect Co 99 325 −

78 Limes Co 100 328 June 13

79 CC Co 101 330 −


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ANALYSIS OF PAST PAPERS

The table below summarises the key topics that have been tested within the written test questions in the examinations to date.

D10 J11 D11 J12 D12 J13 D13 J14 D14

Financial management function

Nature and purpose of financial management

Financial objectives and corporate strategy

Stakeholders and their impact on corporate strategy

Not for profits

Financial management environment

Economic environment

Financial markets and institutions

Working capital management

Elements and importance (including cash operating cycle)

Inventories

Receivables

Payables

Cash

Working capital needs and funding strategies

Investment appraisal

Appraisal process

Non‐discounted techniques

NPV with tax

NPV with tax and inflation

IRR

Risk and uncertainty

Lease or buy

Asset replacement

Capital rationing


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D10 J11 D11 J12 D12 J13 D13 J14 D14

Business finance and cost of capital

Sources of short term finance

Sources of long term finance

Internal sources and dividend policy

Gearing and capital structure

Small & medium enterprises

Islamic financing

Sources and relative costs

Estimating cost of equity

CAPM

Cost of debt

Overall cost of capital

Gearing theories

Impact of cost of capital on investments

Business valuations

Nature and purpose of valuation

Models for valuing shares

Valuing debt and other financial assets

Efficient markets hypothesis

Risk management

Foreign exchange risk

Interest rate risk

Forward contracts

Money market hedge

Futures

Hedging for interest rate risk

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EXAM TECHNIQUE Use the allocated 15 minutes reading and planning time at the beginning of the exam:

– read the questions and examination requirements carefully, and

– begin planning your answers.

See the Paper Specific Information for advice on how to use this time for this paper.

Divide the time you spend on questions in proportion to the marks on offer:

– there are 1.8 minutes available per mark in the examination.

– within that, try to allow time at the end of each question to review your answer and address any obvious issues.

Whatever happens, always keep your eye on the clock and do not over run on any part of any question!

Spend the last five minutes of the examination:

– reading through your answers, and

– making any additions or corrections.

If you get completely stuck with a question:

– leave space in your answer book, and

– return to it later.

Stick to the question and tailor your answer to what you are asked.

– pay particular attention to the verbs in the question.

If you do not understand what a question is asking, state your assumptions.

Even if you do not answer in precisely the way the examiner hoped, you should be given some credit, if your assumptions are reasonable.

You should do everything you can to make things easy for the marker.

The marker will find it easier to identify the points you have made if your answers are legible.

Written elements of questions:

Your answer should have a clear structure

Be concise.

It is better to write a little about a lot of different points than a great deal about one or two points.

Computations:

It is essential to include all your workings in your answers.

Many computational questions require the use of a standard format:

e.g. net present values, writing down allowances and cash budgets.

Be sure you know these formats thoroughly before the exam and use the layouts that you see in the answers given in this book and in model answers.

Reports, memos and other documents:

Some questions ask you to present your answer in the form of a report, a memo, a letter or other document.

Make sure that you use the correct format – there could be easy marks to gain here.


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PAPER SPECIFIC INFORMATION

THE EXAM

FORMAT OF THE EXAM

All questions are compulsory. The exam will contain both computational and discursive elements. Some questions will adopt a scenario/case study approach.

Section A of the exam comprises 20 multiple choice questions of 2 marks each.

Section B of the exam comprises three 10 mark questions and two 15 mark questions.

The two 15 mark questions will come from working capital management, investment appraisal and business finance areas of the syllabus. The section A questions and the other questions in section B can cover any area of the syllabus.

Total time allowed: 3 hours plus 15 minutes reading and planning time.

PASS MARK

The pass mark for all ACCA Qualification examination papers is 50%.

READING AND PLANNING TIME

Remember that all three hour paper based examinations have an additional 15 minutes reading and planning time.

ACCA GUIDANCE

ACCA guidance on the use of this time is as follows:

This additional time is allowed at the beginning of the examination to allow candidates to read the questions and to begin planning their answers before they start to write in their answer books.

This time should be used to ensure that all the information and, in particular, the exam requirements are properly read and understood.

During this time, candidates may only annotate their question paper. They may not write anything in their answer booklets until told to do so by the invigilator.


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KAPLAN GUIDANCE

As all questions are compulsory, there are no decisions to be made about choice of questions, other than in which order you would like to tackle them.

Therefore, in relation to F9, we recommend that you take the following approach with your reading and planning time:

Skim through the whole paper, assessing the level of difficulty of each question.

Write down on the question paper next to the mark allocation the amount of time you should spend on each part. Do this for each part of every question.

Decide the order in which you think you will attempt each question:

This is a personal choice and you have time on the revision phase to try out different approaches, for example, if you sit mock exams.

A common approach is to tackle the question you think is the easiest and you are most comfortable with first. Others may prefer to tackle the longest questions first, or conversely leave them to the last.

Psychologists believe that you usually perform at your best on the second and third question you attempt, once you have settled into the exam, so not tackling the hardest question first may be advisable.

It is usual however that student tackle their least favourite topic and/or the most difficult question in their opinion last.

Whatever you approach, you must make sure that you leave enough time to attempt all questions fully and be very strict with yourself in timing each question.

For each question in turn, read the requirements and then the detail of the question carefully.

Always read the requirement first as this enables you to focus on the detail of the question with the specific task in mind.

For computational questions:

Highlight key numbers/information and key words in the question, scribble notes to yourself on the question paper to remember key points in your answer.

Jot down proformas required if applicable.

For written questions:

Plan the key areas to be addressed and your use of titles and sub‐titles to enhance your answer.

For all questions:

Spot the easy marks to be gained in a question and parts which can be performed independently of the rest of the question. For example, laying out basic proformas correctly, entering discount factors or calculating writing down allowances or attempting the more discussional part of the question. Make sure that you do these parts first when you tackle the question.

Don’t go overboard in terms of planning time on any one question – you need a good measure of the whole paper and a plan for all of the questions at the end of the 15 minutes.

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By covering all questions you can often help yourself as you may find that facts in one question may remind you of things you should put into your answer relating to a different question.

With your plan of attack in mind, start answering your chosen question with your plan to hand, as soon as you are allowed to start.

Always keep your eye on the clock and do not over run on any part of any question!

DETAILED SYLLABUS

The detailed syllabus and study guide written by the ACCA can be found at:

www.accaglobal.com/students/


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KAPLAN’S RECOMMENDED REVISION APPROACH

QUESTION PRACTICE IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS

Success in professional examinations relies upon you acquiring a firm grasp of the required knowledge at the tuition phase. In order to be able to do the questions, knowledge is essential.

However, the difference between success and failure often hinges on your exam technique on the day and making the most of the revision phase of your studies.

The Kaplan complete text is the starting point, designed to provide the underpinning knowledge to tackle all questions. However, in the revision phase, pouring over text books is not the answer.

MyKaplan knowledge check tests help you consolidate your knowledge and understanding and are a useful tool to check whether you can remember key topic areas.

Kaplan pocket notes are designed to help you quickly revise a topic area, however you then need to practise questions. There is a need to progress to full exam standard questions as soon as possible, and to tie your exam technique and technical knowledge together.

The importance of question practice cannot be over‐emphasised.

The recommended approach below is designed by expert tutors in the field, in conjunction with their knowledge of the examiner and their recent real exams.

The approach taken for the fundamental papers is to revise by topic area. However, with the professional stage papers, a multi topic approach is required to answer the scenario based questions.

You need to practice as many questions as possible in the time you have left.

OUR AIM

Our aim is to get you to the stage where you can attempt exam standard questions confidently, to time, in a closed book environment, with no supplementary help (i.e. to simulate the real examination experience).

Practising your exam technique on real past examination questions, in timed conditions, is also vitally important for you to assess your progress and identify areas of weakness that may need more attention in the final run up to the examination.

In order to achieve this we recognise that initially you may feel the need to practise some questions with open book help and exceed the required time.

The approach below shows you which questions you should use to build up to coping with exam standard question practice, and references to the sources of information available should you need to revisit a topic area in more detail.


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Remember that in the real examination, all you have to do is:

attempt all questions required by the exam

only spend the allotted time on each question, and

get them at least 50% right!

Try and practice this approach on every question you attempt from now to the real exam.

EXAMINER COMMENTS

We have included the examiner’s comments to the specific new syllabus examination questions in this kit for you to see the main pitfalls that students fall into with regard to technical content.

However, too many times in the general section of the report, the examiner comments that students had failed due to:

“misallocation of time”

“running out of time” and

showing signs of “spending too much time on an earlier questions and clearly rushing the answer to a subsequent question”.

Good exam technique is vital.

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THE KAPLAN PAPER F9 REVISION PLAN

Stage 1: Assess areas of strengths and weaknesses

Stage 2: Practice questions

Follow the order of revision of topics as recommended in the revision table plan below and attempt the questions in the order suggested.

Try to avoid referring to text books and notes and the model answer until you have completed your attempt.

Try to answer the question in the allotted time.

Review your attempt with the model answer and assess how much of the answer you achieved in the allocated exam time.

Comfortable

with the technical content

Not comfortable

with the technical content

Read the relevant chapter(s) in Kaplan’s Complete Text

Attempt the Test your understanding examples if unsure of an area

Attempt appropriate Online Fixed Tests

Review the pocket notes on this area

Determine whether or not the area is one with which you are comfortable

Review the topic listings in the revision table plan below


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Fill in the self‐assessment box below and decide on your best course of action.

Note that:

The “footsteps questions” give guidance on exam techniques and how you should have

approached the question.

The “clock questions” have an online debrief where a tutor talks you through the exam

technique and approach to that question and works the question in full.

Stage 3: Final pre‐exam revision

We recommend that you attempt at least one three hour mock examination containing a set of previously unseen exam standard questions.

It is important that you get a feel for the breadth of coverage of a real exam without advanced knowledge of the topic areas covered – just as you will expect to see on the real exam day.

Ideally this mock should be sat in timed, closed book, real exam conditions and could be:

a mock examination offered by your tuition provider, and/or

the pilot paper in the back of this exam kit, and/or

the last real examination paper (available shortly afterwards on MyKaplan with “enhanced walk through answers” and a full “tutor debrief”).

Comfortable with question attempt Not comfortable with question attempts

Only revisit when comfortable with questions on all topic areas

Focus on these areas by:

Reworking test your understanding examples in Kaplan’s Complete Text

Revisiting the technical content from Kaplan’s pocket notes

Working any remaining questions on that area in the exam kit

Reattempting an exam standard question in that area, on a timed, closed book basis

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THE DETAILED REVISION PLAN

Topic

Complete Text

Chapter

Pocket note

Chapter

Questions to

attempt

Tutor guidance Date attempted

Self assessment

Investment appraisal 2 & 3 2 & 3 26 27

Start with the basics – remind yourself of the four techniques and ensure you can compare and contrast between them. Start with question 26 before attempting question 27 as an example of a recent past exam question in this area.

– Further aspects of discounted cash flows

4 4 25 31

A popular exam topic, guaranteed to form part of the exam. There are many questions on this area. Start with questions 25 and 31 which are basic warm up questions. Build up to questions 28 and 29 which are slightly more complex questions on this area.

– Risk and uncertainty

6 6 33 30

This is an aspect that is often examined alongside the more complex areas of discounted cash flow techniques. Question 34 is another good example of how this topic can be examined.

– Asset investment decisions and capital rationing

5 5 37 38

This is an area that has not been widely examined within the recent exam diets. Despite this, it is worth having a quick recap of the techniques using these two questions.


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Topic

Complete Text

Chapter

Pocket note

Chapter

Questions to

attempt


Self assessment

Working capital management

7 7 – Begin by recapping on the key ratio calculations relating to working capital management and the calculation of the cash operating cycle.

– Receivables and payables

9 9 17

Questions on working capital management will often draw upon several different elements. Question 16 gives a good general introduction to the cash operating cycle.

– Inventory 8 8 20

This question covers many aspects of working capital management and is a good illustration of the way the examiner tends to tackle this topic.

– Cash and funding strategies

10 10 16 18

Question 16 contains good coverage of this chapter. Question 15 covers an area that has not been widely examined.

Financial management function

1 1 5 Now is a good point to visit some of the less widely examined areas of the syllabus. Question 4 is a good example of how these more discursive elements are examined.

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Topic

Complete Text

Chapter

Pocket note

Chapter

Questions to

attempt


Self assessment

The economic environment for business

11 11 7 Question 7 reflects how this topic could be examined.

Financial markets and the treasury function

12 12 – This is a fairly new area to the syllabus but it’s worth covering this before you start reviewing the topics of business finance and risk management.

Sources of finance 15 15 54 Question 54, taken from the June 07 exam, is an excellent illustration of the way the examiner will often pull from more than one syllabus area within his questions.

Financial ratios 19 19 55

Questions involving the calculation and interpretation of financial ratios are very common. You must be able to calculate each of the key ratios as well as appreciate how they interrelate with each other.

The cost of capital 17 17 62 60

This is another popular exam topic. As well as reviewing the complete text and the pocket notes, ensure you download and review the examiner’s series of articles relating to CAPM.


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Topic

Complete Text

Chapter

Pocket note

Chapter

Questions to

attempt


Self assessment

Capital structure 18 18 41

This is a tricky topic. Be sure to work carefully through the pocket notes, perhaps attempting the test your understandings within the complete text before attempting the exam standard questions.

Business valuations and market efficiency

20 20 67 68 69

This is another popular exam topic and one which can be easily linked with other areas of the syllabus. You must be able to apply each of the main methods of business valuation and consider the impact that financing may have on a company’s valuation.

Dividend policy 16 16 50 This small topic is often examined alongside business valuations or sources of finance.

Foreign exchange risk

13 13 72 75

Another topic that students often find difficult. Review the illustrations within the complete text but don’t neglect the more discursive aspects, which are examined more frequently.

Interest rate risk 14 14 74 77

This topic has not been extensively tested within recent exams.

Note that not all of the questions are referred to in the programme above. We have recommended an approach to build up from the basic to exam standard questions.

The remaining questions are available in the kit for extra practice for those who require more questions on some areas.

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MATHEMATICAL TABLES AND FORMULAE SHEET

Economic order quantity

= H

o

C

D2C

Miller‐Orr Model

Return point = Lower limit + (3

1 × spread)

Spread =

3

1

rate Interest

flows cash of Variance× cost nTransactio×4

3

3

The Capital Asset Pricing Model

E(r)j = Rf + βj (E(rm) – Rf)

The asset beta formula

βa = ))T-1(V+V(

V

de

e βe + ))T-1(V+V(

)T-1(V

de

d βd

The Growth Model

P0 = g)-(r

g)Do(1

e

Gordon’s growth approximation

g = bre

The weighted average cost of capital

WACC = V+V

V

de

e ke + V+V

V

de

d kd(1–T)

The Fisher formula

(1 + i) = (1 + r) (1 + h)

Purchasing power parity and interest rate parity

S1 = S0 )h(1

)h(1

b

c

F0 = S0 )i(1

)i(1

b

c


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Present Value Table

Present value of 1 i.e. (1 + r)‐n Where r = discount rate n = number of periods until payment Periods Discount rates (r) (n) 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% 10% ________________________________________________________________________________

1 0.990 0.980 0.971 0.962 0.952 0.943 0.935 0.926 0.917 0.909 1 2 0.980 0.961 0.943 0.925 0.907 0.890 0.873 0.857 0.842 0.826 2 3 0.971 0.942 0.915 0.889 0.864 0.840 0.816 0.794 0.772 0.751 3 4 0.961 0.924 0.888 0.855 0.823 0.792 0.763 0.735 0.708 0.683 4 5 0.951 0.906 0.863 0.822 0.784 0.747 0.713 0.681 0.650 0.621 5 6 0.942 0.888 0.837 0.790 0.746 0.705 0.666 0.630 0.596 0.564 6 7 0.933 0.871 0.813 0.760 0.711 0.665 0.623 0.583 0.547 0.513 7 8 0.923 0.853 0.789 0.731 0.677 0.627 0.582 0.540 0.502 0.467 8 9 0.914 0.837 0.766 0.703 0.645 0.592 0.544 0.500 0.460 0.424 9 10 0.905 0.820 0.744 0.676 0.614 0.558 0.508 0.463 0.422 0.386 10 11 0.896 0.804 0.722 0.650 0.585 0.527 0.475 0.429 0.388 0.350 11 12 0.887 0.788 0.701 0.625 0.557 0.497 0.444 0.397 0.356 0.319 12 13 0.879 0.773 0.681 0.601 0.530 0.469 0.415 0.368 0.326 0.290 13 14 0.870 0.758 0.661 0.577 0.505 0.442 0.388 0.340 0.299 0.263 14 15 0.861 0.743 0.642 0.555 0.481 0.417 0.362 0.315 0.275 0.239 15 (n) 11% 12% 13% 14% 15% 16% 17% 18% 19% 20% ________________________________________________________________________________

1 0.901 0.893 0.885 0.877 0.870 0.862 0.855 0.847 0.840 0.833 1 2 0.812 0.797 0.783 0.769 0.756 0.743 0.731 0.718 0.706 0.694 2 3 0.731 0.712 0.693 0.675 0.658 0.641 0.624 0.609 0.593 0.579 3 4 0.659 0.636 0.613 0.592 0.572 0.552 0.534 0.516 0.499 0.482 4 5 0.593 0.567 0.543 0.519 0.497 0.476 0.456 0.437 0.419 0.402 5 6 0.535 0.507 0.480 0.456 0.432 0.410 0.390 0.370 0.352 0.335 6 7 0.482 0.452 0.425 0.400 0.376 0.354 0.333 0.314 0.296 0.279 7 8 0.434 0.404 0.376 0.351 0.327 0.305 0.285 0.266 0.249 0.233 8 9 0.391 0.361 0.333 0.308 0.284 0.263 0.243 0.225 0.209 0.194 9 10 0.352 0.322 0.295 0.270 0.247 0.227 0.208 0.191 0.176 0.162 10 11 0.317 0.287 0.261 0.237 0.215 0.195 0.178 0.162 0.148 0.135 11 12 0.286 0.257 0.231 0.208 0.187 0.168 0.152 0.137 0.124 0.112 12 13 0.258 0.229 0.204 0.182 0.163 0.145 0.130 0.116 0.104 0.093 13 14 0.232 0.205 0.181 0.160 0.141 0.125 0.111 0.099 0.088 0.078 14 15 0.209 0.183 0.160 0.140 0.123 0.108 0.095 0.084 0.074 0.065 15

MATHEMATICAL TABLES AND FORMULAE SHEET

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Annuity Table

Present value of an annuity of 1 i.e. r

r) + (1 – 1 –n

Where r = discount rate n = number of periods Periods Discount rates (r) (n) 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% 10% ________________________________________________________________________________

1 0.990 0.980 0.971 0.962 0.952 0.943 0.935 0.926 0.917 0.909 1 2 1.970 1.942 1.913 1.886 1.859 1.833 1.808 1.783 1.759 1.736 2 3 2.941 2.884 2.829 2.775 2.723 2.673 2.624 2.577 2.531 2.487 3 4 3.902 3.808 3.717 3.630 3.546 3.465 3.387 3.312 3.240 3.170 4 5 4.853 4.713 4.580 4.452 4.329 4.212 4.100 3.993 3.890 3.791 5 6 5.795 5.601 5.417 5.242 5.076 4.917 4.767 4.623 4.486 4.355 6 7 6.728 6.472 6.230 6.002 5.786 5.582 5.389 5.206 5.033 4.868 7 8 7.652 7.325 7.020 6.733 6.463 6.210 5.971 5.747 5.535 5.335 8 9 8.566 8.162 7.786 7.435 7.108 6.802 6.515 6.247 5.995 5.759 9 10 9.471 8.983 8.530 8.111 7.722 7.360 7.024 6.710 6.418 6.145 10 11 10.37 9.787 9.253 8.760 8.306 7.887 7.499 7.139 6.805 6.495 11 12 11.26 10.58 9.954 9.385 8.863 8.384 7.943 7.536 7.161 6.814 12 13 12.13 11.35 10.63 9.986 9.394 8.853 8.358 7.904 7.487 7.103 13 14 13.00 12.11 11.30 10.56 9.899 9.295 8.745 8.244 7.786 7.367 14 15 13.87 12.85 11.94 11.12 10.38 9.712 9.108 8.559 8.061 7.606 15 (n) 11% 12% 13% 14% 15% 16% 17% 18% 19% 20% ________________________________________________________________________________

1 0.901 0.893 0.885 0.877 0.870 0.862 0.855 0.847 0.840 0.833 1 2 1.713 1.690 1.668 1.647 1.626 1.605 1.585 1.566 1.547 1.528 2 3 2.444 2.402 2.361 2.322 2.283 2.246 2.210 2.174 2.140 2.106 3 4 3.102 3.037 2.974 2.914 2.855 2.798 2.743 2.690 2.639 2.589 4 5 3.696 3.605 3.517 3.433 3.352 3.274 3.199 3.127 3.058 2.991 5 6 4.231 4.111 3.998 3.889 3.784 3.685 3.589 3.498 3.410 3.326 6 7 4.712 4.564 4.423 4.288 4.160 4.039 3.922 3.812 3.706 3.605 7 8 5.146 4.968 4.799 4.639 4.487 4.344 4.207 4.078 3.954 3.837 8 9 5.537 5.328 5.132 4.946 4.772 4.607 4.451 4.303 4.163 4.031 9 10 5.889 5.650 5.426 5.216 5.019 4.833 4.659 4.494 4.339 4.192 10 11 6.207 5.938 5.687 5.453 5.234 5.029 4.836 4.656 4.486 4.327 11 12 6.492 6.194 5.918 5.660 5.421 5.197 4.988 4.793 4.611 4.439 12 13 6.750 6.424 6.122 5.842 5.583 5.342 5.118 4.910 4.715 4.533 13 14 6.982 6.628 6.302 6.002 5.724 5.468 5.229 5.008 4.802 4.611 14 15 7.191 6.811 6.462 6.142 5.847 5.575 5.324 5.092 4.876 4.675 15


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Section A

OBJECTIVE TEST QUESTIONS

Each question is worth two marks.

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FUNCTION

1 In relation to the financial management of a company, which of the following provides the best definition of a firm’s primary financial objective?

A To achieve long‐term growth in earnings

B To maximise the level of annual dividends

C To maximise the wealth of its ordinary shareholder

D To maximise the level of annual profits

2 Financial management focuses on financial objectives. Which of the following are financial objectives?

1 Maximisation of market share

2 Earnings growth

3 Sales revenue growth

4 Achieving a target level of customer satisfaction

5 Achieving a target level of return on capital employed

A 1 and 5 only

B 2 and 4 only

C 2, 3 and 5 only

D 1, 2, 3 and 4 only

3 Which of the following is not one of the three main types of decision facing the financial manager in a company?

A Income decision

B Investment decision

C Dividend decision

D Financing decision


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4 Which of the following is an example of a financial objective that a company might choose to pursue?

A Dealing honestly and fairly with customers on all occasions

B Provision of good working conditions and industrial relations

C Producing environmentally friendly products

D Restricting the level of gearing to below a specified target level

5 Value for money is an important objective for not‐for‐profit organisations.

Which of the following actions is consistent with increasing value for money?

A Using a cheaper source of goods and thereby decreasing the quality of not‐for‐profit organisation services

B Searching for ways to diversify the finances of the not‐for‐profit organisation

C Decreasing waste in the provision of a service by the not‐for‐profit organisation

D Focusing on meeting the financial objectives of the not‐for‐profit organization

6 Which of the following is LEAST likely to fall within financial management?

A The dividend payment to shareholders is increased

B Funds are raised to finance an investment project

C Surplus assets are sold off

D Non‐executive directors are appointed to the remuneration committee

7 Which of the following statements are correct?

1 Financial management is concerned with the long‐term raising of finance and the allocation and control of resources

2 Management accounting is concerned with providing information for the more day‐to‐day functions of control and decision making

3 Financial accounting is concerned with providing information about the historical results of past plans and decisions

A 1 and 2 only

B 1 and 3 only

C 2 and 3 only

D 1, 2 and 3

8 Which of the following tasks would typically be carried out by a member of the financial management team?

A Evaluating proposed expansion plans

B Review of overtime spending

C Depreciation of non‐current assets

D Apportioning overheads to cost units

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9 Which of the following is an example of an internal stakeholder in a firm?

A Company directors

B Customers

C Suppliers

D Finance providers

10 The main purpose of corporate governance is:

A To separate ownership and management control of organisations

B To maximise shareholder value

C To facilitate effective management of organisations and to make organisations more visibly accountable to a wider range of stakeholders

D To ensure that regulatory frameworks are adhered to

11 The agency problem is a driving force behind the growing importance attached to sound corporate governance.

In this context, who are the agents?

A Customers

B Shareholders

C Managers

D Auditors

12 Which of the following statements are correct?

1 Maximising market share is an example of a financial objective

2 Shareholder wealth maximisation is the primary financial objective for a company listed on a stock exchange

3 Financial objectives should be quantitative so that their achievement can be measured

A 1 and 2 only

B 1 and 3 only

C 2 and 3 only

D 1, 2 and 3

13 Which of the following is an ‘efficiency’ target that a not for profit organisation might put in place?

A Negotiation of bulk discounts

B Pay rates for staff of appropriate levels of qualification

C Staff utilisation

D Customer satisfaction ratings

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