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Senior management establishes guidelines for acceptable expenditures and then allocates a specific amount of money to a security department. This type of budget process is called:
Suggested Answer: C
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27 comments · newest first
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Martha
10 months ago
I thought bottom-up was more common for departments. This is interesting!
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Lucy
11 months ago
Bottom line budgeting is more about the overall financial picture, not specific allocations.
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Melita
11 months ago
Wait, are we sure it’s not zero based? Seems a bit off.
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Gary
11 months ago
I agree, it’s all about the senior management setting the limits.
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Muriel
11 months ago
This is definitely a top-down budget process.
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Veronika
12 months ago
I feel like the answer is bottom line budgeting, but I might be mixing it up with another concept we covered.
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Glenna
12 months ago
I’m a bit confused. I thought "lop down" was a term we discussed, but I can't recall what it specifically means in this context.
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Ashton
12 months ago
I remember practicing a question similar to this, and I think it was about bottom up budgeting. But this one feels different.
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Lilli
1 year ago
I think this might be zero based budgeting, but I'm not entirely sure. We talked about it in class, and it seems to fit the description.
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Shawn
1 year ago
Ah, I remember learning about this in class. I'm pretty confident that the correct answer is option D, bottom up.
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Vivan
1 year ago
Okay, I've got a strategy for this. I'm going to eliminate the options that don't seem to fit the description, then choose the one that best matches the details provided.
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Kaitlyn
1 year ago
Hmm, I'm a little unsure about this one. The options seem pretty similar, so I'll need to read through the question carefully to make sure I understand the differences between them.
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Sabina
1 year ago
This looks like a pretty straightforward question. I think I'll go with option A, zero based, since that seems to match the description of the budget process.
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Sheridan
2 years ago
Wait, is this a trick question? What if the 'acceptable expenditures' are just empty promises and the actual budget is just a roulette wheel spin?
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Felix
2 years ago
Top-down, like a boss telling the minions how much they can spend. Easy peasy.
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Ocie
2 years ago
Hmm, I thought bottom-up budgeting was when the little guys at the bottom get a say. This one is clearly top-down.
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Dierdre
2 years ago
Top-down budget, definitely. Senior management calling the shots, that's a classic.
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Antione
2 years ago
Bottom-up budgeting would be the opposite, where the lower levels determine the budget and it is then approved by senior management.
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Kanisha
2 years ago
I agree, top-down budgeting is when senior management sets the guidelines and allocates the funds.
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Vi
2 years ago
I'm not sure, but I think it might be A) zero based budgeting.
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Tonja
2 years ago
I agree with Kristeen, bottom up budgeting makes sense for security departments.
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Gladys
2 years ago
I'm pretty sure it's a top-down budget process, but I'll double-check the definitions just in case.
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Ciara
2 years ago
I think it's a zero-based budget process.
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Fernanda
2 years ago
I'm not sure, let me look it up.
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Jamal
2 years ago
I believe it's a bottom-up budget process.
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Gertude
2 years ago
I think it's a top-down budget process.
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Kristeen
2 years ago
I think the answer is D) bottom up.