BCS Exam MBP18 Topic 6 Question 35 Discussion

Actual exam question for BCS's MBP18 exam

Question #: 35
Topic #: 6

Thomas is the secretary to the management board of a large oil company. He is preparing the papers and chasing up the actions from the last board meeting. Board meetings take place quarterly and always include the collation of monthly sales performance figures, an overview of operating costs and a review of market conditions.

As Thomas is pulling the sales figures together, he receives a phone call from the finance director who tells him that recent government changes to the export tax rate will mean that operating costs will need to be amended before they are presented to the board

Which type(s) of business event is/are NOT present in this scenario?

AInternal

BExternal

CTime-based.

DInternal and external

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Suggested Answer: C

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Carmen

4 months ago

I'm with Lavonna on this one. The scenario has both internal (board meetings) and external (government policy) events happening.

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Francoise

2 months ago

So, the types of business events not present are internal and external.

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Chaya

2 months ago

C) Time-based.

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Dottie

3 months ago

I agree, the scenario doesn't mention any time-based events.

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Sherman

3 months ago

I think the correct answer is C) Time-based.

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Carlee

3 months ago

B) External

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Glory

3 months ago

A) Internal

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Vernell

4 months ago

Haha, the finance director must have really shaken things up with that last-minute change. I'd say the answer is B) External.

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Cecil

4 months ago

This is a tricky one. I'm going to say C) Time-based, since the board meetings happen on a quarterly basis.

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Brett

2 months ago

That's a good point, it could be a combination of all three types of business events in this scenario.

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Chau

3 months ago

But the board meetings being quarterly make it time-based as well, so maybe C) Time-based is also a valid option.

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Theodora

3 months ago

I agree, it could be both internal and external events affecting the business.

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Hester

3 months ago

I think it's D) Internal and external, because the changes in export tax rate are external to the company.

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Lavonna

4 months ago

I'll go with D) Internal and external. The board meetings and sales performance review are internal events, while the change in government policy is an external event.

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