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Place the following budgets in the order that they would be prepared. Assume that sales volume is the principal budget factor:
(a) Production
(b) Materials usage
(c) Sales
(d) Materials purchases
Suggested Answer: C
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43 comments · newest first
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Audria
12 months ago
Just to clarify, (c) is sales, (a) is production, (d) is purchases, and (b) is usage.
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Fannie
12 months ago
I think (c), (a), (d), (b) makes the most sense!
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Corazon
1 year ago
Wait, are we sure about that order? Seems off to me.
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Jacqueline
1 year ago
Totally agree, it sets the stage for everything else!
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Annice
1 year ago
Sales budget comes first, right?
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Tammara
1 year ago
I’m leaning towards option D because it seems logical to have sales first, then production, and then the materials budgets follow. But I’m a bit confused about the sequence of materials.
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Alecia
1 year ago
I feel like materials purchases should come before materials usage, but I can't recall exactly how that fits with the production budget.
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Laurel
1 year ago
I remember practicing a similar question, and I think the production budget comes after sales. So maybe it's (c), (a), then the others?
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Camellia
1 year ago
I think we start with the sales budget because it drives everything else, right? But I'm not entirely sure about the order after that.
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Cassi
1 year ago
This seems straightforward. If the traffic is still going through R2, we need to make the path through R4 more attractive. Changing the cost on the R1-R4 link to 5 should do the trick.
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Laurel
1 year ago
I feel good about this one. The key is that the admin controls what's available in the widgets panel, so A is the correct answer. The other options don't seem to match what I know about adding images and shapes to dashboards.
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Paz
1 year ago
I'm feeling a bit lost on this one. Maybe I'll try to eliminate the options that don't seem to fit and see if that helps me narrow it down.
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Cathrine
1 year ago
I think it's possible that just using a supported web browser might resolve the warning, but I'm not entirely sure about that.
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Clarinda
1 year ago
I'm sorry, but I don't have a budget for this exam. Can I just wing it and hope for the best?
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Emerson
1 year ago
Don't worry, you can still do your best even without a budget.
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Pamella
1 year ago
I agree, the correct order is (a), (c), (b), (d).
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Jesusa
1 year ago
I think the order is (a), (c), (b), (d).
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Meghann
1 year ago
Sure, it's important to have a budget for exams.
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Marica
1 year ago
Wait, we're not budgeting for a party, are we? I thought this was a test, not a financial planning exercise!
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Chantell
1 year ago
Option B looks good to me. It makes sense to start with the production budget, then the sales budget, and then the materials budgets.
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Rosenda
1 year ago
Option B seems like the logical order for preparing the budgets.
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Armando
1 year ago
Then moving on to the sales budget before the materials budgets.
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Tenesha
1 year ago
I agree, starting with the production budget makes sense.
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Marjory
1 year ago
I'm torn between options C and D. Both seem plausible, but I'm leaning towards C since it seems more intuitive to go from sales to production and then the materials budgets.
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Kerrie
1 year ago
Yeah, I also think option C is the best choice. It just seems more intuitive to start with sales and then move on to production and materials budgets.
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Billy
1 year ago
I agree, it seems like a more natural flow to go from sales to production and then to materials usage. Option C seems like the right choice.
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Hollis
1 year ago
I think option C makes more sense too. Starting with sales and then moving to production and materials usage seems like a logical order.
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Francesco
2 years ago
I agree with Reita. The sales budget is the foundation for the other budgets, so it makes sense to start there.
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Salome
1 year ago
I see your point, but I still think it should be (a), (c), (b), (d)
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Lajuana
1 year ago
Actually, I agree with the first response, (c), (a), (b), (d) makes the most sense
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Desirae
1 year ago
I disagree, I believe it should be (a), (c), (b), (d)
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Howard
1 year ago
I think the correct order is (c), (a), (b), (d)
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Tu
1 year ago
I see your point, but I still think (a), (c), (b), (d) is the right order
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Rashida
1 year ago
I agree with you, starting with the sales budget makes the most sense
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Karrie
1 year ago
I disagree, I believe it should be (a), (c), (b), (d)
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Annabelle
1 year ago
I think the correct order is (c), (a), (b), (d)
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Reita
2 years ago
Option C seems logical, as the sales budget would be the first to be prepared, followed by the production budget, and then the materials usage and purchases budgets.
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Han
1 year ago
After that, we can focus on the materials usage and purchases budgets.
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Han
1 year ago
Then we can move on to the production budget next.
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Han
1 year ago
I agree, starting with the sales budget makes sense.
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Alecia
2 years ago
But sales should come before materials purchases, so (a), (c), (b), (d) makes more sense.
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Pamella
2 years ago
I disagree, I believe it should be (a), (c), (d), (b).
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Alecia
2 years ago
I think the correct order is (a), (c), (b), (d).