CIMAPRA17-BA2-1 Exam - Topic 1 Question 47 Discussion

Actual exam question for CIMA's CIMAPRA17-BA2-1 exam

Question #: 47
Topic #: 1

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

(d) Materials purchases

A(a), (c), (b), (d)

B(a), (c), (d), (b)

C(c), (a), (b), (d)

D(c), (a), (d), (b)

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Suggested Answer: C

by Bobbye at Jan 09, 2023, 08:48 AM

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Audria

4 months ago

Just to clarify, (c) is sales, (a) is production, (d) is purchases, and (b) is usage.

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Fannie

4 months ago

I think (c), (a), (d), (b) makes the most sense!

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Corazon

4 months ago

Wait, are we sure about that order? Seems off to me.

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Jacqueline

4 months ago

Totally agree, it sets the stage for everything else!

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Annice

4 months ago

Sales budget comes first, right?

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Tammara

5 months 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

5 months 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

5 months 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

5 months 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

5 months 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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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

5 months 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

5 months 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

9 months 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

8 months ago

Don't worry, you can still do your best even without a budget.

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Pamella

8 months ago

I agree, the correct order is (a), (c), (b), (d).

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Jesusa

9 months ago

I think the order is (a), (c), (b), (d).

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Meghann

9 months ago

Sure, it's important to have a budget for exams.

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Marica

9 months 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

9 months 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

8 months ago

Option B seems like the logical order for preparing the budgets.

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Armando

8 months ago

Then moving on to the sales budget before the materials budgets.

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Tenesha

8 months ago

I agree, starting with the production budget makes sense.

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Marjory

10 months 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

9 months 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

9 months 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

9 months 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

10 months 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

8 months ago

I see your point, but I still think it should be (a), (c), (b), (d)

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Lajuana

8 months ago

Actually, I agree with the first response, (c), (a), (b), (d) makes the most sense

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Desirae

9 months ago

I disagree, I believe it should be (a), (c), (b), (d)

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Howard

9 months ago

I think the correct order is (c), (a), (b), (d)

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Tu

9 months ago

I see your point, but I still think (a), (c), (b), (d) is the right order

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Rashida

9 months ago

I agree with you, starting with the sales budget makes the most sense

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Karrie

9 months ago

I disagree, I believe it should be (a), (c), (b), (d)

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Annabelle

10 months ago

I think the correct order is (c), (a), (b), (d)

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Reita

10 months 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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