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

8 months ago

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

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Fannie

9 months ago

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

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Corazon

9 months ago

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

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Jacqueline

9 months ago

Totally agree, it sets the stage for everything else!

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Annice

9 months ago

Sales budget comes first, right?

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Tammara

9 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

9 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

9 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

9 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

10 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

10 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

10 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

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

1 year 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

1 year 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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