CIMAPRA19-E01-1 Exam - Topic 1 Question 77 Discussion

Actual exam question for CIMA's CIMAPRA19-E01-1 exam

Question #: 77
Topic #: 1

The Sales Manager has called his usual monthly meeting with his sales team and presented the monthly sales budget broken down into weekly targets for each member of the team. What type of planning is this?

ATactical

BStrategic

COperational

DIntermittent

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by Lizette at Nov 21, 2023, 09:15 AM

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Avery

5 months ago

Monthly budgets are usually operational planning.

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Ozell

5 months ago

Wait, are we sure it's not strategic? Seems a bit high-level for weekly targets.

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Novella

5 months ago

Agreed, operational makes the most sense here.

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Norah

5 months ago

I think it's more tactical, though.

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Yong

5 months ago

It's definitely operational planning!

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Clorinda

6 months ago

I thought strategic planning was more long-term, so I don't think it's that. Maybe it's tactical, but operational seems to fit too.

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Vicky

6 months ago

I feel like this question is similar to one we practiced where we discussed different planning types. I lean towards operational, but I'm not completely confident.

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Weldon

6 months ago

I'm not entirely sure, but I remember something about tactical planning being more about short-term goals. Could this be tactical?

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Tammy

6 months ago

I think this might be operational planning since it's focused on the day-to-day activities of the sales team.

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Raymon

6 months ago

I'm a little confused here. Is this considered strategic planning since it's setting goals for the sales team? Or is it more of an operational approach? I'll have to review my notes on the different planning types.

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Justine

6 months ago

Hmm, I'm a bit unsure on this one. Is it tactical planning or could it be considered operational planning? I'll have to think it through carefully.

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Rima

6 months ago

This seems like a straightforward question. The sales manager is breaking down the monthly sales budget into weekly targets for the team, which sounds like tactical planning to me.

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Mel

6 months ago

Okay, I've got this. The sales manager is setting specific, short-term targets for the team, which aligns with tactical planning. I'm confident that's the right answer.

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Harley

6 months ago

I'm going to start by eliminating the options that don't make sense. HTTP and FTP are for web and file transfer, not real-time media, so those are out.

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Kirk

6 months ago

Ah, I remember learning about this! Code 13 for ICMP Type 3 means "Communication Administratively Prohibited", so the answer is A. Administratively Blocked.

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Giuseppe

6 months ago

This is a straightforward SQL query, and I think option A is the correct answer. The TRUNC function will give us the number of complete weeks, which is what the question is asking for. The sorting by tenure in ascending order will put the longest-serving employees first.

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Joanne

6 months ago

Using the same password for company and personal accounts? That's definitely not a good security practice. I'll mark that as the answer.

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Melodie

6 months ago

I think adding the examiner's qualifications is important, but it might not be essential to the report itself.

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Fairy

7 months ago

I agree, the key is understanding how the credit period relates to the operating cycle. The seller is effectively financing the purchaser's long-term assets in that case.

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Curtis

11 months ago

Intermittent planning? Really? That's a new one. I'm not sure even the sales manager would appreciate that level of, uh, creativity.

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Sabine

11 months ago

Ah, the age-old debate - tactical vs. operational. As someone who's been in sales for years, I can tell you it's a fine line sometimes. But I'd have to say this is operational planning.

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