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Free CIMA P3 Practice Exam with Questions & Answers | Set: 10

Questions 91

Y Company wishes to recruit an employee who will have responsibility for the receipt and handling of cash

From the point of view of the internal auditor which THREE of the following would be most likely to provide useful information about the candidate"?

Options:
A.

Confirmation that the candidate does not have a criminal record

B.

The candidate's personal referees

C.

The candidate's membership of a professional body

D.

The candidate's academic qualifications.

E.

References from previous employers of the candidate.

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Questions 92

Which of the following is an ethical dilemma?

Options:
A.

A company is considering giving poorly-paid staff a generous pay rise.

B.

A company is deciding whether to issue debt or equity.

C.

A company is deciding whether to make a substantial bonus payment to its directors by means of cash or shares.

D.

A company must decide whether to settle a claim from an employee who appears to have fabricated a workplace injury. The company want to avoid the cost of defending the claim.

Questions 93

Which of the following are true of interest rate swaps?

Options:
A.

Risk of default is high from the floating interest rate payer if interest rates rise.

B.

An interest rate swap is an external hedging technique.

C.

When interest rates are falling, the risk of default by the fixed interest rate payer is low.

D.

Some companies use interest rate swaps to deliberately increase their risks because they believe that they are better at predicting future interest rates than the market.

E.

An interest rate swap is an internal hedging technique.

Questions 94

G is an administrator who works for TRF TRF issues its staff with laptop computers that can be linked to the corporate network via Wi-Fi when they are working in the office Staff are permitted to work from home and can connect their company laptops to TRF's network via the internet in order to access files and send and receive emails

The software on G's laptop has not been updated for several months When G last updated the software it erased a draft report that he had been working on from his machine Ever since, whenever he logs in and is automatically offered the opportunity to install available updates he clicks the 'install later' option on his screen Some of the outstanding updates relate to the laptop's operating system and others to the software applications such as word processing and spreadsheet packages

Which TWO of the following are correct?

Options:
A.

G should be disciplined for failing to install updates

B.

G's failure to update the operating system is more serious than the failure to update applications.

C.

There will be no security risks if G only ever connects to TRF's network via the office Wi-Fi.

D.

Users know whether updates are necessary because they know how their laptops are used.

E.

TRF should not permit staff the option of deferring updates

Questions 95

UIO designs clothes and pays third parties to manufacture them A recent television programme showed that two of the factories used by UIO were employing illegal immigrants whose status was used by the factory's owners to force them to work for low wages and in unpleasant and dangerous conditions. These factories were located in a developed country with strong labour laws

Classify each of the following statements as true or false:

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Questions 96

HBN is a service company that offers cloud-based data storage and management on behalf of clients HBN pays an independent accountancy firm to review its cybersecurity arrangements, conduct penetration tests and report to HBN's Board on the results

Which TWO of the following are correct?

Options:
A.

Potential clients for HBN's services will expect to receive copies of these independent reports immediately after they are submitted.

B.

The independent accountancy firm will disclose all of the shortcomings that it identifies in its report, even if they embarrass HBN

C.

HBN could save time and reduce cost by having its own internal audit department conduct these investigations and report accordingly.

D.

It would prove simpler for HBN to permit clients to conduct their own cybersecurity reviews that would take account of the sensitivity of their data

E.

The independent accountancy firm will guarantee that there are no control weaknesses in HBN's systems, provided its results prove satisfactory

Questions 97

The Dean of Information Technology at Capital City University wishes to develop a degree in 'ethical hacking" Students will graduate from this course with the skills needed to develop malware, so that they have the ability to reverse engineer malicious software The Dean believes that there will be strong demand for such graduates from employers in IT security and related fields.

Which TWO of the following statements are correct?

Options:
A.

Potential employers would be suspicious of job applicants whose choice of degree indicates an interest in malware

B.

The University should not be equipping its students with skills that could be abused for the purposes of committing crime or causing harm

C.

The course should teach students to reverse engineer malware without enabling them to write malware

D.

The University should conduct detailed background checks on applicants before they are admitted to this degree

E.

The academic staff teaching on this degree may struggle to keep up to date with the latest developments in malware

Questions 98

M, a manufacturing company, has had some problems with defects in one of the main products it produces. This product has been made by the company for many years and is very profitable. Last month it had over 300 defects reported by customers which is more than 15% of products sold. This is a reputation risk for M and is also affecting profitability.

Which of the following controls could M introduce to reduce defects and also increase profitability?

Options:
A.

M could increase the number of quality control staff.

B.

M could introduce a procedure where quality control staff sign a form at the end of each day to say they have examined 1 in 10 products for defects and they are satisfied with the quality.

C.

The production director could examine one in every 10 products and sign a form to say they are satisfactory.

D.

M could service machinery at least once a month as recommended by the machinery supplier.

E.

M could check all employees qualifications to ensure they are qualified for their jobs.

Questions 99

JHU has recently completed an eight year project. The project was evaluated at a discount rate of 10% and was accepted because the net present value was $18 million.

In year 3 of the project there was a significant unexpected repair arising because of the implementation stage of the project was rushed and some checks on equipment were skipped to save time. The cost of this was $8 million.

In year 8 of the project the costs of dismantling the project were $11 million more than anticipated because of unexpected changes to the law concerning disposal of industrial scrap.

How should these findings be reflected in the post completion audit?

Options:
A.

Poor project management cost the entity $6 million, to the nearest million.

B.

Poor project management cost the entity $11 million, to the nearest million.

C.

Poor project management cost the entity $5 million, to the nearest million.

D.

Poor project management cost the entity $16 million, to the nearest million.

Questions 100

VBN's home currency is the V$. On 1 January, VBN must make a payment of C$2 million on 31 March of that same year.

On 1 January the spot exchange rate was V$1 = C$0.4.

On 1 January VBN paid $180,000 for a call option to buy C$2 million for V$5.5 million on 31 March. VBN's cost of borrowing was 8% per year.

On 31 March the spot rate was V$1 = C$0.45.

What was the total cost, including the cost of the option, of settling the payable?

Options:
A.

V$4.628 million

B.

V$5.684 million

C.

V$4.444 million

D.

V$5.5 million