BSG COMPREHENSIVE EXAM FALL 2022
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
CERTIFICATION TEST SCRIPT 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥The most attractive way to reduce or eliminate the impact of paying
tariffs on pairs imported to a company's distribution warehouse in Latin
America is to. Answer: · Build a plant in Latin America and then expand
its capacity as may be needed so that the plant has the capability to
supply all (or at least most) of the pairs the company intends to try to sell
in Latin America
⩥An appealing strategy that a company can use to reduce exposure to
adverse exchange rate adjustments to the costs of pairs shipped to a
distribution warehouse from a plant in a different geographic region is
to. Answer: · Build sufficient plant capacity in each of the four
geographic regions to greatly reduce (maybe even eliminate) the need to
ship pairs to a distribution warehouse from a plant in a different
geographic region - such a strategy has the added benefit of cutting tariff
payments on imported footwear
⩥If a company is pursuing a strategy to produce branded footwear at a
low-cost relative to any other rival firm, then it should regularly review
the plant and production cost benchmarking data in each year's footwear
industry report to. Answer: · Gauge whether its efforts to reduce total
manufacturing cost per branded pair produced have been more/less
,successful than other companies pursuing much the same outcome and
to learn what areas of plant operations may warrant further actions to
reduce costs
⩥Which of the following statements about striving to reduce labor costs
per pair produced at each of the company's plants is true?. Answer: · To
achieve labor costs per pair produced at a particular plant that are "low"
compared to their plants in the same geographic region, company
manager must - each decision round- seek out a combination of base pay
increases, piecework incentives per non-defective pair produced, and
expenditure for best practices training at the plan that is projected to
drive down labor costs even further
⩥Which one of the following will NOT help a company boosts its credit
rating from a A- to A?. Answer: · A decline in the company's current
ration from 2.0 to 1.5
⩥What WILL help a company boost its credit rating from A- to A?.
Answer: · An increase in the company's interest coverage ratio from 2.0
to 12.5
· A decline in the company's debt to asset ration from 0.30 to 0.15
· An increase in the company's default risk ration from 5.0 to 10.0
, · A change in the company's default risk rating from medium to low
⩥Which on of the following is a way to improve the S/Q rating of
branded pairs produced at a particular plant. Answer: · Increasing
expenditures for TQM/Six Sigma Programs
⩥A dependable and appealing way for managers to try and boost their
company's EPS is to. Answer: · Achieve a sizable cost based competitive
advantage over rivals that company managers are savvy enough to
sustain; as the market demand for branded footwear grows and the
company exploits its cost advantage by underpricing most/all rivals in
all four geographic regions, the resulting sales volume and revenue gains
will typically spur increases in EPS
⩥Brinker International operates restaurants in several different segments
of the casual dining market. This is. Answer: an example of product
diversification.
⩥On the most basic level, corporate-level strategy is concerned with
____ and how to manage these businesses.. Answer: what product
markets and businesses the firm should be in
⩥Which acquisition would be considered the LEAST related?. Answer:
an upscale "white-tablecloth" restaurant chain acquires a travel agency
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
CERTIFICATION TEST SCRIPT 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥The most attractive way to reduce or eliminate the impact of paying
tariffs on pairs imported to a company's distribution warehouse in Latin
America is to. Answer: · Build a plant in Latin America and then expand
its capacity as may be needed so that the plant has the capability to
supply all (or at least most) of the pairs the company intends to try to sell
in Latin America
⩥An appealing strategy that a company can use to reduce exposure to
adverse exchange rate adjustments to the costs of pairs shipped to a
distribution warehouse from a plant in a different geographic region is
to. Answer: · Build sufficient plant capacity in each of the four
geographic regions to greatly reduce (maybe even eliminate) the need to
ship pairs to a distribution warehouse from a plant in a different
geographic region - such a strategy has the added benefit of cutting tariff
payments on imported footwear
⩥If a company is pursuing a strategy to produce branded footwear at a
low-cost relative to any other rival firm, then it should regularly review
the plant and production cost benchmarking data in each year's footwear
industry report to. Answer: · Gauge whether its efforts to reduce total
manufacturing cost per branded pair produced have been more/less
,successful than other companies pursuing much the same outcome and
to learn what areas of plant operations may warrant further actions to
reduce costs
⩥Which of the following statements about striving to reduce labor costs
per pair produced at each of the company's plants is true?. Answer: · To
achieve labor costs per pair produced at a particular plant that are "low"
compared to their plants in the same geographic region, company
manager must - each decision round- seek out a combination of base pay
increases, piecework incentives per non-defective pair produced, and
expenditure for best practices training at the plan that is projected to
drive down labor costs even further
⩥Which one of the following will NOT help a company boosts its credit
rating from a A- to A?. Answer: · A decline in the company's current
ration from 2.0 to 1.5
⩥What WILL help a company boost its credit rating from A- to A?.
Answer: · An increase in the company's interest coverage ratio from 2.0
to 12.5
· A decline in the company's debt to asset ration from 0.30 to 0.15
· An increase in the company's default risk ration from 5.0 to 10.0
, · A change in the company's default risk rating from medium to low
⩥Which on of the following is a way to improve the S/Q rating of
branded pairs produced at a particular plant. Answer: · Increasing
expenditures for TQM/Six Sigma Programs
⩥A dependable and appealing way for managers to try and boost their
company's EPS is to. Answer: · Achieve a sizable cost based competitive
advantage over rivals that company managers are savvy enough to
sustain; as the market demand for branded footwear grows and the
company exploits its cost advantage by underpricing most/all rivals in
all four geographic regions, the resulting sales volume and revenue gains
will typically spur increases in EPS
⩥Brinker International operates restaurants in several different segments
of the casual dining market. This is. Answer: an example of product
diversification.
⩥On the most basic level, corporate-level strategy is concerned with
____ and how to manage these businesses.. Answer: what product
markets and businesses the firm should be in
⩥Which acquisition would be considered the LEAST related?. Answer:
an upscale "white-tablecloth" restaurant chain acquires a travel agency
