The operating or five-year plan lays out the organization's goals and .... - answer
objectives
What are the common kinds of budgets and control mechanisms needed in an
organization? - answer Statistics budget,
Revenue budget,
Expense budget,
Operating budget
Budgets can be used for all the following.... - answer Communication, Control, Planning
Conventional approach to budgeting - answer uses the previous established budget as
the starting point
Statistics budget - answer is referred to as the "foundation" budget
Expense budget - answeris formed by combining volume data with detailed resource
utilization data
Revenue budget - answeris used to forecast revenues
Bottom-up budgets - answerbegin at the departmental level
Zero-based budgeting - answereach new budget is started from scratch
A variance is the difference between the actual results and the .... - answerbudgeted
value
Static budget - answeris the original budget, unadjusted for realized volume
Profit variance - answeris the difference between actual profit and the static profit
Variance analysis - answerused to identify problem areas
Flexible budget - answeris a budget that is adjusted to reflect changes in volume
Revenue Variance - answerActual Revenues - Static Revenues