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1011. A useful framework used to assess a company’s investments/divisions is called:

A. unit production analysis

B. corporate insight analysis

C. company productivity analysis

D. business portfolio analysis

✅ The correct answer is option D.
A useful framework used to assess a company’s investments/divisions is called business portfolio analysis. A business portfolio analysis is essentially a process of looking at a company’s products and services and categorizing them based on how well they’re performing and their competitiveness.

1012. In military analogy, what is the outcome if in strategy creation the organization has both capability and intent?

A. Capacity

B. Credibility

C. Emergent strategy

D. Intended strategy

✅ The correct answer is option B.
In military analogy, Credibility is the outcome if in strategy creation the organization has both capability and intent. Strategic credibility has to do with how favourably key stakeholders view the strategic foundations of the firm.

1013. Which of following do not include among major categories of corporate costs?

A. human resource management costs

B. corporate administration costs

C. treasury costs

D. discretionary costs

✅ The correct answer is option D.
Corporate administration costs do not include among major categories of corporate costs. These costs include the accounting, human resources, legal, marketing, and sales functions. When corporate costs are incurred, they are considered to be period costs, and so are charged to expense as incurred.

1014. The intangibility of services has implications for the choice of _________.

A. Brand elements

B. Location

C. Price

D. Product features

✅ The correct answer is option A.
The intangibility of services has implications for the choice of brand elements. There are various Brand Elements which build the brand and creates its identity.

1015. What is the planning gap?

A. A concept that is used to clarify the extent of revenue or profits gap that might emerge if current strategies are left unchanged

B. The time between the strategic plan being devised and the time it is actually implemented

C. The time between the conception of a strategic plan and the formalization of it

D. Any part of a plan that has not been formalized which allows for flexibility and the introduction of any new developments that could enhance the current strategy

✅ The correct answer is option A.
The planning gap is a concept that is used to clarify the extent of revenue or profits gap that might emerge if current strategies are left unchanged. Gap analysis can identify gaps in the market. Thus, comparing forecast profits to desired profits reveals the planning gap. This represents a goal for new activities in general, and new products in particular. The planning gap can be divided into three main elements: usage gap, existing gap, and product gap.

1016. The euro is the name for

A. a currency deposited outside its country of origin

B. a bond sold internationally outside of the country in whose currency the bond is denominated

C. a common European currency

D. foreign currencies deposited in home country

✅ The correct answer is option C.
The euro is the name for a common European currency. On January 1, 1999, the European Union introduced its new currency, the euro. Originally, the euro was an overarching currency used for exchange between countries within the union, while people within each nation continued to use their own.

1017. Risk which arises all activities from contingent liabilities and assets is considered as

A. off balance sheet risk

B. income statement risk

C. balance of trade risk

D. balance of payment risk

✅ The correct answer is option A.
Risk which arises all activities from contingent liabilities and assets is considered as off balance sheet risk. Off balance sheet refers to items that are effectively assets or liabilities of a company but do not appear on the company’s balance sheet.

1018. Marginal income tax rate is 28% and before tax rate of return is 14.5% then after tax rate of return is

A. 7.44%

B. 8.44%

C. 9.44%

D. 10.44%

✅ The correct answer is option D.

1019. Speed with which prices of stocks are adjusted to unexpected news related to interest rates is called

A. news efficiency

B. adjusted efficiency

C. expected efficiency

D. market efficiency

✅ The correct answer is option D.
Speed with which prices of stocks are adjusted to unexpected news related to interest rates is called market efficiency. Market efficiency refers to the degree to which market prices reflect all available, relevant information. If markets are efficient, then all information is already incorporated into prices, and so there is no way to “beat” the market because there are no undervalued or overvalued securities available.

1020. In company side the outsourcing people also called______.

A. system integrators

B. system analyst

C. system evaluator

D. system tester

✅ The correct answer is option A.
In company side the outsourcing people also called system integrators. A systems integrator is a person or company that specializes in bringing together component subsystems into a whole and ensuring that those subsystems function together, a practice known as system integration. They also solve problems of automation.