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1- In the budgeting process, if an organization’s executives want input from low

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Question

1- In the budgeting process, if an organization’s executives want input from lower-level managers about those managers’ expectations and needs for the coming year, then which approach would be best?

A- Top-down budgeting

B- Zero-based budgeting

C- Bottom-up budgeting

2- You are the owner of Patio to Go, a small business specializing in patio furniture. Last week, you found out that the owner of Arches & Arbors is looking for a buyer for his business.

Which of the following items would be included in Arches & Arbors’s liabilities? Check all that apply.

A- Garden arches in stock

B- Employee payroll obligations

C- Lumber purchased for building arbors

D- Mortgage on existing store property

3- In order for the deal to go through, you need to compare the owner’s current assets and (1)    by looking at his (2) . But because you also want to see the company’s (3)   , or profit and loss, for a one-year period, you also ask to see his (4) .

1- Profit margin OR liabilities OR inventory turnover OR profitability

2- owner's equity OR balance sheet OR activity ratio OR income statement

3- leverage OR net income OR capital budget OR inventory turnover

4- liquidity ratio OR owner's equity OR balance sheet OR income statement

Explanation / Answer

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If the top level of an organization wants inputs from the middle and lower level managers to know the budget expectancy of their level, then the organization’s top-level management should directly approach the middle and lower levels and then based on their requirement, the top-level management should prepare the budget.

Thus, the correct option is bottom-up budgeting.