2011 年 6 月 ACCA 考试 F1 真题及答案
ALL 50 questions are compulsory and MUST be attempted
Please use the space provided on the inside cover of the Candidate Answer Booklet
to indicate your chosen answer to
each multiple choice question.
Each question is worth 2 marks.
1
Which of the following are substantive tests used in the context of
external audit of financial accounts?
A
B
C
D
2
Mouton:
1.
2.
3.
4.
To establish whether a figure is correct
To investigate why a figure is incorrect
To assess whether a figure should be included
To determine why a figure is excluded
The following are four styles of management identified by Blake and
Team
Middle of the road
Country club
Authoritarian
Which of the following are the most task efficient managerial styles as
suggested by Blake and Mouton?
A
B
C
D
3
1 and 3
2 and 4
1 and 4
2 and 3
In
relation
to
the
management
of
conflict,
which
of
the
following
approaches
will
maximise
the
prospect
of
consensus?
A
B
C
D
4
Acceptance
Negotiation
Avoidance
Assertiveness
Darragh has been appointed to the management team of a professional
football club. His role includes coaching,
mentoring and counselling young players who have just signed contracts with
the club for the first time.
The following are his main activities:
Helping the young players to settle in during their first week
Identifying each player's key skills and encouraging them to develop
1
2
new skills
3
Advising the players on addressing personal issues, such as managing
their finances
4
Helping the players to anticipate opponents' reactions
Which of the following matches the correct role to carry out in each of the
four activities?
1. Mentor 2. Counsellor 3. Coach 4. Counsellor
1. Mentor 2. Coach 3. Counsellor 4. Coach
1. Mentor 2. Coach 3. Counsellor 4. Mentor
1. Counsellor 2. Mentor 3. Coach 4. Counsellor
According to Mendelow which group of stakeholders must companies keep
Those with little power and little interest in the company
Those with a high level of power but little interest in the company
Those with little power but a high level of interest in the company
Those with a high level of power and a high level of interest in the
A
B
C
D
5
satisfied?
A
B
C
D
company
6
Martin is an experienced and fully trained shipbuilder, based in a
western European city. Due to significant economic
change in supply and demand conditions for shipbuilding in Martin's own country,
the shipyard he worked for has
closed and he was made redundant. There was no other local demand for his skills
within his own region and he
would have to move to another country to obtain a similar employment, and could
only find similar work locally
through undertaking at least a year's retraining in a related engineering field.
Which of the following describes the type of unemployment that Martin has been
affected by?
A
B
C
D
7
A
B
C
Structural unemployment
Cyclical unemployment
Frictional unemployment
Marginal unemployment
Which of the following is the MAIN function of marketing?
To maximise sales volume
To identify and anticipate customer needs
To persuade potential consumers to convert latent demand into
expenditure
D
8
To identify suitable outlets for goods and services supplied
The following are sanctions used against companies for potentially
unlawful actions:
1
Investigation of its financial affairs by a government department or
agency
2
3
4
Imposition of a fine by the government's company registration body
Refusal of the external auditor to sign the financial accounts
Suspension of dealings in securities by the stock exchange
Which of the above are the consequences of a listed company failing to file
its accounts?
A
B
C
D
9
1 and 2
1 and 3
2 and 4
3 and 4
The overall average age of a population in a country is directly
dependent on two demographic factors: Birth rate and
death rate.
Assuming equal rates of change, which of the following must lead to an overall
ageing of the population?
Birth rate
Death rate
A
B
C
D
Rising
Falling
Rising
Falling
Rising
Rising
Falling
Falling
10
Gils is conducting an appraisal interview with his assistant Jill. He
initially feeds back to Jill areas of strengths and
weaknesses of performance but then invites Jill to talk about the job, her
aspirations, expectations and problems. He
adopts a non-judgemental approach and offers suggestions and guidance.
This is an example of which approach to performance appraisal?
Tell and sell approach
Tell and listen approach
Problem solving approach
360 degree approach
What is the primary responsibility of the external auditor?
To verify all the financial transactions and supporting documentation
A
B
C
D
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A
of the client
B
To ensure that the client's financial statements are reasonably
accurate and free from bias
C
To report all financial irregularities to the shareholders of the
client
D
To ensure that all the client's financial statements are prepared and
submitted to the relevant authorities on time
12
Marcus
is
charged
with
a
multi-disciplinary
work
team
the
to
leadership
of
oversee
the
d
evelopment
of
a
new
accounting system. He determines that he must ensure that he has representatives
from each of the sections in the
finance directorate. He finds that the team starts to work well but gradually
fails to deliver viable options. The meetings
deteriorate into arguments as to who is responsible for what. There is no clear
sense of direction. No one seems to
take responsibility for the investigation of new options. No one seems to be
assessing progress at each meeting.
Marcus may or may not be responsible for the following failures:
1.
2.
Failure to ensure effective team management
Failure to allow the team enough time to develop
Which failures is Marcus responsible for?
A
B
C
D
1 only
2 only
Neither failure
Both failures
13
Wasim is the Customer Services Manager in a large leisure park. The
forthcoming weekend is going to be the busiest
of the year, as it is a public holiday. Wasim has to cope with several absentees,
leaving him short-staffed in public
areas of the park. His manager has told him that he expects him to catch up
with some administrative reports that
were due last week. Wasim also has to arrange for six new staff to be trained,
who will be arriving imminently.
In order to manage his workload most effectively, what should Wasim do?
A
Prioritise the tasks in relation to the most important business
outcomes
B
C
D
Deal with the reports that the manager insists be prepared
Train the new recruits
Carry out some of the work that the absentees would normally do
14
In
order
to
discharge
their
duties
ethicall
finance
directors
must
ensure
that
the
informat
published
by
their
y,
ion
organisations
provides
a
complete
and
precise
view
of
the
position
of
the
business,
without
conc
ealing
negative
aspects that may distort the reader's perception of its position.
This duty describes which of the following ethical principles?
A
B
C
D
Probity
Honesty
Independence
Objectivity
15
Which of the following is a purpose of the International Federation of
Accountants?
A
Agreement of legally binding financial reporting standards across all
member accountancy organisations
B
Prevention of international financial crimes, such as money
laundering and insider dealing
C
Promotion of ethical standards in all member organisations
D
Development of universally applicable detailed rules to deter
inappropriate behaviours
16
The following government policies can be used to expand or slow down
the level of economic activity.
1
2
Taxation
Public expenditure
Which of the following combinations of policy would maximise expansion of the
economy?
A
B
C
D
Increase 1 and increase 2
Increase 1 and reduce 2
Reduce 1 and increase 2
Reduce 1 and reduce 2
17
Neill works as the procurement manager of JL Company, a large services
company.
Information provided by Neill is most relevant to which of the following
elements of the marketing mix?
A
B
C
D
Physical evidence
Distribution (or place)
Price
Processes
18
Which of the following are features of informal networks?
1
2
3
4
A
B
C
D
They undermine formal structures
They directly support management objectives
They develop spontaneously
They reflect patterns of power and influence
1 and 4
2 and 3
1 and 2
3 and 4
19
Malachi has been asked by his manager to obtain information about ABC
Company, which is bidding for a contract
offered by Malachi's company in the near future. The two statements which he
will be using as his sources are the
statement of financial position (SOFP) and the income statement (IS). The
information he is required to obtain is as
follows:
1:
2:
3:
4:
The equity of the company
Operating costs as a percentage of turnover
Long-term borrowings
Liquidity
Which of the following correctly matches the above items of information with
the financial statements in which
they would be found?
2.
1.
A
B
C
D
P
P
3.
SOFP
IS
IS
SOFP
4.
IS
SOFP
SOFP
IS
SOFP
SOFP
IS
IS
IS
SOF
IS
SOF
20
Linh owns a busy restaurant. She has had complaints from regular
customers about diners failing to control their noisy
and unruly children, which is spoiling their dining experiences.
Which of the following courses of action would be regarded as a pluralist
solution to this problem?