H Ltd is a company providing postal and courier services to small businesses. Customers pay a monthly or annual subscription fee to use the service, plus a very small fee for each item delivered.
A year ago, H employed a new sales team. Their remuneration is dependent on the number of new customers they sign up. Sales increased dramatically in the first six months, but now difficulties are emerging such as new customers dropping their subscription once the initial period has expired; subscriber direct debits being returned unpaid; subscribers going out of business and other similar issues.
Which of the following would be appropriate to help resolve these problems?
P has decided to invest in a new warehouse at a cost of $2,000,000. The discount rate of the project is 18% and the present value of the tax shield is £26,000.
What is the minimum acceptable Internal Rate of Return of the project?
H manufactures and sells healthy dietary supplements. The company recruits individuals as part-time agents to sell its products to friends and colleagues. These agents are required to buy H's products and to resell them at a small mark-up.
For a fee, H will provide agents with training in persuasive selling techniques. Agents who pass exams at the conclusion of this training can become distributors. Distributors buy bulk quantities of H's products at a discount and can recruit their own sales agents. Those agents can also take training and can recruit agents of their own.
At what stage does H stop being a legitimate business and become a pyramid selling fraud?
In terms of Cyber Security, which THREE of the following represent Personally Identifiable Information (Pll)?
Which TWO of the following are likely to be consequences of a weak control environment?
The internal audit department should always give a report at the end of its audit. This report is intended to be useful and help the company going forward. The report should always include any recommendations for improvements. Which of the following statements are true and which are false?
TT is a jewellery manufacturer in country A It makes jewellery from precious metals and stones and sells it to shops in country A and also overseas It is the 3rd largest company in country A with a huge turnover
TT has found it very difficult to prevent staff committing fraud and last year the Board was sure that the year end inventory was lower than it should have been Gross profit was also slightly lower than expected
Which TWO of the following internal controls would be most effective in helping to reduce staff fraud within TT?
Which of the following is NOT a financial risk.
A project has been evaluated on the basis that it will cost $22 million and will have a net present value of $4.3 million The project has commenced and $5 million of the $22 million has been invested. A problem has been discovered that will cost an additional $4.5 million to rectify. The $4.5 million will be payable immediately. What is the NPV of continuing with this project?
ABC is a large supermarket chain which also has online shopping and home deliveries It has a 24/7 service which runs on a central server allowing all customers to enter new orders at any time This is a business critical service which, if not available, may lead to customers turning to alternative supermarket chains offering similar services, resulting in immediate turnover loss and possible long term customer loss.
ABC is contemplating the implementation of a hot standby facility, not only to cover for emergency disaster recovery, but also to allow for business continuity, allowing necessary maintenance and updates without service interruption.
Which of the following cybersecurity objectives is ABC concerned about in this scenario?
