Assessment Test 21

What was the 2010 percentage change in the value of the Pacific Rim holding between October and November (to the nearest percent)?

What was the ratio of Pacific Rim: Southern Pacific holdings in October 2010?

In October 2010 which two Pacific Bond fund holdings when combined had the same value as Southern Pacific holdings?

Which of the following represents the largest amount?

In October 2010 what fraction of the total Pacific Bond did the Northern Pacific and Pacific Mixed fund holdings represent?

For Weeks 1 and 3, across all 5 stores combined, what was the difference (in units) between Actual and Target sales volumes?

Over the three week period, which Store achieved the highest sales per sales staff member?

Next year staff numbers are to be reduced by 1 at stores with 6 or less staff, and by 2 staff at all other stores. What will be the average monthly target per staff member across all 5 stores if the regional target (across the 5 stores) is £168,000?

The Western Region’s overall sales (£120,000) were in a ratio of 3:2 to the Eastern Region’s sales which itself had half the sales of the Northern and Southern Regions combined. What were the total sales of all 4 Regions?

All sales in the three week period were based on an average

£9.50 reduction in the sales price of the units sold. What was the total saving made by customers who bought units over the 3 week period (to the nearest £100)?

Which sector experienced the highest sales for Quarters 1, 2 and 3 combined?

Quarter 4’s income per sector is in the same ratio as Quarter 3, and the consultancy income from the Financial sector is

£33,000. What is the consultancy income from the Utilities sector?

For Quarters 1 and 3 combined, which two Manufacturing sector consultants had incomes in the ratio 2:3?

The Manufacturing sector income from the five consultants is supplemented by the work of an associate consultant. What was the associate consultant’s income from the Manufacturing sector across Quarters 1 to 3?

The total quarterly income target, starting with £115,000 for Quarter 1, increased by 20% for each subsequent Quarter. In Quarter 3 what was the difference between actual income and the target?

Simon and Jessica have travel allowances of 60p and 44p per mile respectively. Simon and Jessica each travel on average 25 miles and 30 miles respectively per sales visit. How much travel allowance is claimed in total by these 2 Sales Managers in August?

If the percentage change in sales visits between September and October (projected) continues for November, what will Jessica and Kim’s number of complete sales visits be in November?

If the margin of error on October’s projected client visits is +/- 15%, what are the ranges for each Sales Manager (rounded to the nearest whole visit)?

Jessica, who travelled 3,500 miles in July, travelled an extra 10 miles per client visit compared to Simon. What was the total number of miles Simon travelled in July?

The average order value per client visit is £145, £135 and £125 for Simon, Jessica and Kim respectively. Which Sales Managers generate the highest and lowest order values in June?

Which subsidiary will pay the lowest amount in dividends (interim and final dividends combined)?

Which 2 or 3 subsidiaries had combined sales of 18,908?

Over the next year, Subsidiary 5’s Sales are expected to drop by a fifth whilst its number of staff is expected to increase by 15%. What will be the percentage change in the Sales per member of staff from Year 1 to the next?

What is the ratio of Subsidiary 4’s interim dividend per share compared to Subsidiary 5’s final dividend per share?

What is the lowest average payroll per member of staff (across the 5 subsidiaries)?

If Profit before tax increases by 15% for Competitor B and decreases by 8% for Competitor A, what is the difference between Competitor A and Competitor B’s corporation tax payments (to the nearest £million)?

Competitor B and Competitor C choose to declare their Revenues in $ and Euros respectively. What are these figures? (Use the exchange rates 1£ = $1.66; 1£ = €1.15).

What would be the difference in Euros if Competitor A used an exchange rate of 1£ = €1.20, rather than 1£ = €1.15, when calculating its Profit after tax?

What was the average Gross profit across the 3 competitors (to the nearest £10 million)?

Competitor C moves to a country charging 15% corporation tax and corporation tax falls to 22% for Competitors A and B. What is the total corporation tax payable for the 3 competitors (based upon the Profit before tax figures shown)?