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  • This topic has 3 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 8 years ago by AvatarJohn Moffat.
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  • March 6, 2018 at 8:31 am #440540
    Avatarmyacca1990
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    The following statements have been made about feed-forward control budgetary systems:
    (1) Feedforward control systems have an advantage over other types of control in that it
    establishes how effective planning was.
    (2) Feedforward control occurs while an activity is in progress.
    Which of the above statement(s) is/are true?
    A (1) only
    B (2) only
    C Neither (1) nor (2)
    D Both (1) and (2)

    Well here what exactly a activity means?If it,s a business activity then option 2 must be correct because let,s say a adverse variance occurs during the year and we take feed forward control to prevent the adverse variance occurring in future.

    March 6, 2018 at 11:41 am #440591
    AvatarJohn Moffat
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    Taking action because of a past variance is feedback control – the past variance is feedback and then we try to correct it.

    Feedforward control is when we identify something is likely to happen and take action to stop it happening.

    March 6, 2018 at 12:16 pm #440617
    Avatarmyacca1990
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    @johnmoffat said:
    Taking action because of a past variance is feedback control – the past variance is feedback and then we try to correct it.

    Feedforward control is when we identify something is likely to happen and take action to stop it happening.

    I see so in the question the examiner was referring to a past activity.

    March 6, 2018 at 12:54 pm #440634
    AvatarJohn Moffat
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    Not really. It is that if the activity is in progress then it too late to change plans for that activity.

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