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questions regarding various centres from chapter 1

TGTushar Gujral5y ago
sir, I am going through the Kaplan exam kit and within the first chapter, there is a question The following statements relate to responsibility centres: (i) Return on capital employed is a suitable measure of performance in both profit and investment centres. (ii) Cost centres are found in manufacturing organisations but not in service organisations. (iii) The manager of a revenue centre is responsible for both sales and costs in a part of an organisation. Which of the statements are incorrect? this responsibility centre is not given in notes and it's only given in the book. you said just go with notes and exam kit. what to do
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor5y ago#1
This question is covering several topics from the syllabus. Everything in the question is explained in the lecture notes and the lectures that go with them (I have never said 'just go with the notes' because there is no point in using the notes without watching the lectures that go with them - the lectures explain and expand in the notes). There is not really much point in using the Exam Kit until you have studied everything first. The Exam Kit is for revision and practice.
TGTushar Gujral5y ago#2
yes, sir I absolutely agree with you. but I watched the lectures and there was no mentioned of the responsibility centres investment centres revenue centres. this thing puzzling me
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor5y ago#3
But the question explains itself. for (iii) revenue means sales, and so if the manager is responsible for the revenue then he/she is responsible for the sales and not the costs. for (ii) cost centres occur in both manufacturing and service organisations
TGTushar Gujral5y ago#4
yes, sir, it's just a few days back read some post in management accounting ask tutor forum and in that student was asking which study material he should opt for and will he be requiring both text and exam kit, in that you replied notes are sufficient you just need exam kit for practice with notes. so I had a doubt that this will come in the exam as you said in that post notes are fine just get exam kit also for practice. but now it's given in both exam and study kit
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor5y ago#5
It could come in the exam and I have explained the answer in my previous post. It does not need separate lectures on responsibility centres because again the question explains itself.
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