Given Below Is an Excerpt from a Management Performance Report

question 65

Multiple Choice

Given below is an excerpt from a management performance report: $\begin{array}{llll}&\text { Budget }&\text { Actual }&\text { Difference }\\\text { Contribution margin } & \$ 1,000,000 & \$ 1,050,000 & \$ 50,000 \\\text { Controllable fixed costs } & \$ 500,000 & \$ 450,000 & \$ 50,000\end{array}$ The manager's overall performance

• A)is 20% below expectations.
• B)is 20% above expectations.
• C)is equal to expectations.
• D)cannot be determined from information given.

Understand how to calculate cash paid for merchandise and other expenses.

Analyze cash flows related to merchandising operations.

Apply the direct method to various cases to determine cash inflows and outflows.

Learn how to calculate the cash flow on total assets ratio.

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