Scenario - Katrina Aldridge

question 165

Multiple Choice

Scenario - Katrina Aldridge
The yearly auditing review of Pilgrim Industries is scheduled for next month. Katrina Aldridge is preparing for that audit and is also preparing her budget for the coming year.
-In planning and budgeting for the next 12 months, Katrina is participating in a budgeting process in which lower-level manager's budget their department's resource needs and pass them up to top management for approval. This budget process is an example of:

• A) zero-based budgeting.
• B) bottom-up budgeting.
• C) top-down budgeting.
• D) balance sheet budgeting.
• E) none of these.

---

Definitions:

Population

The total number of people inhabiting a specific area or region.

Generation

A group of individuals born and living around the same time, sharing similar cultural experiences or characteristics.

Present Value

Present value is the current value of a future sum of money or stream of cash flows given a specified rate of return, reflecting the time value of money.

Future Value

The value of an investment or cash flow at a specified future date, calculated by applying expected rates of return or interest rates.