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  • 15 Marks

CSME – Nov 2015 – L2 – Q7 – Corporate Strategy Formulation

Analyzes reasons for slow growth in DAB phone sales, uses the S-shaped growth curve to evaluate market stages, and suggests sales improvement strategies.

Ade John is a graduate of XYZ University. For his final project work in the Department of
Electronics and Electrical Engineering, he designed a cell-phone that is rugged, cheap,
handy and not sophisticated.
During his national service year, he kept toying with the idea of manufacturing the cellphone. To ascertain that there is a market for the phone, he carried out a series of market surveys among rural farmers, artisans, market women, etc. Each time, he was convinced that a market actually exists for his design. He also made contact with some manufacturers of cell-phone components. He entered
into an agreement with CKT Japan to import cell-phone accessories to enable him
assemble them in Nigeria. DAB phone is the first of its kind in the Nigerian market and
production and assembly commenced in a small room in his uncle‟s house at Ikare.
The first batch of phones manufactured by DAB Company was supplied to cell-phone
vendors in cities on „sale or return‟ basis. To encourage distributors to accept the
phones, a 15% margin was allowed. In addition, independent sales persons (hawkers)
were given between 10 -12% margin to sell the product. In spite of the low price of DAB
phones, demand was disappointing at the end of the first year. Nevertheless, Ade John is
still optimistic about the commercial viability of the phone if only he could develop an
effective strategy to market the DAB phones

Required:
a. Identify and explain TWO reasons for the slow growth of sales of DAB phones. (4 Marks)
b. With the aid of an S-shaped growth curve, evaluate market development of DAB phones. (6 Marks)
c. Recommend the strategies that Ade John can use to improve sales. (5 Marks)

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  • 15 Marks

CSME – Nov 2015 – L2 – Q6 – Corporate Governance

Evaluates how specific corporate governance issues impact the effectiveness of a company's governance.

Explain briefly how the following key issues in corporate governance establish how well or badly a company is governed:

a. The role and responsibilities of the board of directors
b. The composition and balance of the board of directors
c. Financial reporting, narrative reporting, and auditing
d. Directors’ remuneration
e. Risk management and internal control

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CSME – Nov 2015 – L2 – Q5 – Corporate Governance

Outlines key responsibilities and duties of the board in corporate governance, relevant for improving corporate structure and performance.

The owner of ABC Company learned from a conference and a professional magazine that weak corporate governance accounted for recent corporate failures in Nigeria. Many board members were found lacking a clear understanding of board responsibilities and duties.

Required:
The Managing Director will soon address the board and has requested a paper detailing the board’s responsibilities and duties.

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  • 20 Marks

CSME – Nov 2015 – L2 – Q4 – Risk Management and Corporate Strategy

Analyzes strengths and weaknesses of Toyin Trust Insurance Plc pre- and post-2000 ownership changes, and suggests strategies for sustaining the company.

Toyin Trust Insurance Company is one of the duly registered insurance companies in Nigeria. Ten years after it started operations in 1990, the company had become a household name in the market. Its strengths included timely payment of claims and introduction of quality products that captured changing customers’ needs.

At inception, the company was 100% foreign-owned, with five of the seven directors being experienced expatriate insurance practitioners. However, by 2000, over 90% of the equity had been transferred to Nigerian investors. In 2009, following reorganization, many experienced senior managers resigned, and inexperienced staff took over key positions, leading to a decline in service quality and a 40% drop in premium collection.

Required:

a. Analyze the strengths of Toyin Trust Insurance Plc before 2000. (5 Marks)
b. Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of Toyin Trust Insurance Plc after 2000. (5 Marks)
c. Suggest essential strategies to sustain Toyin Trust Insurance Plc. (10 Marks)

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  • 20 Marks

CSME – Nov 2015 – L2 – Q3 – Ethics in Business

Describes the nature of business and professional ethics, Kohlberg’s theory of moral development, and criticisms of the theory.

Kalu, a competent consultant and accountant, works in Bosun and Company Limited. The company realized that almost all of its newly employed entry-level staff are deficient in business and professional ethics. Consequently, the Human Resources Manager recommended to the CEO that a training program on business and professional ethics should be organized. Kalu is nominated as a resource person to speak at the training program.

Required:
a. How should Kalu explain the nature and importance of business ethics and professional ethics? (6 Marks)
b. Advise Kalu on how he should analyze Kohlberg’s theory of moral development in an attempt to explain to the trainee participants how people generally develop a sense of morality both in personal and professional life. (10 Marks)
c. Discuss any TWO of the criticisms of Kohlberg’s theory. (4 Marks)

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  • 20 Marks

CSME – Nov 2015 – L2 – Q2 – Risk Management and Corporate Strategy

Develops a risk management program for theft, diversion, and safety issues; includes risk reduction and financing techniques.

Dolly Homes Plc is a real estate firm based in Abuja. The firm builds residential apartments and office blocks in five states of the federation. The objective of Dolly Homes Plc is to deliver high-quality, aesthetically designed, and professionally built homes/offices to its customers at competitive prices. It employs several skilled and casual workers, construction supervisors, construction engineers, architects, and quantity surveyors.

The company maintains a store at each of its building sites, each manned by a storekeeper and an assistant. Building materials are purchased centrally and delivered to sites per material schedules prepared by the quantity surveyor.

Patronage from middle and high-income brackets has been impressive; however, recently, the company has been receiving complaints about poor quality. The most alarming complaint involved a legal threat for injuries sustained when a kitchen cabinet collapsed in a client’s home.

Management’s investigation revealed theft of materials, diversion, and re-work waste due to poor finishing. There were also job site accidents, leading to employee injuries, lost hours, and increased medical claims.

Management decided to establish a risk management program to address theft, diversion, and health/safety issues.

Required:
a. As an Accountant, develop a risk management program to address Dolly Homes Plc’s problems. (8 Marks)
b. Advise management on techniques to reduce the frequency of risk exposures in the future. (6 Marks)
c. Suggest risk financing techniques to protect the company’s staff from injuries and accidents. (6 Marks)

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  • 5 Marks

CSME – Nov 2015 – L2 – Q1c – Corporate Governance

Discusses the difference between rules-based and principles-based professional ethics in accountancy.

What is the main difference between a rules-based and a principles-based code of professional ethics for accountants?

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  • 15 Marks

CSME – Nov 2015 – L2 – Q1b – Risk Management and Corporate Strategy

Discusses various methods for managing and controlling risks in an organization, illustrating different risk management techniques.

There are different methods of managing and controlling risks. Explain and illustrate any THREE of the following approaches to risk management:
i. Risk Diversification
ii. Risk Transfer
iii. Risk Sharing
iv. Risk Hedging (15 Marks)

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  • 10 Marks

CSME – Nov 2015 – L2 – Q1a – Risk Management and Corporate Strategy

Explains credit risk management concepts, including exposure, losses, residual risk, and appetite.

The finance director of Basket Company is preparing a proposal to present to the board of directors. He believes that the company is much too cautious in its policy of giving credit to customers. At the moment all customers are given 30 days’ credit. He believes that by increasing its exposure to credit risk, and increasing credit terms to 60 days, the company will achieve an increase in annual sales of up to 20%. He also thinks that some improvements in debt collection procedures will reduce the level of bad debts, although some bad debts cannot be avoided. He thinks that the value of sales where there is a default will fall each year from 2% of sales to 1.8% of sales. He proposes that in order to increase annual sales and profits, the company should be willing to increase its risk appetite and accept the risk of higher bad debts.

Required:

  1. Using this example of managing credit risk, explain and illustrate the meaning of:
    i. Exposure to risk
    ii. Risk of losses
    iii. Residual risk
    iv. Risk appetite

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  • 15 Marks

PSAF – Nov 2015 – L2 – Q7 – Public Sector Reforms

Distinguish between basic infrastructure and development projects with examples and identify funding sources and characteristics.

In order to achieve some development objectives, nations place emphasis on priority programmes like the provision of basic infrastructure and development projects, all of which require appropriate funding.

Required:

a. By means of specific relevant examples, distinguish between “basic infrastructure” and “development projects”. (3 Marks)

b. Discuss TWO development objectives which the priority programmes you refer to in (a) above are planned to achieve. (4 Marks)

c. Identify TWO sources of funding for these priority projects stating TWO distinct characteristics of each source identified and TWO factors that facilitate the commercial viability of the projects. (8 Marks)

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  • 10 Marks

FR – Nov 2015 – L2 – Q7b – Fair Value Measurement (IFRS 13)

Explaining accounting treatment for investment property and calculating values for the financial statements.

KOLA NITDA Nigeria Plc is a company engaged in the manufacturing of hand sanitizer to prevent Ebola disease. The following information relates to property owned by the company:

N’000
Land – Plot 404 Apapa Industrial Area
Building therein (acquired June 30, 2013)
Improvement to the building to extend rented floor capacity
Repairs and maintenance to investment property for the year
Rental received for the year

Approximately six percent of the property floor space is used as the administrative head office of the company. The property can be sold only as a complete unit. The remainder of the building is leased out under operating leases. The company provides lessees with security services.

The company values investment property using the fair value model on December 31, 2014, which is the company’s year-end. Tewogbade & Co. (an independent valuer) valued the property at N144,000,000 on that date.

Required:
i. Advise the Directors of KOLA NITDA Nigeria Plc on how the property should be treated in the financial statements of the company as at December 31, 2014 in order to ensure strict compliance with provisions of IAS 40. (5 Marks)
ii. Calculate the value of investment property that should be disclosed in the statement of financial position as at December 31, 2014 and the amount that should be charged to the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income for the period then ended. (5 Marks)

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FR – Nov 2015 – L2 – Q7a – Fair Value Measurement (IFRS 13)

Explaining the difference between accounting treatment for investment properties and owner-occupier properties under IAS 40 and revaluation model.

The objectives of IAS 40 – Investment Property is to prescribe the accounting treatment and disclosure requirements for investment property. The main issue in accounting for investment properties is to distinguish these properties separately from owner-occupier properties.

Required:
Explain how treatment of an investment property carried at fair value model differs from an owner-occupier property carried under revaluation model.

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  • 15 Marks

FR – Nov 2015 – L2 – Q6 – Statement of Cash Flows (IAS 7)

Prepare the statement of cash flows and comment on cash flow management for Global Plc.

Global Plc is an entity quoted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. You are provided with the following set of summarized published financial statements of the company for the year ended September 30, 2014:

Statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income for the year ended September 30, 2014

 

Item N’000
Revenue 500,000
Cost of sales (300,000)
Gross profit 200,000
Administrative expenses (29,000)
Finance cost (1,000)
Profit before taxation 170,000
Income tax expense (40,000)
Profit for the period 130,000

Statement of financial position as at September 30, 2014

Item 2014 (N’000) 2013 (N’000)
Non-current assets
Property, plant, and equipment 200,000 220,000
Goodwill – 10,000
Current assets
Inventories 100,000 80,000
Trade receivables 75,000 60,000
Bank balances 20,000 5,000
Total assets 395,000 375,000
Equity and Liabilities 2014 (N’000) 2013 (N’000)
Equity
Ordinary shares @ N1.25 each 10,000 8,000
Retained earnings 250,000 197,000
Total equity 260,000 205,000

The following information is relevant:

  • During the financial year, the company paid a dividend of N87,000,000 to equity holders, and this had been accounted for during the year. The current market price of the company’s shares is N10 per share.
  • The company is planning to take a long-term loan of N400,000,000 from a consortium of banks. The company’s financial statements and loan applications have already been submitted to the bank.

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FR – Nov 2015 – L2 – Q5 – Consolidated Financial Statements (IFRS 10)

Prepare the consolidated statement of financial position and calculate goodwill and non-controlling interest for UDO Group Plc.

The trial balance of UDO Plc and its subsidiary, ALOMA Plc, as at December 31, 2014, is given below:

UDO Plc acquired 75% of ALOMA Plc on January 1, 2014, for N1,300,000,000, when the retained earnings of ALOMA Plc were N600 million and the share premium was N170 million. Neither the acquisition nor the loan notes obtained to finance the purchase were recorded in the trial balance. There has been no impairment of goodwill, and no change in share capital since acquisition. It is the group policy to value the non-controlling interest at fair value, which was estimated to be N160 million.

Required:
Prepare the consolidated statement of financial position of UDO Group Plc as at December 31, 2014.

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FR – Nov 2015 – L2 – Q4b – Impairment of Assets (IAS 36)

Assess whether plant and equipment is impaired and explain how impairment loss should be treated in the books.

The following information relates to individual plant and equipment used by Phonex Nigeria Limited for its telecommunication operations as at December 31, 2014.

Plant and Equipment Carrying Amount (N’000) Fair Value less cost to sell (N’000) Value in use (N’000)
1. Mast 297,500 302,500 285,000
2. Generators 592,500 517,500 512,500
3. Computer equipment 287,500 292,500 307,500
4. Credit card machines 207,500 187,500 197,500
5. Motor vehicles 77,500 65,000 –

Additional information:

i. The Mast and the Generator are carried at revalued amounts, and the cumulative revaluation surplus in other comprehensive income for the equipment are N30,000,000 and N15,000,000, respectively.

ii. The motor vehicles are buses used for transporting employees in the morning and evening, and it is not possible to determine the value in use of the buses separately because the buses do not generate cash inflows from continuing use that are independent of the cash flows from other assets.

Required:
Draft a memo addressed to your boss indicating whether each of the plant and equipment is impaired or not and also explaining how the impairment loss should be treated in the books of Phonex Nigeria Limited as at December 31, 2014.

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  • 5 Marks

FR – Nov 2015 – L2 – Q4a – Impairment of Assets (IAS 36)

List external and internal factors an entity should consider to assess asset impairment.

The purpose of IAS 36: Impairment of Assets is to provide entities with guidance to determine whether an asset is impaired and how the impairment should be recognized.

Required:
a. In assessing whether there is an indication that an asset may be impaired, what factors should an entity consider?

 

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  • 20 Marks

FR – Nov 2015 – L2 – Q2 – Presentation of Financial Statements (IAS 1)

Prepare a statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income for Well-Being Plc.

The following trial balance has been extracted from the books of Well-Being Plc as at March 31, 2014:

N’000 N’000
Land at cost 360
Building at cost 750
Equipment at cost 588
Vehicles at cost 852
Goodwill 900
Accumulated depreciation:
– Buildings 270
– Equipment 228
– Vehicles 396
Inventory at April 1, 2013 321
Trade receivables and payables 549 351
Allowance for receivables 24
Bank balances 171
Current taxation 18
Ordinary shares of N1 each 600
Retained earnings at April 1, 2013 1,509
Revenue 4,296
Purchases 1,464
Directors’ fees 450
Wages and salaries 828
General distribution costs 303
General administrative expenses 558
Dividend paid 60
Rent received 90
Disposal of vehicle 30
Total 7,983 7,983

Additional information:

  1. The company’s non-depreciable land was valued at ₦900,000 on March 31, 2014, and this valuation is to be incorporated into the accounts.
  2. Depreciation policy:
    • Building: 4% p.a. (straight line)
    • Equipment: 40% p.a. (reducing balance)
    • Vehicles: 25% p.a. (straight line) In all cases, a full year’s depreciation is charged in the year of disposal.
  3. On February 1, 2014, a vehicle used entirely for administrative purposes was sold for ₦30,000 (cost ₦132,000). No other entries were made.
  4. Depreciation is apportioned as follows:
    • Buildings: 50% distribution, 50% administrative
    • Equipment: 25% distribution, 75% administrative
    • Vehicles: 70% distribution, 30% administrative
  5. Inventory at March 31, 2014, is valued at ₦357,000.
  6. Trade receivables include a debt of ₦24,000 to be written off. The allowance for receivables is to be adjusted to 4% of receivables after the write-off.
  7. Current tax for the year ended March 31, 2013, was over-estimated by ₦18,000. Current tax for 2014 is estimated at ₦90,000.
  8. One-quarter of wages and salaries was paid to distribution staff and the remaining three-quarters to administrative staff.
  9. General administrative expenses include bank overdraft interest of ₦27,000.

Required:
Prepare a statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income for the year ended March 31, 2014.

 

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  • 30 Marks

FR – Nov 2015 – L2 – Q1 – Consolidated Financial Statements (IFRS 10)

Prepare consolidated financial statements for Hapu Plc and Sege Plc for the year ended December 31, 2014.

Statement of financial position as at December 31, 2014

Hapu Plc (₦’000) Sege Plc (₦’000)
Assets
Non-current assets:
Property, plant, and equipment 32,000 25,000
Investments 33,500 –
Total non-current assets 65,500 25,000
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand 9,500 2,000
Trade receivables 20,000 8,000
Inventory 30,000 18,000
Total current assets 125,000 53,000
Equity and liabilities
Share capital 40,000 10,000
Share premium 6,500 –
Retained earnings 55,000 37,000
Total equity 101,500 47,000
Current liabilities 23,500 6,000
Total equity and liabilities 125,000 53,000

Statement of profit or loss for the year ended December 31, 2014

Hapu Plc (₦’000) Sege Plc (₦’000)
Revenue 125,000 117,000
Cost of sales (65,000) (64,000)
Gross profit 60,000 53,000
Distribution costs (21,000) (14,000)
Administrative expenses (14,000) (8,000)
Profit before taxation 25,000 31,000
Income tax expense (10,000) (9,000)
Profit for the year 15,000 22,000

Statement of changes in equity (extract) for the year ended December 31, 2014

Hapu Plc (₦’000) Sege Plc (₦’000)
Retained earnings brought forward 40,000 15,000
Retained profit for the year 15,000 22,000
Retained earnings carried forward 55,000 37,000

Additional Information:

  1. Hapu Plc owns 80% of Sege’s shares, purchased in 2011 for ₦20.5 million when Sege’s retained earnings stood at ₦7 million.
  2. Included in Sege’s inventory as of December 31, 2014, were goods purchased from Hapu for ₦3.9 million, with a 30% profit margin on cost. Total sales from Hapu to Sege amounted to ₦6 million.
  3. Hapu Plc and Sege Plc proposed dividends of ₦2 million and ₦2.5 million respectively, not yet accounted for.
  4. Goodwill impairment tests indicate no impairment in accordance with IFRS 3 and IAS 36.

Required:
Prepare the consolidated statement of profit or loss and the consolidated statement of financial position for Hapu Plc and Sege Plc as at December 31, 2014.

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  • 1 Marks

QTB – Nov 2014 – L1 – SA – Q18 – Mathematics of Business Finance

Identifies the correct definition of an annuity.

An annuity is defined as the:
A. Specific amount of money saved at regular intervals meant to be used in funding some future financial commitments
B. Lump sum investment designed to produce a sequence of equal regular payments over time
C. Specific amount of money received at intervals which is not necessarily equal to fund some future financial commitments
D. Lump sum investment designed to produce a sequence of unequal but regular payments over time
E. Repayment of interest-bearing debts through a series of equal regular payments until the debt is entirely paid off with the accrued interest

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  • 20 Marks

QTB – Nov 2015 – L1 – SB – Q6 – Operations Research

Formulate a linear programming problem for optimizing investment in conservative and speculative inventories under given constraints.

Assume that the management of Community Bank Limited wants to invest up to N100,000 in inventory considered to be either conservative or speculative. The company’s board-approved investment policy is that the investment in conservative inventory should be at most N80,000, while the investment in the speculative inventory should be at least N12,000. Assume further that N1.6 return is expected on each naira invested in the conservative inventory, N2.0 return is expected on each investment in the speculative inventory, and that monetary policy regulations require that investment in the speculative inventory should be at most one-third of the investment in the conservative inventory.

Required:

a. State the type of Operations Research problem described above. (2 Marks)

b. Formulate mathematically the:

i. Objective function. (4 Marks)

ii. Constraint inequalities. (8 Marks)

iii. Investment problem. (6 Marks)

(Total: 20 Marks)

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