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New Release P3 CIMA Strategic level Questions

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Risk Management Questions and Answers

Question 37

DFG is the largest bridge-building company in its home country, H. DFG works exclusively for the government of country H and the government awards DFG 80% of the contracts to build new bridges.

DFG's directors are considering using the big data approach to identify opportunities to increase sales revenues and profit.

Which of the following statements are true?

Options:

A.

Big data has the potential to identify ways in which DFG can reduce construction costs.

B.

DFG should supplement its existing databases in order to enhance the benefit from big data.

C.

The big data approach may help DFG to price contract bids more accurately.

D.

Big data has the potential to identify ways in which DFG can increase sales.

E.

It would be unethical for DFG to use big data in order to compete even more effectively with its rivals.

Question 38

HBN is a service company that offers cloud-based data storage and management on behalf of clients HBN pays an independent accountancy firm to review its cybersecurity arrangements, conduct penetration tests and report to HBN's Board on the results

Which TWO of the following are correct?

Options:

A.

Potential clients for HBN's services will expect to receive copies of these independent reports immediately after they are submitted.

B.

The independent accountancy firm will disclose all of the shortcomings that it identifies in its report, even if they embarrass HBN

C.

HBN could save time and reduce cost by having its own internal audit department conduct these investigations and report accordingly.

D.

It would prove simpler for HBN to permit clients to conduct their own cybersecurity reviews that would take account of the sensitivity of their data

E.

The independent accountancy firm will guarantee that there are no control weaknesses in HBN's systems, provided its results prove satisfactory

Question 39

DBB is a mining company. The company's business requires manners to work underground in hazardous conditions DBB takes every possible precaution to protect the safety and wellbeing of its miners, but that does not prevent the occurrence of four or five serious injuries every year. That number is small in relation to the many thousands of owners employed by DBB.

DBB's Board is preparing a risk map Most directors believe that injuries to miners should be classified as high Likelihood and high impact, which Is a category of risk that should be avoided according to the TARA framework One of the directors has suggested that the risk should be classified as low likelihood and high impact because that would move the risk into the quadrant associated with transference or sharing and so could be draft with by, say, insurance

Which TWO of the following are correct?

Options:

A.

it is unlikely that DBB will be able to transfer the risk of these injuries by insurance.

B.

The fact that there are very few accidents supports the argument that the likelihood

C.

The director's recommendation that the risk should be reclassified will make the risk map more useful

D.

Risk maps enable companies to identify the correct migration for any given risk

E.

Discussing likelihood and impact will help DBB's Board to mitigate the risk of industrial inquiry

Question 40

RFD, a listed company, is considering making an investment in a risky new venture. RFD has a substantial cash surplus that will be used to acquire the necessary resources. It is unlikely that RFD would have been able to raise finance for this investment because the company is already highly geared.

Which of the following statements about stakeholders' conflicting interests are true?

Options:

A.

RFD's shareholders are exposed to the systematic risk from this project and the directors are exposed to total risk.

B.

RFD's lenders are likely to suffer a greater risk than RFD's equity investors.

C.

Neither RFD's shareholders or lenders are likely to have the means to prevent the directors from making this investment.

D.

RFD's existing employees are likely to enjoy a significant upside risk from this project.

E.

The diversification of RFD's interests will reduce the risks for all stakeholders.

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