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Financial Analysis & Planning Flashcards

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  1. A company wants to evaluate whether to accept a special one-time order at a price below standard. Which cost concept is most relevant?

    Answer: Incremental cost

    Incremental cost captures only the additional costs of producing the extra order, which is the relevant basis for a special-order pricing decision.

  2. How does price-volume-mix analysis help a pricing professional understand revenue changes?

    Answer: It decomposes revenue variance into price, volume, and product mix components

    Price-volume-mix analysis separates revenue changes into three drivers: price differences, volume changes, and shifts in the product portfolio mix.

  3. Which capital budgeting method expresses a project's return as a percentage, potentially misleading when comparing projects of different scales?

    Answer: Internal rate of return (IRR)

    IRR expresses return as a percentage and can favor small high-percentage projects over larger ones with greater absolute NPV.

  4. A company reports EBITDA of $3M on revenue of $15M. What is the EBITDA margin?

    Answer: 20%

    EBITDA margin = EBITDA / Revenue = $3M / $15M = 20%.

  5. Which pricing approach uses a customer's perceived economic value as the primary basis for setting price?

    Answer: Value-based pricing

    Value-based pricing anchors the price to what customers are willing to pay based on the economic benefit they receive, not the seller's cost.

  6. When analyzing a portfolio of products, which segment should typically receive highest pricing priority to maximize total profitability?

    Answer: High-volume, high-margin products

    High-volume, high-margin products generate the greatest absolute contribution to profit and deserve prioritized pricing optimization.

  7. In financial planning, what does a rolling forecast differ from a static annual budget?

    Answer: It is updated continuously to extend the planning horizon as time passes

    A rolling forecast is regularly updated—typically monthly or quarterly—to maintain a consistent forward-looking planning window regardless of the fiscal year.