1. The purpose of economic analysis:
a) improving the use of the resources of the enterprise;
b) identifying economic reserves and development of proposals for their implementation;
c) determination of the degree of fulfillment of the plan;
d) calculation of the forcing of factors on the effectiveness of the enterprise.
2. The subject of economic analysis:
a) economic results of economic performance of the enterprise;
b) turnover of capital;
c) general economic laws;
d) cause-and-effect relations of economic phenomena and processes.
3. Principles of economic analysis:
a) analysis should provide a systematic approach in the evaluation of processes;
b) the analysis must be comprehensive;
c) analysis shall be objective and concrete;
d) the analysis should be summarized.
4. What does not belong to the principles of economic analysis:
a) analysis should be systematic;
b) the analysis should be democratic;
c) the analysis should be factor-based;
d) the analysis should be effective.
5. According to the completeness of coverage of the phenomena under study, the analysis is distinguished:
a) solid and selective;
b) total and operational analysis;
c) external and internal;
d) complex and thematic.
6. Analysis as a way of cognition consists of:
a) in the isolated study of each element of the object of study;
b) in association of all elements of the object under study and their generalized study;
c) division of an object under study into constituent elements and their study in interrelation.
7. The purpose of prospective (preliminary) analysis is to:
a) to evaluate the result of the activity;
b) constantly monitor performance of production tasks;
c) to avoid negative consequences of adopted decisions.
8. Operational analysis is carried out:
a) daily;
b) according to the results of the year;
c) on important reporting dates of management.
9. The theoretical basis of the analysis is:
a) planning;
b) statistics;
c) accounting;
d) economics.
10. A way of diagnosing the state of an enterprise’s economy on the basis of typical attributes characteristic of certain economic phenomena:
a) fundamental analysis;
b) quantitative analysis;
c) express analysis;
d) qualitative analysis.
11. Which of the following indicators is qualitative:
a) area of agricultural land;
b) number of employees;
c) volume of output;
d) labour productivity.
12. Which of the following indicators is quantitative:
a) level of profitability;
b) number of employees;
c) crop yield;
d) labor productivity.
13. Which indicator is specific:
a) profit;
b) cost of production;
c) crop yield;
d) labor productivity.
14. What are the non-accounting sources of information:
a) decisions of staff meetings;
b) annual report of an enterprise;
c) primary accounting data;
d) statistical reports.
15. What are the accounting sources of information in the AChD?
a) data on the main competitors of the enterprise;
b) primary accounting documents;
c) Orders and directives of the company’s managers;
d) acts of audits and inspections. 16.
16. What does the principle of analyticity of economic information mean?
a) information must objectively reflect the phenomena and objects under study;
b) information coming from various sources must be unified;
c) the information system must require minimum expenses for data collection and storage
d) information system shall provide receipt of data on those lines of business, which at the given moment are required by an analyst.
17. The plan of analytical work includes:
a) the object, purpose, sources of information, and timing of the analysis;
b) the subject, direction of the analytical work, sources, and timing;
c) both items.
18. For external users of the analysis shall be compiled:
a) a conclusion on the results of the analysis;
b) an explanatory note;
c) an explanatory note; c) a certificate.
19. Relative values shall be measured: a) in kilograms; b) in tons; c) in meters; d) in meters:
a) in kilograms, tons, meters;
b) in percents, coefficients;
c) both items are correct.
20. Which method of analysis is the factor method:
(a) the graphical method;
b) comparison;
c) grouping;
d) the method of chain substitution.
21. The generalized characteristics of homogeneous phenomena are used:
a) absolute values;
b) relative values;
c) average values;
d) natural indicators.
22. Division of studied objects into qualitatively homogeneous groups according to certain features:
a) comparison;
b) grouping;
c) balance method;
d) calculation of average values.
23. The ratio of the value of the phenomenon under study to the value of some other phenomenon is characterized:
(a) averages;
b) absolute indices;
c) relative indices;
d) value indices.
24. To assess the dynamics of the studied indicators, a comparison is carried out:
a) enterprise indicators with indicators of advanced farms;
b) actual data with planned ones;
c) farm indicators with average regional data;
d) actual data with data from previous years.
25. Comparison of homogeneous values to find similarities or differences between them:
a) balance method;
b) comparison;
c) computation of relative values;
d) grouping.
26. Specify the most important factors of the first order of change in productivity:
a) the volume of gross output;
b) growth of crop yield (animal productivity);
c) quality of land;
d) average annual value of main production assets.
27. Specify the factors of the second order that cause an increase in return on assets:
a) reserves of yield growth;
b) leased land area;
c) optimal structure of fixed assets;
d) level of use of enterprise’s land resources.
28. Which indicator characterizes the movement of fixed assets:
a) capital equipment;
b) efficiency of funds;
c) Fund-intensiveness;
d) retirement coefficient.
29. Fund-intensity is directly proportional to the value of fixed assets and inversely proportional to:
a) the area of agricultural land;
b) volume of production;
c) number of workers;
d) amount of profit.
30. Show the correspondence between the methods of calculation and the indicators that characterize the provision of the enterprise with means of labor:
| 1. capital availability 2. capital equipment 3. energy capacity | a) the ratio of the value of fixed production assets to the number of employees; b) the ratio of the value of fixed production assets to the area of agricultural land; c) the ratio of energy capacity to the number of employees. |
31. Specify the indicator characterizing the efficiency of the use of fixed assets:
(a) capital equipment;
b) capital equipment;
c) fund productivity;
d) asset retirement coefficient.
32. The following sources are used for the analysis of fixed assets:
a) Form No. 1 “Balance sheet”, Form No. 2 “Profit and loss statement”;
b) Form No. 1 “Balance Sheet”, Form No. 5 “Supplement to Balance Sheet”;
c) Form No.1 “Balance sheet”, Form No.3 “Capital flow statement”;
d) Form No. 1 “Balance sheet”, Form No. 2 “Profit and Loss Statement”; Form No. 5 “Annex to the Balance Sheet”. 33.
33. At a production enterprise, the active part of fixed assets includes:
a) land plots;
b) buildings and structures;
c) perennial plantations;
d) machinery and equipment. 34.
34. If the cost of equipment has increased, it should be concluded:
a) an increase in the opportunity for growth of labor productivity;
b) about the improvement of organization of production;
c) about increase of quality of production.
35. The fixed assets renewal coefficient is calculated:
a) by dividing the residual value of fixed assets received by the residual value of fixed assets available at the beginning of the year;
b) dividing the residual value of fixed assets received by the residual value of fixed assets available at the end of the year;
c) dividing the original cost of fixed assets received by the original cost of fixed assets available at the end of the year.
36. The study of the qualitative composition of the labor collective of the enterprise includes the grouping of employees:
a) by age;
b) by sex;
c) by education;
d) by work experience;
e) by wages.
37. Show the correspondence of calculation methods and indicators characterizing the movement of the labor force:
| 1. admission turnover ratio 2. turnover ratio by withdrawal | a) The ratio of the number of employees dismissed at their own will or at the initiative of the administration for violation of labor discipline to the average number of employees; b) the ratio of the number of dismissed employees to the average number of employees; c) ratio of the number of employees hired to their average headcount. |
38. Identify the sequence of the analysis of human resources:
a) study of the dynamics of changes in the number of employees of the enterprise;
b) assessing the provision of the enterprise with labor force;
c) identifying the causes of irrational use of working time;
d) studying the indicators of efficiency of the use of labor resources;
e) studying the use of working time;
f) identifying reserves for improving the use of labor at the enterprise;
g) development of measures to implement the identified reserves.
39. The ratio of the number of employees who worked for the whole year to the average number of employees characterizes:
a) staff turnover rate;
b) turnover of labor force on admission
c) turnover of manpower on leaving;
d) coefficient of staff composition constancy. 40.
40. As the share of labor-intensive products in the total volume of production increases, the average level of labor intensity of production:
a) does not change;
b) increases;
c) decreases.
41. An estimating indicator of an effective personnel policy is:
a) staff turnover rate;
b) the coefficient of personnel composition constancy;
c) both indicators.
42. In determining the availability of the company’s labor force, the planned number of employees should be:
a) divide by the actual number of employees;
b) subtract from the actual number of employees.
43. When the volume of production changes, only:
a) variable costs;
b) fixed costs;
c) both answers are correct.
44. To establish the reasons for changes in the cost of certain types of products, an analysis is carried out:
a) total production costs;
b) by cost items;
c) factors of the first order.
45. Which of the following is the object of the cost of production analysis:
a) the cost of individual types of products;
b) analysis of dynamics of production cost price;
c) interfarm comparative analysis of the cost of production;
d) factor analysis of production costs.
46. What is not a factor in changing the amount of profit:
a) the structure of marketable products;
b) volume of gross output;
c) level of selling prices;
d) cost price of products.
47. How does the increase in product prices affect the amount of profit:
a) decreases;
b) increases;
c) does not change;
d) can both increase and decrease.
48. How does a decrease in the cost of production affect the amount of profit:
a) decreases;
b) increases;
c) does not change;
d) can both increase and decrease.
49. How does an increase in sales volume affect the amount of profit:
a) positively;
b) negatively;
c) does not affect;
d) can affect both positively and negatively.
50. To analyze financial results of ordinary activities, the following is used:
a) Form No. 1 “Balance sheet”;
b) Form No.2 “Profit and Loss Statement”;
c) Form No. 3 “Report on Cash Flow”;
d) Form No. 4 “Statement of Capital Movements”.
Lesson outline
Theme: Case study No. 1. “Comparative characteristics of industry in Germany and France, Great Britain and Italy (optional).
Objective:
– Educational: to make a comparative characteristic of the industry of the two developed countries of Europe; to identify common and distinctive features in their industrial and territorial structure.
– Developing: to develop the ability to analyze the data obtained.
– Educational: to develop the importance of studying geography and curiosity.
Equipment: atlas maps, statistical data, outline maps of “Germany”, “Italy”, “France”, “Great Britain”.
Basic concepts:
Industry – a set of enterprises (factories, plants, factories, mines, mines, power plants) engaged in the production of tools (both for other sectors of the economy and for industry itself), extraction of raw materials, materials, fuel, energy production and further processing of products obtained in industry or produced in agriculture – the production of consumer goods.
Type of the lesson: Practical knowledge acquisition lesson.
Course of the lesson.
1. Organizing moment.
2. Checking up on homework.
3. Announcement of topic, objectives and objectives of the lesson.
4. Practical work.
Task 1.
Specify two developed European countries (Germany and France, Great Britain and Italy), a comparative characteristic of industry which you will make.
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Task 2.
Extractive industry (the level of supply of own minerals, the location of the main areas of extraction, dependence on foreign supplies of fuel and ore minerals).
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| The difference | |
Assignment 3.
Electric power (main types of power plants, their role in electricity production, and their location).
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| The difference | |
Assignment 4.
Ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy (significance and peculiarities of the spread of the complex, changes in the rate of development and location of the largest enterprises in recent decades, the largest centers).
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| The difference | |
Assignment 5.
Mechanical engineering (significance and level of development of the main sub-branches, types of products, peculiarities of the location of the largest centers).
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| The difference | |
Assignment 6.
Chemical industry (importance, main types of products, peculiarities of the location of the largest centers).
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| The difference | |
Conclusions:
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5. Lesson Summary.
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