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Flexible Budgeting and Financial Statement Analysis in Tableau $9-1($Static$)$

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Williams Company is a merchandiser and its accounting department has finished preparing a flexible budget to better understand the differences between its actual results and the master budget. The chief financial officer $($CFO$)$ would like your assistance in interpreting some data visualizations that she will use to explain why the company$$s actual results differed from its master budget.

Tableau Dashboard Activity $9-1($Static$)$ Part $5$

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Review the Tableau visualization below, and answer the questions that follow.

Note: For each question you may select more than one answer. Single click the box with the question mark to produce a check mark for a correct answer and double click the box with the question mark to empty the box for a wrong answer. Any boxes left with a question mark will be automatically graded as incorrect.

$5$a$.$ Which of the following statements are true with respect to the Cumulative Operating Cash Flow visualization?

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The blue bars reflect the cumulative operating cash flows according to the flexible budget.unanswered

The blue bars reflect the cumulative operating cash flows according to the master budget.unanswered

The red trend line depicts the actual cumulative operating cash flows at the end of each month.unanswered

$5$b$.$ Which of the following statements are true with respect to the Cumulative Operating Cash Flow visualization?

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According to the flexible budget, the cumulative operating cash flows steadily grow from January through June.unanswered

According to the flexible budget, the cumulative operating cash flows steadily decline from January through June.unanswered

According to the flexible budget, the cumulative operating cash flows steadily decline from July through November.unanswered

According to the flexible budget, the cumulative operating cash flows steadily grow from July through November.unanswered

$5$c$.$ Which of the following statements are true with respect to the Cumulative Operating Cash Flow visualization?

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The actual cumulative operating cash flows as of June are less than the cumulative operating cash as of June according to the flexible budget.unanswered

The actual cumulative operating cash flows as of June are greater than the cumulative operating cash as of June according to the flexible budget.unanswered

The actual cumulative operating cash flows as of November are less than the cumulative operating cash as of November according to the flexible budget.unanswered

The actual cumulative operating cash flows as of November are greater than the cumulative operating cash as of November according to the flexible budget.unanswered

$5$d$.$ Which of the following insights are revealed by the Cumulative Operating Cash Flow visualization?

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The actual cumulative operating cash flows consistently exceeded expectations according to the flexible budget.unanswered

The actual cumulative operating cash flows never exceeded expectations according to the flexible budget.unanswered

The actual cumulative operating cash flows exceeded expectations according to the flexible budget in some months, but failed to exceed expectations in other months.unanswered

The actual cumulative operating cash flows exceeded expectations according to the master budget in some months, but failed to exceed expectations in other months.unanswered