ACCA Applied Knowledge · Management Accounting · Presenting information
A Z chart is drawn for a company's sales for 2024. Monthly sales figures are plotted along with two other lines. Which set of lines forms the three parts of the Z chart?
A Z chart consists of the monthly figures, the cumulative year-to-date figures and the moving annual total. Plotted together they form a shape like the letter Z, showing current performance, progress through the year and the underlying long-term trend.
- AMonthly figures, cumulative figures and moving annual totalCorrect
- BMonthly figures, budget line and variance line
- CCumulative figures, trend line and seasonal line
- DMonthly figures, median line and range line
Explanation
A Z chart combines the individual monthly values, the cumulative year-to-date total and the moving annual total. Together they form a Z shape. The other options include elements that are not part of the standard Z chart.
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