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Benchmarking and Measuring Debt Capacity Exam Questions with Verified Solutions ( Rated A+) Why Are Capital Spending pressures harder to control than the operating budget? - Answers 1) Political Imperatives 2) Difficulty Establishing Budget Ceilings 3) Long-term Projects and Impacts 4) In...

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Benchmarking and Measuring Debt Capacity Exam Questions with Verified Solutions ( Rated A+)

Why Are Capital Spending pressures harder to control than the operating budget? - Answers 1) Political
Imperatives


2) Difficulty Establishing Budget Ceilings


3) Long-term Projects and Impacts


4) Incrementalism is not the norm


5) Fragmentation of financial controls

Incrementalism is - Answers a budgetary pattern where resources dedicated to programs increase or
decrease a small amount each year

GFOA Recommended Practices on Debt - Answers 1) Analyzing Debt Capacity


2) Developing a Debt Policy

In Analyzing Debt Capacity the GFOA Recommends Addressing - Answers 1) Debt service obligation


2) Evaluation of trends relating to the government's performance


3) Measures of debt burden on the community


4) Measures of the tax and revenue base


5) Statutory/constitutional limitations


6) Market factors affecting tax-exempt interest costs

Debt Service Obligation - Answers existing debt service requirements, debt services as a percentage of
expenditures

Evaluation of trends relating to the government's performance - Answers revenues & expenditures,
reliability of revenues expected to pay for debt service and unreserved fund balance

, Measures of debt burden on the community - Answers debt per capital, debt as a percentage of
personal income and overlapping debt

Measures of the Tax and Revenue Base - Answers projections of key economic variables, population
trends and utilization of services

Statutory/constitutional limitations - Answers affecting the amount that can be issued

Market factors affecting tax-exempt interest costs - Answers interest rates, market receptivity and credit
rating

Rationale for a debt policy - Answers 1) Enhances the quality of decisions


2) Rationalizes the decision making process


3) Identifies objectives for staff to implement


4) Demonstrates commitment to long-term financial planning


5) Viewed favorably by rating agencies

6 NACSLB's Recommended Budget Practices (1-3) - Answers 1) Develop policy on debt issuance


2) Develop policy on debt level and capacity


3) Prepare policies and plans for capital asset acquisition, maintenance, replacement and retirement

6 NACSLB's Recommended Budget Practices (4-6) - Answers 4) Develop options for meeting capital
needs and evaluate acquisition alternatives


5) Develop a Capital Improvement Plan


6) Monitor, Measure and Evaluate Financial Condition

8 Major Steps to Benchmarking & Measuring Debt Capacity - Answers 1) Define study objectives


2) Collect data

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