Management Accounting
Management Accounting
Management Accounting
ACCOUNTING
ASSIGNMENT #1
1. Management Information
3. Cost Classification
4. Cost Behaviour
NAME:
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1 Which TWO of the following are secondary external sources of data?
2 The cost accountant has provided information about the actual and budgeted costs of the materials used
in production in the last month.
This information will primarily aid management in which of the following areas?
A Planning
B Implementing
C Control
D Decision making
4 The management accountant compares the profitability of two products, P and Q, and concludes that P is
the best product to make. He writes a report of his findings for the board of directors.
A Decision making
B Planning
C Controlling
D Implementing
5 Which of the following only contains essential features of useful management information?
6 Which TWO of the following are necessary features of useful management information?
7 Information about the trend in monthly sales and profit for a product for the last two years is to be
presented visually.
A Pie chart
B Bar chart
C Table
D Line graph
8 Which of the following statements is UNTRUE?
A Management accounts detail the performance of an organization over a defined time period and
the state of affairs at the end of that period
B There is no legal requirements to prepare management accounts
C The format of management accounts is entirely at management discretion
D Management accounts are both a historical record and a future planning tool
Historical records of transport costs to be used to prepare forecasts for budgetary planning
The Annual Abstract of Statistics, published by the Office for National Statistics in the UK
Data collected by a telephone survey to monitor the effectiveness of a bank’s customer services
Data collected from an interview with employees regarding improvement in workplace facilities
14 Which TWO of the following statements about cost and management accounting are TRUE?
Cost accounting cannot be used to provide inventory valuations for external financial reporting
There is a legal requirement to prepare management accounts
The format of management accounts may vary from one business to another
Management accounting provides information to help management make business decisions
A Pie chart
B Bar chart
C Line graph
D Spreadsheet
18 Which one of the following statement is concerning the difference between management accounts and
financial accounts is INCORRECT?
A Financial accounts are governed by strict accounting rules and regulations, management
accounts are not
B There is a legal requirement for management accounts
C Management accounts are often required for individual divisions and/or products whereas
financial accounts usually cover the whole company
D Management accounts are mainly for internal purposes whereas financial accounts are mainly
for external purposes
19 The management accountant of X Ltd has written a report assessing the cost savings that could be made if
the company was to invest in new technology.
In which area will the report primarily aid the management of X Ltd?
A Budgeting
B Control
C Decision-making
D Monitoring
(1) A management information user should have all the information he/she needs to do his/her job
properly
(2) A management information report must be relevant for a variety of purposes
(3) A management information report should contain a lot of detail to ensure complete accuracy
A 1 only
B 1 and 2 only
C 2 and 3 only
D 3 only
21 An estimate has been made of the effect a change in selling price would have on the profit of a product.
A Cost reduction
B Decision-making
C Feedback control
D Responsibility accounting
22 Which of the following is an example of internal information for the wages department of a large
company?
23 A company’s sales in the last year in its three different markets were as follows
Market 1 $100,000
Market 2 $150,000
Market 3 $50,000
A 17 degrees
B 50 degrees
C 60 degrees
D 120 degrees
25 The following table shows the salary of part qualified management accountants in four different regions:
South-East $21,500
North-East $18,200
North-West $17,500
South-West $16,700
Which of the following will best highlight the difference between the salaries of the various regions?
A Purchasing manager
B Receivables controller
C Stores manager
D Accounts payable clerk
3 Which one of the following does NOT apply to real time systems?
4 Which of the following is NOT an example of internal communication for the accounts department?
5 Which TWO of the following are features of good systems for coding data within a business?
A Finance manager
B Union president
C Production manager
D Human Resource manager
9 Which TWO of the following activities are likely to be the responsibility of an accounting technician?
Audit trails are easily made since the processing of data occurs at pre-determined times
Customer queries can be responded to immediately
Processing can be performed during the evening when the computer is not being used
The data is always up-to-date
Policies should be in place to deal with the authorization of the purchase of non-current assets
Employees need to know where to find the policy manual to refer to but need not have read it
Strict adherence to the manual can lead to inflexibility
Internal policies always override legislations
13 Which of the following tasks would be most appropriate for an accounting technician?
A Use a spreadsheet to compare the effects on labour costs of different productivity schemes
B Reprogram an off-the-shelf accounting package to meet the specific needs of an organization
C Authorize a contract for the implementation of an integrated computerized accounting system
D Maintain a register of passwords issued to users of financial software package
15 Which of the following costs would NOT be the concern of the supervisor of a production department?
A Labour costs
B Material costs
C Maintenance costs
D Finance lease payments
16 Which of the following activities is most likely to be the responsibility of an accounting technician?
A Coding invoices
B Determining selling price strategy
C Interpreting cost variances
D Making capital investment decisions
22 Decentralization is usually desirable when which of the following conditions are met?
25 Y plc. is a growing organization which has recently diversified into a number of significant new product
markets. It has also recently acquired another company in one of its overseas market.
A Geographical Departmentation
B Divisionalisation
C Functional Departmentation
D Product Departmentation
1 How is the annual salary of the financial accountant classified?
2 Which TWO of the following classifications could be applied to the cost of raw materials?
Direct
Fixed
Period
Production
3 For the past 8 months, Jinan Corporation has experienced a steady increase in its cost per unit even
though total costs have remained stable This cost per unit increase may be due to _____________ costs
because the level of activity at Jinan is _______________.
A Fixed, decreasing
B Fixed, increasing
C Variable, decreasing
D Variable, increasing
4 Which of the following is most likely to be treated as an indirect cost by a computer manufacturer?
5 Which TWO of the following is part of the prime cost for a manufacturing company?
6 A production worker is paid a salary of $650 per month, plus an extra 5 cents for each unit produced
during the month.
A A variable cost
B A fixed cost
C A step cost
D A semi-variable cost
A It would be zero when output is zero and would increase in direct proportion to output
B It would be more than zero if no products were made and would then increase in direct
proportion to output
C It would be a fixed amount when output was zero and would not increase in direct proportion to
output
D It would be zero if output were zero and would change erratically as output increased
8 Which of the following will be classified as an overhead?
9 A product that a company manufactures requires 3 kg of material A costing $6.20 per kg and 4 kg of
material B costing $5.60 per kg. The product requires 2 hours of labour at a cost of $7.40 per hour. The
product is sold in packs of 10 and the packaging for 10 units costs $22. Fixed production costs are
$60,000 per annum and selling, distribution and administration costs are $24,000 per annum. The
company makes 15,000 units of the product each year.
A $58.00
B $62.00
C $24.80
D $63.60
10 Which TWO of the following would be classified as direct costs for a company producing tables and
chairs?
11 The cost per unit of an expense item at different levels of activity is shown below:
A Fixed cost
B Semi-variable cost
C Stepped-fixed cost
D Variable cost
12 The table shows the total of Cost Y at different production levels of Product X:
Units of Product X Total Cost Y ($000)
100 60
150 60
200 90
250 90
What is the reduction in total cost per unit comparing the costs for 8,000 units per period with the unit
costs currently being incurred?
A $0·50
B $0·75
C $1·25
D $2·08
15 Which of the following costs is part of the prime cost for a manufacturing company?
A Delivery cost incurred in transporting raw materials from the supplier’s premises
B Wages of factory workers engaged in machine maintenance
C Depreciation of lorries used for deliveries to customers
D Cost of indirect production materials
A $105.24
B $144.76
C $93.96
D $125.16
19 Which of the following would be regarded as a stepped-fixed cost in the operation of a motor vehicle?
22 Production costs incurred in the manufacture of 2,400 units of a product in a period are:
$
Direct costs 19,680
Variable overheads 3,120
Fixed overheads 14,640
What would be the expected total cost of manufacturing 2,300 units of the product in a period?
A $35,880
B $36,490
C $36,620
D $37,310
24 15,000 units of a product are currently manufactured in a factory per period. Variable costs are $4·50 per
unit and fixed costs are $63,000 per period. If the capacity of the factory is increased to enable the
manufacture of 20,000 units of product per period total costs would be:
Variable $88,000
Fixed $68,000
A $0·80
B $0·90
C $1·05
D $1·15
25 Which TWO of the following cost classifications can be applied to a percentage commission paid to
salespersons on the basis of total sales values?
Indirect
Prime
Variable
Production
1 Business X hires a machine which is used in the final packaging process in its warehouse. A basic fixed
monthly amount is paid for the machine with an additional charge for each unit packaged. The number of
units packaged varies from period to period.
Which of the following is/are true about the cost of the machine hire to Business X?
(1) The total cost per unit packaged will vary from period to period
(2) The total cost per unit packaged will increase as packaging activity rises
(3) The total cost per unit packaged will decrease as packaging activity rises
A 2 only
B 3 only
C 1 and 2
D 1 and 3
2 Which chart shows the unit cost behaviour of straight-line depreciation costs?
3 Wright Company has observed that at an activity level of 5,000 units the cost for maintenance is $6,500,
and at 10,000 units the cost for maintenance is $9,000.
Using the high-low method, what is the cost formula for maintenance?
4 A firm has the capacity to produce 3,100 units per week. At 80% capacity, the total cost per unit is $12.50
and the variable cost per unit is $7.50.
A $49,600
B $18,600
C $12,400
D $31,000
What are the estimated production costs per unit at an output level of 54,000 units?
A $14·76
B $14·84
C $15·20
D $17·00
6- The chart below shows the behaviour of a total cost as the volume of output changes:
7 A factory making soft toys uses a particular machine on each production line and each machine costs
$1,000 a month to hire. Each production line can make up to 100 toys per month.
Which of the following best describes the cost of hiring the machines?
A A fixed cost
B A variable cost
C A mixed cost
D A step cost
What is the effect on the cost per unit of a reduction in activity of 50%?
9 ABC Co has a manufacturing capacity of 10,000 units. The flexed production cost budget of the company is
as follows:
10 A company has variable costs of $12·20 per unit and total costs, for output of 7,400 units in a period, of
$156,980.
A $42,540
B $66,700
C $90,280
D $247,260
11 A supplier of telephone services charges a fixed line rental per period. The first 10 hours of telephone calls
by the customer are free, after that all calls are charged at a constant rate per minute up to a maximum,
thereafter all calls in the period are again free.
Which of the following graphs depicts the total cost to the customer of the telephone services?
12 A salesperson salary is made up of a fixed basic salary plus variable commission payment for sales made.
If the sales person makes 90 sales in a year, their total salary will be $28,750. If sales are 150 per year,
their income will be $37,450.
A $15,700
B $66,200
C $13,050
D $21,750
Variable cost per unit is constant in this activity range but there is a step up of $18,000 in the total fixed
costs when the activity exceeds 20,000 units.
A $404,000
B $410,000
C $422,000
D $428,000
15 A company has prepared flexed budgets at two activity levels. The cost per unit of three costs is given
below. All three costs behave in a linear manner with respect to activity.
16 Clerical costs in the billing department of Craig Company are a mixture of variable and fixed components.
Records indicate that average unit processing costs are $0.50 per account processed at an activity level of
32,000 accounts. When only 22,000 accounts are processed, the total cost of processing is $12,500.
17 A manufacturing company has four types of cost (identified as T1, T2, T3 and T4). The total cost for each
type at two different production levels is:
Cost type Total cost for 125 units ($) Total cost for180 units ($)
T1 1,000 1,260
T2 1,750 2,520
T3 2,475 2,826
T4 3,225 4,644
A T1 and T3
B T1 and T4
C T2 and T3
D T2 and T4
Using the high-low method, what is the estimated cost for an output of 120,000 units?
A $153,600
B $155,182
C $159,000
D $164,400
19 The following is an extract from a list of data concerning production overheads in a factory:
Management Utilities
A Fixed Semi-variable
B Fixed Variable
C Stepped-fixed Semi-variable
D Stepped-fixed Variable
20 The following data have been collected for four cost types; W, X, Y, and Z at two activity levels.
21 The following table contains the production level and its associated costs:
A $10,000
B $38,500
C $29,700
D $28,500
22 The Valuation Department of a large firm of surveyors wishes to develop a method of predicting its total
costs in a period. The following past costs have been recorded at two activity levels.
The total cost model for a period could be represented by which of the following?
A TC = $46,500 + 85V
B TC = $42,000 + 95V
C TC = $46,500 - 85V
D TC = $51,500 - 95V
23 It has been found that there is a linear relationship between costs and output in 2004 with the following
equation: Y = $10,000 + 5X
If total cost in 2004 was $120,000, what was the output for that year?
A 22,000 units
B 110,000 units
C 130,000 units
D 26,000 units
24 Larson Brothers, Inc., used the high-low method to derive its cost formula for electrical power cost.
According to the cost formula, the variable cost per unit of activity is $3 per machine-hour. Total electrical
power cost at the high level of activity was $7,600 and at the low level of activity was $7,300.
If the high level of activity was 1,200 machine hours, what is the low level of activity?
A 3,300 hours
B 4,000 hours
C 3,600 hours
D 1,100 hours
25 An organization has found that there is a linear relationship between sales volume and delivery costs.
It has found that a sales volume of 400 units corresponds to delivery costs of $10,000 and that a sales
volume of 800 units corresponds to delivery costs of $12,000.
What are the delivery costs for a sales volume of 700 units?
A $17,500
B $8,000
C $10,500
D $11,500