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Cambridge International AS & A Level

ACCOUNTING9706/04
Paper 4 Cost and Management Accounting For examination from 2023

SPECIMEN INSERT 1 hour

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Source A for Question 1

W Limited uses a budgetary control system. To prepare the budget for the month of May, the directors
of W Limited estimated a production of 1200 units and fixed overheads of $30 000.

The following budgeted data is available for the production of one unit:

Direct materials 2 kilos at $12 per kilo


Direct labour 4 hours at $15 per hour
Fixed overheads to be charged to products on the basis of direct labour hours

The actual number of units produced and sold in May was 1120.

The actual and budgeted unit selling price was $135.

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Source B for Question 2

Z Limited receives an order from an existing customer to manufacture a new product for a period of
four years. To satisfy this order, the directors of Z Limited have to:

1 Purchase a machine from overseas with an expected cost of $300 000. The machine has a useful
life of 4 years with no residual value.
2 Hire a specialised engineer.
3 Purchase direct materials from a new supplier.

The estimates relating to the operation of this order are:

Cash inflow Cash outflow


Year $ $
1 200 000 140 000
2 230 000 130 000
3 240 000 110 000
4 210 000 100 000

The cost of capital is 10%. The relevant discount factors are:

10% 12%
0.909 0.893
0.826 0.797
0.751 0.712
0.683 0.636

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