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Questions # 11:

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Question # 11

PJ Ltd has forecast that the relationship between total overheads and machine hours will be as follows:

If the budget is to be based on 4,000 machine hours, the variable overhead absorption rate will be:

*per machine hour.

Give your answer to 2 decimal places.


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Questions # 12:

Which ONE of the following would be the LEAST effective performance indicator for a distribution manager who is responsible for controlling the cost of the transport fleet?

Options:

A.

Variable cost per tonne-kilometre


B.

Fixed cost per kilometre


C.

Variable cost per kilometre


D.

Fixed cost per vehicle per month


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Questions # 13:

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Question # 13

The following data relates to two activity levels of a department. Overhead absorption is on the basis of machine hours.

The variable overhead rate per hour is £4.50. The amount of fixed overhead, to the nearest £000, is:


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Questions # 14:

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Question # 14

The budget for ORG for the month of September contained the following data:

During the month the actual number of units produced was 1,550. The management accounts showed a direct labour rate variance of $200 adverse and direct labour efficiency variance of $150 adverse.

The actual direct labour hours in the month was:

Options:

A.

1,312.5 hours


B.

1,125 hours


C.

1,200 hours


D.

1,012.5 hours


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Questions # 15:

A budget that is continuously updated by adding a further accounting period when the earliest period has expired is known as:

Options:

A.

An incremental budget


B.

A participative budget


C.

A rolling budget


D.

A zero base budget


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Questions # 16:

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Question # 16

AM Ltd. makes and sells a single product for which the standard cost information is as follows:

    Budgeted production for the period is 30000 units.

    The actual results for the period were as follows:

Question # 16

What is the variable overhead expenditure variance?

Options:

A.

13,161 adverse


B.

13,161 favourable


C.

13,600 adverse


D.

13,600 favourable


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Questions # 17:

Within a relevant range of output, the fixed cost per unit of a product will:

Options:

A.

Increase as total output increases


B.

Remain constant as total output increases


C.

Reduce as total output increases


D.

Impossible to tell without more information


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Questions # 18:

Within a relevant range of output, the variable cost per unit of output will:

Options:

A.

Increase as output increases


B.

Reduce as output increases


C.

Remain constant as output increases


D.

Be impossible to tell without further information


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Questions # 19:

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Question # 19

DS is manufacturing company that uses an integrated accounting system. The following payroll data is available for the month of August:

The Employers' National Insurance for the period was $13,790. An analysis of the wages is as follows:

Which of the following factors affect the budgeted cash flow:

(a) Funds from the issue of share capital

(b) Bank Interest on a long term loan

(c) Depreciation on fixed assets

(d) Bad debt write off

Options:

A.

Factors (a), (b), (c) and (d)


B.

Factors (a) and (b) only


C.

Factor (a) only


D.

Factors (b), (c) and (d) only


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Questions # 20:

The variable overhead efficiency variance is:

Options:

A.

The same as the direct labour efficiency variance


B.

The difference between the actual hours worked and the standard hours produced, multiplied by the variable overhead absorption rate


C.

The difference between the actual variable overheads incurred and those absorbed


D.

The actual hours worked multiplied by the variable overhead absorption rate


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