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Questions # 41:

An agricultural company uses activity based costing to charge overheads to its three products. One of the main activities is purchasing, budgeted details of which are as follows:

Additional budgeted data:

Question # 41

What is the budgeted purchasing overhead cost per kg of Product S?

Give your answer to 2 decimal places.


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Questions # 42:

Place the correct label against each item to categorise the cost of the item within the quality cost framework.

Question # 42


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Questions # 43:

Which of the following statements about expected value is NOT correct?

Options:

A.

It assumes that the decision is repeated a very large number of times.


B.

It draws management attention to the possibility of very high or very low outcomes.


C.

It is the weighted average outcome based on the probability of each outcome.


D.

It represents the distribution of possible outcomes by a single figure.


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Questions # 44:

Question # 44

Calculate the sensitivity of the investment decision to a change in the annual fixed costs.

By how much should the present value of the fixed cost increase, before this project is not viable?

Options:

A.

$7698


B.

$6390


C.

$9050


D.

$8675


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Questions # 45:

A company’s management is considering investing in a project with an expected life of 4 years. It has a positive net present value of $180,000 when cash flows are discounted at 8% per annum. The project’s cash flows include a cash outflow of $100,000 for each of the four years. No tax is payable on projects of this type.

The percentage increase in the annual cash outflow that would cause the company’s management to reject the project from a financial perspective is, to the nearest 0.1%:

Options:

A.

54.3%


B.

45.0%


C.

55,6%


D.

184.0%


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Questions # 46:

Which of the following are examples of feedforward control?

Select ALL that apply.

Options:

A.

Labour costs for individual jobs are forecast. The forecasts are used as the basis to determine the correct selling price to be quoted to the customer.


B.

The sales volume for the next quarter is forecast and compared with the planned volume. If there is a forecast shortfall action is taken to correct the difference.


C.

A target is set for the cash balance at the period end. The balance shown in the cash forecast is compared with the target and action is taken to ensure that the target balance is achieved.


D.

Actual inventory volumes are compared with planned volumes and control action is taken to correct any differences.


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Questions # 47:

Forecast sales demand of product W next period is 6,800 units. Product W requires 5 kg of material Y, seven hours of skilled labour and six hours of semi-skilled labour.

Availability of resources for next period is forecast as follows:

Question # 47

No inventories are held.

What is the principal budget factor for next period?

Options:

A.

Sales demand


B.

Availability of material Y


C.

Availability of skilled labour


D.

Availability of semi-skilled labour


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Questions # 48:

QR uses an activity based budgeting (ABB) system to budget product costs. It manufactures two products, product Q and product R. The budget details for these two products for the forthcoming period are as follows:

Question # 48

The total budgeted cost of setting up the machines is $74,400.

Select TWO potential benefits of using an activity based budgeting system.

Options:

A.

Activity based budgeting allows the ranking of activities and the determination of how limited resources should be allocated across competing activities.


B.

Activity based budgeting provides a clear framework for understanding the link between turnover and the level of activity.


C.

Activity based budgeting is useful for the review of quality systems utilization.


D.

Activity based budgeting allows the identification of value added and non-value added activity and ensures that any budget cuts are made to non-value added activities.


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Questions # 49:

Question # 49

Select the benefits to a company of using sensitivity analysis in investment appraisal.

(Select all the true statements.)

Options:

A.

Sensitivity analysis enables a company to determine the effect of changes to variables on the planned outcome.


B.

Sensitivity analysis enables a company to assess the risk associated with a project.


C.

Sensitivity analysis enables identification of fixed costs that are of special significance.


D.

Sensitivity analysis enables risk management strategies to be put in place to focus on those variables of special significance.


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Questions # 50:

Place the type of budget or cost against its definition.

Question # 50


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