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Multiple Choice Questions
F5 - Performance Management
Mr. Ghan Shyam Dubey
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ACCA F5 Performance Management
1. Which of the following are characteristics of management accounting information?
I.
II.
III.
IV.
Non-financial as well as financial
Used by all stakeholders
Concerned with cost control only
Not legally required
(a) I and IV only
(b) II and III only
(c) I, II and III only
(d) II, III and IV only
2. Which of the following statements about cost and management accounting are
true?
I.
II.
III.
IV.
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) I and II only
(b) I and IV only
(c) II and III only
(d) III and IV only
The following information relates to questions 3 and 4
Budgeted information relating to two departments in a company for the next period is as
follows:
Department
1
2
Production
overhead
$
27,000
18,000
Direct
material
cost
$
67,500
36,000
Direct
labour
cost
$
13,500
100,000
Direct
labour
hours
Machine
hours
2,700
25,000
45,000
300
Individual direct labour employees within each department earn differing rates of pay,
according to their skills, grade and experience.
3. What is the most appropriate production overhead absorption rate for department
1?
(a) 40% of direct material cost
(b) 200% of direct labour cost
(c) $10 per direct labour hour
(d) $0.60 per machine hour
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4. What is the most appropriate production overhead absorption rate for department
2?
(a) 50% of direct material cost
(b) 18% of direct labour cost
(c) $0.72 per direct labour hour
(d) $60 per machine hour
5. Which of the following statements about predetermined overhead absorption
rates are true?
I.
II.
III.
Using a predetermined absorption rate avoids fluctuations in unit costs caused
by abnormally high or low overhead expenditure or activity levels.
Using a predetermined absorption rate offers the administrative convenience
of being able to record full production costs sooner.
Using a predetermined absorption rate avoids problems of under/over
absorption of overheads because a constant overhead rate is available.
(a) I and II only
(b) I and III only
(c) II and III only
(d) I, II and III
The following information relates to questions 6 and 7
Cost and selling price details for product Z are as follows:
Direct materials
Direct labour
Variable overhead
Fixed overhead absorption rate
Profit
Selling price
$ per unit
6.00
7.50
2.50
5.00
----21.00
9.00
----30.00
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Budgeted production for the month was 5,000 units through the company managed to
produce 5,800 units, selling 5,200 of them and incurring fixed overhead costs of
$27,400.
6. The profit under the marginal costing method for the month is:
(a) $45,400
(b) $46,800
(c) $53,800
(d) $72,800
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7. The profit under the absorption costing method for the month is:
(a) $45,200
(b) $45,400
(c) $46,800
(d) $48,400
8. Studley Ltd uses activity based costing.
The budgeted distribution costs for the next year are:
Transport costs
Order processing
Total distribution costs
$2,631
$1,573
-------$4,204
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It is estimated that in the next year, 325,000 orders will be processed, and that
the delivery vehicles will travel 1,495,000 km.
A customer has indicated that 138 orders, each of which will require a journey of
122 km for each order will be placed next year.
To the nearest $, what is the distribution cost for this customer?
(a) $47,342
(b) $38,891
(c) $30,299
(d) $1,785
9. The directors of Wiltshire Ltd are considering the introduction of activity based
costing (ABC). A trainee manager has asked which of the following comments
about the calculation of overhead cost using ABC are not correct:
I.
Each individual cost will have a unique, identifiable, cost driver
II.
The volume of activity has no influence on cost
III.
The overhead cost calculated using ABC will always be significantly different
from the overhead cost calculated using absorption costing
(a) II and III only
(b) I and II only
(c) I and III only
(d) I, II and III
10. The budgeted overheads of Coleman Ltd for the next year have been analysed as
follows:
$000
640
450
180
Machine running costs
Purchase order processing costs
Production run set up costs
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In the next year, it is anticipated that machine will run for 32,000 hours, 6,000
purchase orders will be processed and there will be 450 production runs.
One of the company’s products is produced in batches of 500. Each batch
requires a separate production run, 30 purchase orders and 750 machine hours.
Using Activity Based Costing, what is the overhead cost per unit of the product?
(a) $0.99
(b) $1.59
(c) $35.30
(d) $495.00
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