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601.

……….is the consolidated summary of the various functional budgets.

A. master budget
B. sales budget
C. performance budget
D. cash budget
Answer» B. sales budget
602.

………budget gives an estimate of the anticipated receipts and payment of cashduring the budget period.

A. sales
B. production
C. cash
D. master
Answer» D. master
603.

The budget relating to.................... must be prepared first and the other budgetsshould be prepared in the light of that factor.

A. limiting factor
B. materials
C. labour
D. production
Answer» B. materials
604.

…….is a budget which is updated continuously by adding a further period (amonth/quarter) and deducting a corresponding earlierperiod.

A. rolling budget
B. continuous budget
C. annual budget
D. both a & b
Answer» E.
605.

An input of 5000kg of material introduced into the process and the expected loss is 8% and if the actual output from the process is 4300, theabnormal loss is................. kg

A. 400
B. 300
C. 500
D. 600
Answer» C. 500
606.

Budgeting system…................ key managerial functions. School of Distance EducationCost Accounting Page 20

A. dismisses
B. integrates
C. discharges
D. none of these
Answer» C. discharges
607.

…..arises where the actual process loss is less than the normal predeterminedprocess loss.

A. normal loss
B. abnormal loss
C. abnormal gain
D. none of these
Answer» D. none of these
608.

In process costing, the abnormal loss is treated as .............. cost and writtenoff to profit & loss account.

A. unit
B. period
C. future
D. process
Answer» C. future
609.

The cost of......................process loss is absorbed in the cost of production ofgood units.

A. abnormal
B. normal
C. both a & b
D. none of these
Answer» C. both a & b
610.

.............……….process loss should be transferred to costing profit & lossaccount.

A. abnormal
B. normal
C. both a& b
D. none of these
Answer» B. normal
611.

Equivalent units represent the production of a process in terms of…..units.

A. completed
B. total production
C. semi-finished
D. both a& c
Answer» B. total production
612.

When actual loss is..........................than the estimated loss, the differencebetween the two is considered to be abnormal loss.

A. more
B. less
C. both a & b)
D. none of these
Answer» B. less
613.

When actual loss is................than the estimated loss, the differencebetween the two is considered to be abnormal gain

A. more
B. less
C. higher
D. none of these
Answer» C. higher
614.

In ……………………costing where standardized goods or services result from a sequence of repetitive and more or less continuous operations towhich costs are collected and averaged over the units produced during the year:

A. multiple
B. process
C. operation
D. single.
Answer» D. single.
615.

The method of costing applied in biscuit industries is...................costingand in steel industry…............. costing.

A. job, process
B. job, contract
C. batch, multiple
D. process, operation
Answer» B. job, contract
616.

In transportation costing a composite unit such as.......................is used.

A. passenger mile/km or ten kilometer
B. per km
C. per passenger
D. per stop
Answer» B. per km
617.

Boiler house costing is an example of..........................costing

A. operation
B. process
C. service
D. none of these
Answer» D. none of these
618.

In electricity supply company uses ...................... as cost unit.

A. kilo watt hour
B. per household
C. voltage
D. none of these
Answer» B. per household
619.

In transport costing...........................charges vary more or less in directproportion to kilometers run.

A. running
B. petrol
C. drivers salary
D. tax
Answer» B. petrol
620.

Maintenance charges are in the nature of..............................expenses.

A. fixed
B. variable
C. semi-variable
D. none of these
Answer» D. none of these
621.

….is the most suitable method in a transport industry.

A. operation costing
B. service costing
C. process costing
D. job costing
Answer» C. process costing
622.

If the amount of work certified is less than…......... of the contract price, thenno profit should be taken to Profit & Loss Account.

A. 20%
B. 25%
C. 33 1/3%
D. 40%
Answer» C. 33 1/3%
623.

When the completion stage of a contract is less than ¼, the totalexpenditure on the contract is transferred to...............................account.

A. work-in-progress
B. profit and loss account
C. miscellaneous account
D. none of these
Answer» B. profit and loss account
624.

The loss incurred on an incomplete contract is transferred to………….account.

A. costing profit and loss account
B. profit and loss account
C. trading account
D. deferred to next year.
Answer» C. trading account
625.

The .....................costing is applied when a quantity of similar and identicalproducts are manufactured together as one Job.

A. job
B. batch
C. operation
D. output
Answer» C. operation
626.

Economic Batch Quantity depends on...........................and…………..costs.

A. material, labour
B. set-up costs, carrying
C. transportation, carrying
D. warehousing, labour
Answer» C. transportation, carrying
627.

Economic Batch Quantity is an important point to be determined inindustries where...................... costing is employed.

A. job
B. batch
C. operation
D. output
Answer» C. operation
628.

An automobile service unit uses..........................costing.

A. specific order
B. batch
C. job
D. contract
Answer» D. contract
629.

Each job has a ..................... prepared for it that bears the job number andwhich is used to collect all cost data relating to job.

A. job time sheet
B. job cost card
C. job ticket
D. job account
Answer» C. job ticket
630.

Printers use ......................... costing.

A. process
B. batch
C. job
D. contract
Answer» D. contract
631.

In................................ each job is a cost unit to which all costs are assigned.

A. batch costing
B. job costing
C. process costing
D. operation costing
Answer» C. process costing
632.

The Profit/Volume ratio or marginal ratio expresses the relation of………………

A. profit
B. marginal cost
C. contribution
D. none of these
Answer» D. none of these
633.

Salary paid to general manager is an item of………………expenses.

A. fixed
B. variable
C. semi-variable
D. estimated
Answer» B. variable
634.

Telephone expense is ......................expense.

A. variable
B. semi-variable
C. fixed
D. none of these
Answer» C. fixed
635.

Fancy packing is an example of .................. expenses.

A. selling
B. distribution
C. administration
D. factory
Answer» B. distribution
636.

………expenses are partly fixed and partly variable.

A. all expenses
B. variable
C. fixed
D. semi-variable
Answer» E.
637.

Unsuccessful research expenditure should be ......................... costaccounts.

A. excluded from
B. included in
C. apportioned in
D. none of these
Answer» B. included in
638.

The per unit expense of the ……………portion factory overhead varies with the volume of production while…..........................portion remains thesame with volume.

A. fixed, variable
B. variable, fixed
C. variable, semi-variable
D. none of these
Answer» B. variable, fixed
639.

….expenses are excluded from cost.

A. normal
B. abnormal
C. both a & b
D. none of these
Answer» C. both a & b
640.

is the amount by which the absorbed overheads fall shortof the actual amount of overheads incurred.

A. over absorption of overheads
B. under absorption of overheads
C. overheads absorption
D. none of these.
Answer» C. overheads absorption
641.

is the excess of overheads absorbed over the actual amountof overheads incurred.

A. over absorption of overheads
B. under absorption of overheads
C. overheads absorption
D. none of these.
Answer» B. under absorption of overheads
642.

Under step method of re-apportionment of costs of service departments, the cost of last service department is apportioned only tothe …………..

A. production departments
B. service departments
C. both a & b
D. none of these
Answer» B. service departments
643.

In............................................, two piece rates are set for each job.

A. merrick’s multiple piece rate system
B. rowan’s premium plan
C. taylor’s differential piece rate system
D. none of these
Answer» D. none of these
644.

Under Merrick’s multiple piece rate system, ordinary piece rate is given to workers whose level of performance is between…........................of thestandard output.

A. 0% and 100%
B. 0% and 120%
C. 0% and 83%
D. none of these
Answer» D. none of these
645.

Under Merrick’s multiple piece rate system, 120% of the ordinarypiece rate is given to workers whose level of performance is between…........................of the standard output.

A. 83% and 100%
B. 100% and 120%
C. 0% and 83%
D. none of these
Answer» C. 0% and 83%
646.

Under Merrick’s multiple piece rate system, 110% of the ordinary piece rate is given to workers whose level of performance is between…….of the standard output.

A. 83% and 100%
B. 100% and 120%
C. 0% and 83%
D. none of these
Answer» B. 100% and 120%
647.

Given sales = 150000, Fixed costs = 30000, Profit = 40000.The variable cost is

A. 110000
B. 80000
C. 120000
D. 10000
Answer» C. 120000
648.

Taylors differential piece rate system provides for higher rate to …….workers.

A. inefficient
B. efficient
C. both a & b
D. lazy
Answer» C. both a & b
649.

………..is the practice of charging all costs, both variable and fixed , to operations,processes, or products.

A. marginal costing
B. absorption costing
C. differential costing
D. none of the above
Answer» C. differential costing
650.

……….is the excess of sales over marginal cost of sales

A. profit
B. margin
C. loss
D. contribution
Answer» E.