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951.

__In accounting, cost incurred in past or in historical financial statements is classified as__

A. actual cost
B. budgeted cost
C. past cost
D. incurred cost
Answer» B. budgeted cost
952.

__Process of assigning indirect costs to any specific cost object is known as__

A. economic cost
B. cost tracing
C. cost allocation
D. non-economic costs
Answer» D. non-economic costs
953.

_Under which plan efficiency is shared by employee and employer equally?$?

A. Time rate
B. Gantts task and bonus plan
C. Halsey plan
D. Rowan plan
Answer» D. Rowan plan
954.

_This is a point at which the store keeper should initiate purchase requisition for fresh supply It is ________.$?

A. maximum stock level
B. minimum stock level
C. reorder level
D. average stock level
Answer» D. average stock level
955.

_Continuous stock taking is a part of ________.$?

A. annual stock taking
B. perpetual inventory
C. ABC analysis
D. VED analysis
Answer» C. ABC analysis
956.

_Increase in total variable cost is due to ________.$?

A. increase in fixed cost
B. increase in sales
C. increase in production
D. increase in efficiency
Answer» D. increase in efficiency
957.

_Directors remuneration and expenses form part of ________.$?

A. production overhead
B. administrative overhead
C. selling overhead
D. distribution overhead
Answer» C. selling overhead
958.

_Indirect materials can be apportioned on the basis of ________.$?

A. direct material
B. prime cost
C. direct labour hour
D. machine hour
Answer» B. prime cost
959.

_Reorder level = ________.$?

A. maximum level - minimum level
B. maximum consumption X maximum reorder period
C. minimum consumption x minimum reorder period
D. normal consumption X normal reorder period
Answer» C. minimum consumption x minimum reorder period
960.

_Wage sheet is prepared by ________.$?

A. time keeping department
B. personnel department
C. payroll department
D. cost accounting department
Answer» D. cost accounting department
961.

_Halsey premium plan is ________.$?

A. individual incentive scheme
B. group incentive scheme
C. time and piece wage system
D. differential piece wage system
Answer» B. group incentive scheme
962.

_Labour turnover is ______.$?

A. productivity of labour
B. efficiency of the labour
C. change in labour force
D. total cost of the labour
Answer» D. total cost of the labour
963.

_Time wages are paid on the basis of ________.$?

A. actual time
B. standard time
C. time saved
D. overtime
Answer» B. standard time
964.

____________ is the value of economic resources used as a result of producing or doing the thing costed.$?

A. Cost
B. Inventory
C. Labour
D. overhead
Answer» B. Inventory
965.

_Scrap is ________.$?

A. residue of material
B. wastage of material
C. surplus material
D. abnormal loss of material
Answer» B. wastage of material
966.

_An inward delivery charges and custom duties are classified as$?

A. direct labour costs
B. indirect labour costs
C. direct material costs
D. indirect material costs
Answer» D. indirect material costs
967.

_If direct material cost is $5500 and prime cost is $25000, then direct manufacturing labour would be$?

A. $19,500
B. $30,500
C. $45,500
D. $22,500
Answer» B. $30,500
968.

_Costs are classified as fixed or variable on basis of$?

A. specific activity
B. given time period
C. common activity
D. both a and b
Answer» E.
969.

_In income statement of merchandising costs, period cost includes all costs which are not related to$?

A. cost of resale goods
B. cost of manufacturing goods
C. timed resale of goods
D. cost of purchased goods
Answer» E.
970.

_In an income statement, when costs become cost of sold goods and manufactured products are sold, such costs are$?

A. inventoriable costs
B. finished costs
C. factory overhead costs
D. manufacturing overhead costs
Answer» B. finished costs
971.

_In cost terms, direct manufacturing labour cost is included in$?

A. manufacturing costs
B. prime costs
C. conversion costs
D. both B and C
Answer» E.
972.

_Labour which works as forklift truck, plant guards and rework labour is classified as$?

A. prime overhead
B. conversion overhead
C. factory overhead
D. manufacturing overhead
Answer» E.
973.

_Direct material cost is $75000 and direct manufacturing labour is $20000, then prime cost would be$?

A. $55,000
B. $37,500
C. $95,000
D. $26,000
Answer» D. $26,000
974.

_In normal costing, situation in which allocated amount of indirect cost is greater than incurred cost, is considered as$?

A. incurred indirect cost
B. over allocated indirect cost
C. applied indirect cost
D. applied direct cost
Answer» C. applied indirect cost
975.

_An average unit cost, applicable to each similar produced units is classified as$?

A. per unit cost
B. per post cost
C. per price cost
D. application cost
Answer» B. per post cost
976.

_If budgeted total direct labour hours are 3800 and budgeted direct labour cost is $480000, then budgeted direct labour cost rate will be$?

A. $126.32 per labour hour
B. $128.32 per labour hour
C. $130 per labour hour
D. $132 per labour hour
Answer» B. $128.32 per labour hour
977.

_Costing and allocating situation, in which indirect cost allocated amount is less than actually incurred amount is known as$?

A. over allocated budget
B. under allocated budget
C. under allocated indirect cost
D. over allocated direct cost
Answer» D. over allocated direct cost
978.

_Costing technique, in which actual direct rates are multiplied to quantity of direct cost inputs is classified as$?

A. priced costing
B. actual costing
C. direct costing
D. indirect costing
Answer» C. direct costing
979.

_Procedure of assigning direct cost to any cost abject is classified as$?

A. sales allocation
B. cost tracing
C. cost allocation
D. sales tracing
Answer» D. sales tracing
980.

_In a normal accounting period, allocated amount of indirect cost is $2000 and actual amount is $2200, then this is classified as$?

A. over allocated budget
B. under allocated budget
C. under allocated indirect cost
D. over allocated direct cost
Answer» B. under allocated budget
981.

_In normal costing, budgeted rate is multiplied to an actual quantity, which have been used as allocation base to calculate$?

A. budget overhead applied
B. manufacturing overhead applied
C. labour overhead applied
D. none of above
Answer» C. labour overhead applied
982.

_An amount of spoilage that is natural in any particular production process is classified as$?

A. normal scrap
B. normal spoilage
C. abnormal spoilage
D. weighted spoilage
Answer» C. abnormal spoilage
983.

_Sum of beginning work in process inventory units and started units, is subtracted from sum of ending work in process inventory units and transferred out units of goods to calculate$?

A. Gross weighted spoilage
B. inventoriable spoilage
C. partial spoilage
D. total spoilage
Answer» E.
984.

_Aspects of accounting for scrap includes$?

A. physical tracking
B. non-inventoriable costing
C. inventory costing
D. both a and c
Answer» E.
985.

_Third step in constant gross margin percentage NRV Method to allocate joint cost is to compute$?

A. Gross margin percentage
B. total production cost of each product
C. allocated joint costs
D. cost of split off point
Answer» D. cost of split off point
986.

_In process and job costing system, normal spoilage cost is considered as$?

A. conversion costs
B. sunk costs
C. inventoriable costs
D. non inventoriable costs
Answer» D. non inventoriable costs
987.

_Joint cost allocation method for joint products, which is based on achievable value is known as$?

A. joint products value at split off method
B. main product cost at split off method
C. Gross realizable value method
D. net realizable value method
Answer» E.
988.

_Final sales is subtracted from net realizable value is used to calculate$?

A. separable costs
B. inseparable costs
C. joint costs
D. floating costs
Answer» B. inseparable costs
989.

_Second step, in constant gross margin percentage NRV method, to allocate joint cost is to compute$?

A. allocated joint costs
B. cost of split off point
C. Gross margin percentage
D. total production cost of each product
Answer» E.
990.

_Number of units are multiplied to per unit price, to calculate$?

A. multiple budget variable
B. fixed budget variable
C. flexible budget variable
D. constant budget
Answer» D. constant budget
991.

_Difference between flexible budget amount and corresponding static budget amount is classified as$?

A. sales revenue variance
B. cost profit variance
C. profit volume variance
D. sales volume variance
Answer» E.
992.

_Subtracted flexible budget amount can form an actual result to calculate$?

A. unstated budget variance
B. flexible budget variance
C. constant budget variance
D. static budget variance
Answer» C. constant budget variance
993.

_Flexible budget amount is $57000 and flexible budget variance is $14000, then actual result amount will be$?

A. $61,000
B. $71,000
C. $43,000
D. $24,000
Answer» C. $43,000
994.

_In activity based costing method implementation, indirect costs are allocated by using the$?

A. no cost pool
B. One or two cost pools
C. sustained tracing
D. support tracing
Answer» C. sustained tracing
995.

_Budgeted total cost in indirect cost pool is divided by budgeted total quantity of cost allocation base is to calculate by$?

A. budgeted direct cost rate
B. budgeted indirect cost rate
C. expected indirect cost rate
D. direct budget percentage
Answer» C. expected indirect cost rate
996.

_Costs of all activities for a group of products, rather than individual product can be classified as$?

A. activity level costs
B. input level costs
C. batch level costs
D. output level costs
Answer» D. output level costs
997.

_Which of following is an example of revenue center?$?

A. sales department
B. investing center
C. marketing department
D. segment department
Answer» B. investing center
998.

_System which measures budget, action and plan of each responsibility center is known as$?

A. budgeted accounting
B. action accounting
C. planned accounting
D. responsibility accounting
Answer» E.
999.

_Product which requires large amount of resources, but incur low per unit cost is classified as$?

A. product under costing
B. product over costing
C. expected under cost
D. expected over cost
Answer» B. product over costing
1000.

_Larger number of manager subordinates and higher level manager are termed as$?

A. activity subordinates
B. broader responsibility center
C. broader subordinates
D. activity ordinates
Answer» C. broader subordinates