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1151.

If budgeted annual indirect cost is $85000 and budgeted annual quantity of cost allocation base is $7500, then budgeted indirect cost rate would be?

A. 112.34 per piece
B. 113.34 per piece
C. 111.34 per piece
D. 110.34 per piece
Answer» C. 111.34 per piece
1152.

If an actual manufacturing overhead costs is $225000 and actual total quantity of cost allocation base is 2500 labour hours, then overhead rate will be?

A. $60
B. $90
C. $80
D. $70
Answer» C. $80
1153.

If budgeted cost in indirect cost pool is $144500 and total quantity of cost allocation base is $165500, then budgeted indirect cost rate will be?

A. 67.30%
B. 87.31%
C. 55.50%
D. 45.50%
Answer» C. 55.50%
1154.

If budgeted annual manufacturing indirect cost is $2250000 and cost allocation base is 2800 labour hour, then budgeted manufacturing overhead rate will be?

A. $803.571 per labour hour
B. $805 per labour hour
C. $905 per labour hour
D. $802 per labour hour
Answer» B. $805 per labour hour
1155.

Total cost of producing similar products divided by number of units produced is a technique known as?

A. sale costing system
B. job costing system
C. price costing system
D. process costing system
Answer» E.
1156.

Costing, which explains how and when scrap affects operating income of company is classified as?

A. inventory costing
B. conversion costing
C. normal scrap costing
D. abnormal scrap costing
Answer» B. conversion costing
1157.

An amount of spoilage that is not natural in a specific production process is categorized as?

A. normal scrap
B. normal spoilage
C. abnormal spoilage
D. weighted spoilage
Answer» D. weighted spoilage
1158.

If transferred out total cost is $1850000 and number of good units (produced), then cost per good unit transferred out and completed can be?

A. 245.1724
B. 255.1724
C. 278.1724
D. 268.1724
Answer» C. 278.1724
1159.

Gross margin percentage in constant gross-margin percentage NRV method is based on?

A. total labour costs
B. total production
C. total revenues
D. total costs
Answer» C. total revenues
1160.

Partial or completed units of manufactured goods, that do not meet customer specifications and get sold at reduced price or simply discarded, are called?

A. spoilage
B. rework
C. scrap
D. equivalence
Answer» B. rework
1161.

In a joint process of production, two or more products that yield high volume of sales as compared to total sales of other products are classified as?

A. split off product
B. joint product
C. sunk product
D. main product
Answer» C. sunk product
1162.

Percentage of overall gross margin is multiplied to final sales value of products total production is used to calculate?

A. Gross margin in terms of amount of money
B. Gross margin in terms of separable costs
C. Gross margin in terms of total cost
D. Gross margin in terms of labour cost
Answer» B. Gross margin in terms of separable costs
1163.

If value of final sales is $48000 and net realizable value is $35000, then value of sales costs would be?

A. $35,000
B. $13,000
C. $83,000
D. $48,000
Answer» C. $83,000
1164.

An actual selling price is subtracted from budgeted selling price, and then multiplied to actual sold units to calculate?

A. profit variance
B. investment variance
C. cost variance
D. selling price variance
Answer» E.
1165.

If flexible budget amount is $82000 and actual result is $45000 then flexible budget amount will be?

A. $97,000
B. $87,000
C. $27,000
D. $37,000
Answer» E.
1166.

If static budget is $208000 and flexible budget amount is $305000, then sales budget variance will be?

A. $67,000
B. $97,000
C. $57,000
D. $47,000
Answer» C. $57,000
1167.

Flexible budget amount is added to flexible budget variance to calculate?

A. static result
B. actual result
C. secondary result
D. primary result
Answer» C. secondary result
1168.

Cost pool category, which have similar cause and effect relationship, with each cost driver uses as an allocation base is classified as?

A. heterogeneous price pool
B. homogenous cost pool
C. heterogeneous cost pool
D. homogenous price pool
Answer» C. heterogeneous cost pool
1169.

An approach in which company under-costs it's one product and over-costs at least one product is classified as?

A. service-cost across subsidizing
B. product-price cross subsidizing
C. product-cost cross subsidizing
D. product cross subsidizing
Answer» D. product cross subsidizing
1170.

Broad's average use to assign cost of revenue to cost objects will be classified as?

A. refined costing system
B. refined selling system
C. undefined costing
D. defined selling system
Answer» B. refined selling system
1171.

Segment of subunit of company, whose manager is responsible for specific set of instructions and activities perform is classified as?

A. subunit center
B. instruction center
C. responsibility center
D. activity segment
Answer» D. activity segment
1172.

Manager who is responsible only for revenues of company can be categorized under the?

A. profit center
B. investment center
C. cost center
D. revenue center
Answer» E.
1173.

Hierarchy which is based on different types of cost allocation and drivers, is to categorize cost pool activity is classified as?

A. cost hierarchy
B. price hierarchy
C. activity hierarchy
D. purpose hierarchy
Answer» B. price hierarchy
1174.

A manager, who is responsible for both cost and revenues belongs to department of?

A. cost center
B. revenue center
C. profit center
D. investment center
Answer» D. investment center
1175.

Third step in developing operating budget is?

A. analysis of batches
B. analysis of batches
C. analysis of products
D. making predictions about future
Answer» E.
1176.

If actual result is $25000 and flexible budget amount is $11000, then flexible budget amount is?

A. $36,000
B. $46,000
C. $56,000
D. $14,000
Answer» E.
1177.

"How many units must be sold if company wants to achieve a profit of Rs 11,000 for the year?Selling price - Rs 6 per unitVariable production cost - Rs 1.20 per unitVariable selling cost - Rs 0.40 per unitFixed production cost - Rs 4 per unitFixed selling cost - Rs 0.80 per unitBudgeted production and sales for the year are 10,000 units."?

A. 2,500 units
B. 9,833 units
C. 10,625 units
D. 13,409 units
Answer» E.
1178.

"Calculate the most appropriate unit cost for a distribution division of a multinational company using the following information.Miles travelled 636,500Tonnes carried 2,479Number of drivers 20Hours worked by drivers 35,520Tonnes miles carried 375,200Cost incurred 562,800"?

A. Rs .88
B. Rs 1.50
C. Rs 15.84
D. Rs28, 140
Answer» C. Rs 15.84
1179.

If credit sales for the year is Rs 5,40,000 and Debtors at the end of year is Rs 90,000 the Average Collection Period will be?

A. 30 days
B. 61 days
C. 90 days
D. 120 days
Answer» C. 90 days
1180.

_________ is also known as working capital ratio.?

A. Current ratio
B. Quick ratio
C. Liquid ratio
D. Debt-equity ratio
Answer» B. Quick ratio
1181.

In case of joint products, the main objective of accounting of the cost is to apportion the joint costs incurred up to the split off point. For cost apportionment one company has chosen Physical Quantity Method. Three joint products ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ are produced in the same process. Up to the point of split off the total production of A, B and C is 60,000 kg, out of which ‘A’ produces 30,000 kg and joint costs are Rs 3,60,000. Joint costs allocated to product A is.?

A. Rs 1,20,000
B. Rs 60,000
C. Rs 1,80,000
D. None of the these
Answer» D. None of the these
1182.

Document, which contains information about used material sequence, detail and quantity of raw material is classified as?

A. bill of materials
B. bill of sequence
C. bill of detail
D. bill of raw materials
Answer» B. bill of sequence
1183.

Method which considers lowest and highest values of cost driver and cost within relevant range is called?

A. low high method
B. constant equation
C. variable equation
D. high low method
Answer» E.
1184.

In linear cost function, fixed cost is considered as?

A. constant
B. variable
C. exponent
D. base
Answer» B. variable
1185.

Following information is available of PQR for year ended March, 20XX: 4,000 units in process, 3,800 units output, 10% of input is normal wastage, Rs 2.50 per unit is scrap value and Rs 46,000 incurred towards total process cost then amount on account of abnormal gain to be transferred to Costing P&L will be:-?

A. Rs 2,500
B. Rs 2,000
C. Rs 4,000
D. Rs 3,500
Answer» B. Rs 2,000
1186.

In case of rising prices (inflation), FIFO method will:?

A. provide lowest value of closing stock and profit
B. provide highest value of closing stock and profit
C. provide highest value of closing stock but lowest value of profit
D. provide highest value of profit but lowest value of closing stock
Answer» C. provide highest value of closing stock but lowest value of profit
1187.

Departmentalization of overhead is known as ________.?

A. primary distribution
B. secondary distribution
C. absorption
D. allocation
Answer» B. secondary distribution
1188.

Office and administrative expenses can be charged on the basis of _______.?

A. material cost
B. labour cost
C. prime cost
D. factory cost
Answer» D. factory cost
1189.

Budgeted total direct labour cost is divided with budgeted total direct labour to calculate?

A. budgeted indirect labour cost rate
B. expected direct labour cost rate
C. budgeted direct labour cost rate
D. expected indirect labour cost rate
Answer» D. expected indirect labour cost rate
1190.

As compared to sale value of main products, by-products have?

A. low sale value
B. high sale value
C. unstable sale value
D. relevant sale value
Answer» B. high sale value
1191.

Time keeping refers to _______.?

A. time spent by worker on their job
B. time spent by workers in the factory
C. time spent by workers without work
D. time spent by workers off their job
Answer» C. time spent by workers without work
1192.

Labour cost is the second element of ________.?

A. cost
B. profit
C. sales
D. task
Answer» B. profit
1193.

Warehouse rent is a part of ________.?

A. prime cost
B. factory cost
C. distribution cost
D. production cost
Answer» D. production cost
1194.

Cost accounting concepts include all the following except ________.?

A. planning
B. controlling
C. profit sharing
D. product costing
Answer» D. product costing
1195.

Recreation expenses in factory are apportioned on the basis of ________.?

A. material cost
B. wages
C. prime cost
D. number of employees
Answer» E.
1196.

The expenses relating to a particular process is ________.?

A. debited to that process a/c
B. credited to that process a/c
C. debited to costing profit and loss a/c
D. debited to profit and loss a/c
Answer» B. credited to that process a/c
1197.

Discarded material substances having no value is called ________.?

A. waste
B. scrap
C. defectives
D. spoilage
Answer» B. scrap
1198.

Fixed cost per unit increases when _______.?

A. variable cost per unit increases
B. variable cost per unit decreases
C. production volume increases
D. production volume decreases
Answer» E.
1199.

Centers such as revenue, cost, investment and profit all are known as?

A. marketing center
B. financial center
C. responsibility center
D. planning center
Answer» D. planning center
1200.

Factor which provides hedge to managers in adverse and unexpected circumstances is known as?

A. budgetary slack
B. costly slack
C. influential slack
D. target slack
Answer» B. costly slack