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1251.

Element/s of Cost of a product are:

A. Material only
B. Labour only
C. Expenses only
D. Material, Labour and expenses
Answer» E.
1252.

Describe the cost unit applicable to the Bicycle industry:

A. per part of bicycle
B. per bicycle
C. per tonne
D. per day
Answer» C. per tonne
1253.

Bin Card is a?

A. Quantitative as well as value wise records of material received, issued and balance
B. Quantitative record of material received, issued and balance
C. Value wise records of material received, issued and balance
D. a record of labour attendance
Answer» C. Value wise records of material received, issued and balance
1254.

If relevant opportunity cost of capital is $2950 and relevant carrying cost of inventory is $6700, then relevant incremental cost will be

A. $9,650
B. $2,350
C. $3,750
D. $2,750
Answer» D. $2,750
1255.

An ability of an accounting system, to point out use of resources in every step of production process is called

A. back-flush trails
B. audit trails
C. trigger trails
D. lead manufacturing trails
Answer» C. trigger trails
1256.

If an average inventory is 2000 units, annual relevant carrying cost of each unit is $5, then annual relevant carrying cost will be

A. $5,000
B. $4,500
C. $5,500
D. $6,000
Answer» B. $4,500
1257.

Relationship between change in activity and change in total costs is considered as

A. fixed relationship
B. cause and effect relationship
C. ineffective relationship
D. variable relationship
Answer» C. ineffective relationship
1258.

In accounting, cost which is predicted to be incurred or future cost is known as

A. past cost
B. incurred cost
C. actual cost
D. budgeted cost
Answer» E.
1259.

The method in which issue prices of material is computed by dividing total purchase cost of material in stock with total quantity in stock ________.

A. Simple average method
B. weighted average method
C. periodical average method
D. periodic simple average method
Answer» C. periodical average method
1260.

The process of setting standards and comparing actual performance with standards with a view to control the cost is ________.

A. cost reduction
B. cost control
C. cost allocation
D. cost ascertainment
Answer» C. cost allocation
1261.

The most important element of cost in manufacturing industries is _________.

A. material
B. labour
C. direct costs
D. indirect costs
Answer» B. labour
1262.

Bad debt is an example of ________.

A. production overhead
B. administrative overhead
C. selling overhead
D. distribution overhead
Answer» D. distribution overhead
1263.

The allotment of whole item of cost to cost centre or cost units is called _________.

A. cost allocation
B. cost apportionment
C. cost absorption
D. cost disbursement
Answer» B. cost apportionment
1264.

The process of redistribution of service department costs to production departments is ________.

A. departmentalization
B. primary distribution
C. secondary distribution
D. classification
Answer» D. classification
1265.

Merricks multiple piece rate system has _______.

A. two rates
B. three rates
C. four rates
D. five rates
Answer» C. four rates
1266.

Normal idle time __________.

A. can be avoided
B. can be minimized
C. cannot be avoided
D. can be controlled
Answer» D. can be controlled
1267.

When standard output is 10 units per hour and actual output is 12 units per hour, the efficiency is ________.

A. 75%
B. 80%
C. 90%
D. 120%
Answer» E.
1268.

GRN number refers to________.

A. goods received note number
B. goods returned note number
C. goods shortage note number
D. goods requisition note number
Answer» B. goods returned note number
1269.

Difference between attendance time and job time is _______.

A. job time
B. over time
C. actual time
D. idle time
Answer» E.
1270.

Material requisition is meant for ________.

A. purchase of material
B. supply of material from stores
C. sale of material
D. storage of material
Answer» C. sale of material
1271.

LIFO method of pricing of materials is more suitable when _________.

A. material prices are rising
B. material prices are falling
C. material prices are constant
D. material prices are fluctuating
Answer» B. material prices are falling
1272.

In costing of project, wages paid to workers for unproductive work at time of material shortage is termed as

A. indirect wages
B. health wages
C. idle time wages
D. shortage time wages
Answer» D. shortage time wages
1273.

Health care premium for workers and pension costs are included in

A. payroll fringe costs
B. health costs
C. premium costs
D. workers costs
Answer» B. health costs
1274.

Material or anything for which cost is to be measured is known as

A. measurement object
B. cost object
C. accounting object
D. budget object
Answer» C. accounting object
1275.

For companies in service sector, cost which is not considerable is

A. Inventoriable costs
B. finished costs
C. factory overhead costs
D. manufacturing overhead costs
Answer» B. finished costs
1276.

Terms used in manufacturing cost systems are

A. manufacturing costs
B. prime costs
C. conversion costs
D. both B and C
Answer» E.
1277.

Direct material costs are added into direct manufacturing costs to calculate

A. discuss costs
B. prime costs
C. resale cost
D. merchandise costs
Answer» C. resale cost
1278.

Wages and other benefits, provided to assembly line workers and operators of machine are classified under

A. work in process costs
B. finished costs
C. direct manufacturing labour costs
D. indirect manufacturing labour costs
Answer» E.
1279.

An inventory, which consists of partially worked goods or work in progress is called

A. direct materials inventory
B. work in process inventory
C. finished goods inventory
D. indirect material inventory
Answer» C. finished goods inventory
1280.

If budgeted annual indirect cost is $60000, budgeted annual quantity of cost allocation base is $3600, then budgeted indirect cost rate will be

A. 15.67 per piece
B. 16.67 per piece
C. 14.67 per piece
D. 13.67 per piece
Answer» C. 14.67 per piece
1281.

An approach which yields benefits of normal costing and actual manufacturing overhead is classified as

A. unadjusted allocation rate approach
B. adjusted budget rate approach
C. unadjusted budget rate approach
D. adjusted allocation rate approach
Answer» E.
1282.

Single or multiple units of distinct services or products are classified as

A. cost
B. job
C. post
D. price
Answer» C. post
1283.

Manufacturing overhead cost allocated to individual jobs is classified as

A. manufacturing overhead allocated
B. cost overhead applied
C. manufacturing overhead applied
D. both A and C
Answer» E.
1284.

If an actual indirect cost incur is $35000 and indirect cost allocated is $43000, then under allocated indirect cost will be

A. $78,000
B. -$78000
C. -$8000
D. $8,000
Answer» D. $8,000
1285.

An allocation approach, in which all overhead entries are restated using actual cost rates in place of budgeted rates is called

A. unadjusted budget rate approach
B. adjusted allocation rate approach
C. unadjusted allocation rate approach
D. adjusted budget rate approach
Answer» C. unadjusted allocation rate approach
1286.

If budgeted indirect cost arte is $115 and budgeted cost allocation base is $830 per hour, then annual indirect cost (budgeted) will be

A. $93,450
B. $94,560
C. $96,450
D. $95,450
Answer» E.
1287.

If budgeted cost in indirect cost pool is $139600 and total quantity of cost allocation base is $155600, then budgeted indirect cost rate would be

A. 69.72%
B. 79.72%
C. 99.75%
D. 89.72%
Answer» E.
1288.

Residual material which results from manufacturing products is called

A. reduced work
B. spoilage
C. rework
D. scrap
Answer» E.
1289.

Units of normal spoilage are divided to total completed units, rather than total actual produced units to calculate

A. normal spoilage rates
B. abnormal spoilage rates
C. normal scrap rates
D. abnormal scrap rates
Answer» B. abnormal spoilage rates
1290.

An example of rework is

A. short lengths from wood work
B. defective aluminium cans recycled by manufacturer
C. detection of defective pieces before shipment
D. none of above
Answer» D. none of above
1291.

Net realizable value is added into separate costs to calculate

A. split off costs
B. final cost of direct labour
C. final sales
D. final costs
Answer» D. final costs
1292.

Value of sales considers sales value at split off method is of

A. entire direct material of accounting period
B. entire production of accounting period
C. portion of production of accounting period
D. entire indirect material of accounting period
Answer» C. portion of production of accounting period
1293.

Gross margin is subtracted from sales value of all production to yield

A. labour cost incurred on product
B. production cost incurred on product
C. marketing cost incurred on product
D. all of above
Answer» C. marketing cost incurred on product
1294.

Costs incurred in production process that yield range of products simultaneously are known as

A. separable costs
B. joint costs
C. main costs
D. split off costs
Answer» C. main costs
1295.

Method which allocates joint costs of joint products, considering physical measures such as volume or relative weight at point of split off is known as

A. direct cost measure method
B. indirect cost measure method
C. physical-measure method
D. relative-measure method
Answer» D. relative-measure method
1296.

Difference between flexible budget amount and corresponding actual result is called

A. corresponding variance
B. resultant variance
C. flexible budget variance
D. static budget variance
Answer» D. static budget variance
1297.

Number of units are 5000 and per unit price is $60, then flexible budget variable would be

A. $5,000,000
B. $3,000,000
C. $2,000,000
D. $1,000,000
Answer» C. $2,000,000
1298.

If static budget amount is $9000, flexible budget amount is $20000, then sales volume variance will be

A. $29,000
B. $11,000
C. $15,000
D. $10,000
Answer» C. $15,000
1299.

If flexible budget amount is $62000 and an actual result is $35000, then flexible budget amount would be

A. $27,000
B. $37,000
C. $97,000
D. $87,000
Answer» B. $37,000
1300.

Factors that accelerate process of refining a costing system include

A. increase in product diversity
B. increase in indirect costs
C. product market competitions
D. all of above
Answer» E.