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1301.

If static budget amount is $6000 and flexible budget amount is $15000, then sales volume variance will be

A. $9,000
B. $8,000
C. $12,000
D. $21,000
Answer» B. $8,000
1302.

In an activity based costing implementation, product's diverse demand is based on

A. batch size
B. complexity
C. process steps
D. all of above
Answer» E.
1303.

Use of variables to signal whether strategies are effective or ineffective is classified as

A. evaluating strategy
B. performing strategy
C. warned strategy
D. weighted strategy
Answer» B. performing strategy
1304.

Variance used by managers to check whether company has performed well and properly implemented strategies is considered as

A. strategic implementation
B. proper implementation
C. performance evaluation
D. well evaluated
Answer» D. well evaluated
1305.

In activity based costing method implementation, an output unit level costs are classified as

A. indirect costs
B. direct cost
C. labour cost
D. raw material cost
Answer» B. direct cost
1306.

A manager who is responsible for only cost of company belongs to

A. cost center
B. revenue center
C. profit center
D. investment center
Answer» B. revenue center
1307.

Part of master budget, which covers capital expenditures, budgeted statement of cash flows and balance sheet is classified as

A. financial budget
B. capital budget
C. cash flows budget
D. balanced budget
Answer» B. capital budget
1308.

Chances of cost to be considered as variable are more, if the

A. time horizons are long
B. time horizons are short
C. time horizons are irrelevant
D. time horizons are relevant
Answer» B. time horizons are short
1309.

"What is the company's breakeven point: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. 8,000 units
B. 8,333 units
C. 10,000 units
D. 10,909 units
Answer» E.
1310.

Which of the following organisations should not be advised to use service costing?

A. Distribution service
B. Hospital
C. Maintenance division of a manufacturing company
D. A light engineering company
Answer» E.
1311.

"For the financial year ended as on March 31, 20XX the figures extracted from the balance sheet of Xerox Limited as under:Opening Stock Rs 29,000; Purchases Rs 2,42,000; Sales Rs 3,20,000; Gross Profit 25% of Sales.Stock Turnover Ratio will be" :-

A. 8 times
B. 6 times
C. 9 times
D. 10 times
Answer» B. 6 times
1312.

A budget which is prepared in a manner so as to give the budgeted cost for any level of activity is known as:

A. Master budget
B. Zero base budget
C. (Functional budget
D. Flexible budget
Answer» E.
1313.

"After inviting tenders for supply of raw materials, two quotations are received as follows—Supplier P Rs 2.20 per unit, Supplier Q Rs 2.10 per unit plus Rs 2,000 fixed charges irrespective of the units ordered. The order quantity for which the purchase price per unit will be the same—"#

A. 22,000 units
B. 20,000 units
C. 21,000 units
D. None of the above.
Answer» C. 21,000 units
1314.

In master budgeting, cost drivers for manufacturing overhead costs are

A. direct manufacturing labour-hours
B. setup labour-hours
C. budgeted labour-hours
D. both a and b
Answer» E.
1315.

Considering relationship of variables, relationship in which activity cost is included in dependent variable, which has similar cost driver is classified as

A. heterogeneous relationship
B. extreme relationship
C. no homogeneous relationship
D. homogeneous relationship
Answer» E.
1316.

In regression equation Y = $6000 + (per unit cost x number of units), '$6000' is a

A. constant
B. variable
C. expression
D. base and exponent
Answer» B. variable
1317.

The P/v ratio of a company is 50% and margin of safety is 40%. If present sales is Rs 30,00,000 then Break Even Point in Rs will be

A. Rs 9,00,000
B. Rs 18,00,000
C. Rs 5,00,000
D. None of the above
Answer» C. Rs 5,00,000
1318.

Which one out of the following is not an inventory valuation method?

A. FIFO
B. LIFO
C. Weighted Average
D. EOQ
Answer» E.
1319.

Sundry overhead expenses may be apportioned in the ratio of ________.

A. material consumed
B. number of employees
C. labour hours
D. machine hours
Answer» D. machine hours
1320.

Factory overhead can be charged on the basis of _______.

A. material cost
B. labour cost
C. prime cost
D. direct expenses
Answer» B. labour cost
1321.

Method which determines weights of cost allocation by considering cost of each user as separate entity is known as

A. bundled products allocation method
B. variable cost allocation method
C. stand-alone cost allocation method
D. incremental cost allocation method
Answer» D. incremental cost allocation method
1322.

Difference between final sales value and separable costs is equal to

A. net income
B. net realizable value
C. Gross margin
D. Gross realizable value
Answer» C. Gross margin
1323.

Over time is ________.

A. actual hours being more than normal time
B. actual hours being more than standard time
C. standard hours being more than actual hours
D. actual hours being less than standard time
Answer» B. actual hours being more than standard time
1324.

Bonus under Rowan scheme is paid ________.

A. as a proportion of standard time to actual time
B. as a proportion of actual time to standard time
C. as a proportion of time saved to standard time
D. as a proportion of standard time to time saved
Answer» D. as a proportion of standard time to time saved
1325.

Indirect material used in production is classified as ________.

A. office overhead
B. selling overhead
C. distribution overhead
D. factory overhead
Answer» E.
1326.

Audit fess is a part of _______.

A. works on cost
B. selling overhead
C. distribution overhead
D. administration overhead
Answer» E.
1327.

Appropriate basis for apportionment of material handling charges is ________.

A. material purchased
B. material in stock
C. material consumed
D. material wasted
Answer» D. material wasted
1328.

The type of loss that should not affect cost of inventories is ________.

A. normal loss
B. abnormal loss
C. seasonal loss
D. standard loss
Answer» B. abnormal loss
1329.

In order to avoid the stoppage of production due to shortage of material _______.

A. maximum stock level is maintained
B. minimum stock level is maintained
C. re-order level is maintained
D. average stock level is maintained
Answer» C. re-order level is maintained
1330.

Number of worker employed is used as basis for the apportionment of ________.

A. rent
B. canteen expenses
C. PF contribution
D. rate and tax
Answer» C. PF contribution
1331.

Cash sales, accounts receivables and rental receipts all are known as

A. cash receipts
B. budget receipts
C. goods manufactured
D. total goods sold
Answer» B. budget receipts
1332.

Second step in developing operating budget is to

A. plan coordination
B. plan accounts
C. obtain information
D. coverage information
Answer» D. coverage information
1333.

Fourth step in development of operating budget is to

A. choose alternatives
B. evaluate alternatives
C. efficiency improvements
D. predicted improvements
Answer» B. evaluate alternatives
1334.

Cash receipts is added in to beginning cash balance to calculate

A. total goods manufactured
B. total cash available
C. total revenue
D. total goods sold
Answer» C. total revenue
1335.

In Kaizen budgeting, costs are based on all improvements which is

A. to be implemented
B. based on current practice
C. based on past prices
D. based on sold quantity
Answer» B. based on current practice
1336.

Practice, which makes target more achievable by underestimating revenues or overestimating cost is called

A. cost slack
B. target slack
C. budgetary slack
D. revenue slack
Answer» D. revenue slack
1337.

starting point in operating budget is

A. cost budget
B. material list
C. revenue budget
D. list of investors
Answer» D. list of investors
1338.

Budgeted income statement and supporting budget schedules are categorized under

A. focused statement
B. slack statement
C. budgeted income statement
D. operating budget
Answer» E.
1339.

Which one of the following is not considered for preparation of cost sheet?

A. Factory cost
B. Goodwill written off
C. Labour cost
D. Selling cost
Answer» C. Labour cost
1340.

Prime cost plus variable overheads is known as________.

A. Cost of sales
B. Production Cost
C. Total Cost
D. Marginal cost
Answer» E.
1341.

The stores keeper should initiate a purchase requisition when stock reaches ________.

A. Average stock level
B. Minimum stock level
C. Maximum stock level
D. Re-order level
Answer» E.
1342.

Classification and accumulation of costs by fixed and variable costs is of special importance in ________.

A. process costing
B. unit costing
C. operation costing
D. operating costing
Answer» E.
1343.

operating costing is a ________.

A. method of costing
B. technique of costing
C. norm of costing
D. procedure of costing
Answer» B. technique of costing
1344.

Examples of nonlinear cost functions are

A. step constant functions
B. step cost functions
C. step price functions
D. step object functions
Answer» C. step price functions
1345.

In linear cost function, which is y = a + bx, y is classified as

A. predicted fixed cost
B. predicted variable cost
C. predicted cost
D. predicted price
Answer» D. predicted price
1346.

Cause and effect relationship that exists between change in total cost level and change in level of activity, is measured with help of

A. production driver
B. cost driver
C. price driver
D. estimation driver
Answer» C. price driver
1347.

Cost analysis method, which uses mathematical method to use fit between past data observations and cost functions is termed as

A. quantitative analysis method
B. qualitative analysis method
C. account analysis method
D. conference analysis method
Answer» B. qualitative analysis method
1348.

Learning curve models include

A. cumulative average time learning model
B. incremental unit time learning model
C. incremental production learning model
D. both a and b
Answer» E.
1349.

Second step for estimation of cost function by using quantitative analysis is to

A. choose independent variable
B. choose cost estimation method
C. choose price estimation method
D. choose dependent variable
Answer» B. choose cost estimation method
1350.

A problem which arises because of presence of systematic pattern in residual value sequence is considered as

A. parallel correlation
B. serial correlation
C. auto correlation
D. both B and C
Answer» E.