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101.

Sales budget variance is subtracted from flexible budget amount to calculate

A. tatic budget amount
B. nstated amount
C. onstant amount
D. ariable amount
Answer» B. nstated amount
102.

If sales budget variance for operating income is $68000 and static budget amount is $19000, then flexible budget amount will be

A. 47,000
B. 57,000
C. 87,000
D. 97,000
Answer» D. 97,000
103.

Subtracted flexible budget amount can form an actual result to calculate

A. nstated budget variance
B. lexible budget variance
C. onstant budget variance
D. tatic budget variance
Answer» C. onstant budget variance
104.

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
105.

If actual result is $26000, flexible budget amount is $13000, then flexible budget amount will be

A. 39,000
B. 49,000
C. 13,000
D. 15,000
Answer» D. 15,000
106.

If actual selling price is $500, actual result is $250 and actual units sold are 350, then selling price variance will be

A. 87,500
B. 97,500
C. 67,500
D. 57,500
Answer» B. 97,500
107.

Flexible budget variance for revenues of company is classified as

A. elling price variance
B. nvestment variance
C. rofit variance
D. rimary variance
Answer» B. nvestment variance
108.

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.
109.

Last step in developing operating budget is

A. mplementing income
B. mplementing decision
C. fficient implementation
D. ffective implementation
Answer» C. fficient implementation
110.

If indirect manufacturing labour is $20000, power cost is $5000, maintenance and supplies are of $10000 then manufacturing budget will be

A. 5,000
B. 35,000
C. 15,000
D. 45,000
Answer» C. 15,000
111.

Cost influences by responsibility center manager who is considered as

A. anager cost
B. nfluential cost
C. enter cost
D. ontrollable cost
Answer» E.
112.

Third step in developing operating budget is

A. nalysis of batches
B. nalysis of batches
C. nalysis of products
D. aking predictions about future
Answer» E.
113.

An arrangement of line of authority within company is classified as

A. ompany structure
B. rganization structure
C. ine of authority
D. ine of responsibility
Answer» C. ine of authority
114.

Variance, if used to alert managers before time of problem is called

A. aried warning
B. imes warning
C. anagers warning
D. arly warning
Answer» E.
115.

Which of following is an example of revenue center?

A. ales department
B. nvesting center
C. arketing department
D. egment department
Answer» B. nvesting center
116.

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

A. ubunit center
B. nstruction center
C. esponsibility center
D. ctivity segment
Answer» D. ctivity segment
117.

Budgeting method, which incorporates an improvement anticipated in budgeting period into budget numbers can be classified as

A. nticipated budgeting
B. umber budgeting
C. redict budgeting
D. aizen budgeting
Answer» E.
118.

Significant feature of Kaizen Budgeting is

A. mployee suggestion
B. ustomer suggestion
C. ost suggestion
D. rice suggestion
Answer» B. ustomer suggestion
119.

System which measures budget, action and plan of each responsibility center is known as

A. udgeted accounting
B. ction accounting
C. lanned accounting
D. esponsibility accounting
Answer» E.
120.

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

A. rofit center
B. nvestment center
C. ost center
D. evenue center
Answer» E.
121.

Difference between budgeted amounts and actual results is classified as

A. tandard deviation
B. ariances
C. ean average
D. eighted average
Answer» C. ean average
122.

Costs of undertaken activities is to support individual products are known as

A. xpected sustaining
B. nput sustaining
C. utput sustaining
D. roduct sustaining costs
Answer» E.
123.

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

A. roduct under costing
B. roduct over costing
C. xpected under cost
D. xpected over cost
Answer» B. roduct over costing
124.

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

A. ost hierarchy
B. rice hierarchy
C. ctivity hierarchy
D. urpose hierarchy
Answer» B. rice hierarchy
125.

Manager who is responsible for investments of company, its costs and revenues is known as

A. rofit center
B. nvestment center
C. ost center
D. evenue center
Answer» C. ost center
126.

An assignment of task for managers, who are accountable for their actions in controlling and budgeting of resources is classified as

A. oordinating company effort
B. ction plan
C. ction accountability
D. roject accountability
Answer» B. ction plan
127.

Larger number of manager subordinates and higher level manager are termed as

A. ctivity subordinates
B. roader responsibility center
C. roader subordinates
D. ctivity ordinates
Answer» C. roader subordinates
128.

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

A. ost center
B. evenue center
C. rofit center
D. nvestment center
Answer» D. nvestment center
129.

Value, which measures that how large is value of standard error in relevance to value of estimated coefficient is termed as

A. -value
B. -value
C. -value
D. -value
Answer» B. -value
130.

In dependent variable cost pool, relationship between individual cost items and cost drivers can be classified as

A. o homogeneous relationship
B. omogeneous relationship
C. eterogeneous relationship
D. n extreme relationship
Answer» B. omogeneous relationship
131.

Vertical dashed line in graphical representation of cost function represents the

A. ost representation
B. rrelevant range
C. elevant range
D. raphical representation
Answer» D. raphical representation
132.

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

A. ow high method
B. onstant equation
C. ariable equation
D. igh low method
Answer» E.
133.

Slope coefficient of linear cost function is

A. ero
B. ne
C. wo
D. hree
Answer» B. ne
134.

Worse fit between estimated cost and actual observations is shown on regression line with

A. arger residual terms
B. ero residual terms
C. ariable residual terms
D. maller residual terms
Answer» B. ero residual terms
135.

Function which is used to measure decline in per unit cost of different business functions is classified as

A. ixed curve
B. xperience curve
C. iscrete curve
D. ixed curve
Answer» C. iscrete curve
136.

If difference between costs linked to highest and lowest observation of cost driver is $36000 and observation of cost driver is 30 machine hours, then slope coefficient would be

A. 1,200
B. 1,400
C. 1,600
D. 1,800
Answer» B. 1,400
137.

Regression Analysis Method of quantitative analysis of cost function considers

A. ll data points
B. ne data point
C. wo data points
D. our data points
Answer» B. ne data point
138.

An estimated coefficient, which indicates degree by which estimated values are affected by random factors is known as

A. tandard error of estimated coefficient
B. eighted error of estimated coefficient
C. verage of estimated coefficient
D. ariance of estimated coefficient
Answer» B. eighted error of estimated coefficient
139.

If an unexplained variation is 456870 and total variation is 955000, then coefficient of determination will be

A. 0.4528
B. 0.4783
C. 0.5216
D. 0.5425
Answer» C. 0.5216
140.

Better fit between estimated cost and actual observations is represented by

A. ariable residual terms
B. maller residual terms
C. arger residual terms
D. ero residual terms
Answer» C. arger residual terms
141.

In Regression Analysis, if an observed cost value is 85 and disturbance error is 25 then predicted cost value will be

A. 10
B. 25
C. 0
D. 0
Answer» D. 0
142.

Statistical method used to measure average change in dependent variable, with respect to change of one unit in independent variable is called

A. imes series method
B. ime horizon method
C. ggression method
D. egression method
Answer» E.
143.

In linear cost function which is y=a + bx, objective is to find the

A. alues of a and b
B. alues of x and y
C. alues of a and x
D. alues of b and y
Answer» B. alues of x and y
144.

Within relevant range, cost function which cost does not change in narrow ranges of activity is called

A. ixed cost function
B. ariable cost function
C. tep variable cost function
D. tep fixed cost function
Answer» D. tep fixed cost function
145.

In adjustment issues and data collection, inflation affects the

A. ost driver and cost
B. ost object and cost
C. eterogeneous cost
D. omogenous cost
Answer» B. ost object and cost
146.

If difference in costs is $7000 and difference in machine hours of is $18000, then slope coefficient would be

A. 0.571
B. 0.39
C. 0.2571
D. 0.39
Answer» C. 0.2571
147.

In adjustment issues of costing, database must contain reliable measure of

A. ixed cost driver
B. ost driver and cost
C. ost driver and object
D. ixed cost driver
Answer» C. ost driver and object
148.

In regression analysis, if observed cost value is 62 and predicted cost value is 29, then disturbance term would be

A. 3
B. 1
C. 1
D. 3
Answer» B. 1
149.

Factor used to predict dependent variable is named as

A. ndependent variable
B. unction variable
C. valuation variable
D. stimation variable
Answer» B. unction variable
150.

Goodness of fit predicted values is also known as

A. oefficient of determination
B. oefficient of index
C. oefficient of residual
D. oefficient of prediction
Answer» B. oefficient of index