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Fma2 Mock 1
Fma2 Mock 1
MOCK 1
1. The following information relates to the wages budget of a firm:
January February
$ $
Gross wages 26,000 25,000
Deductions from gross wages 6,000 5,900
The effect that wages have on the cash budget is calculates using the following assumptions:
(1) Net wages are paid to employees at the end of the month in which they are earned
(2) 50% of the deductions from gross wages are paid in the month in which the wages are earned
and the remainder are paid in the following month.
2. A company is considering a new project, and has already paid $35,000 for market research. The
company has undertaken some development work for the project, at a cost of $20,000 which has
not yet been paid.
After implementation of the project, the company would incur additional fixed overheads of $12,000. In
order to undertake the project, the company will have to keep an existing machine, which could
otherwise be sold for $60,000.
Which of the following would be classed as relevant costs when deciding whether to continue with the
project?
3. Which of the following is/are irrelevant to a decision about whether to replace a machine which could
continue to be used in business?
(1) Cost of replacement machine
(2) Disposal value of existing machine
4. Which of the following are irrelevant to the decision as to whether to investigate a particular variance?
(1) The possibility of links to other variances
(2) Whether the variances arise in variable costs or in fixed costs
(3) Whether there is a trend in the variance over several periods
(4) The type of responsibility centre in which the variance occurs
1 and 3
3 and 4
2 and 4
1 and 2
1 and 2
2 and 3
1 only
3 only
8. Westbury Co operates a differential piecework scheme. Higher rates are paid for additional units
produced beyond certain levels.
9. A cash budget is being prepared covering the next three months. The following data is available:
Budgeted purchases
Month 1 $62,200
Month 2 $65,900
Month 3 $73,300
Suppliers payments
20% of raw material purchases are settled immediately in cash. The remainder are paid two months
after purchase.
10. Seton Co has incurred development costs of $52,000 to date on a new product. Further development
costs of $38,000 would be required before the new product can be tested.
What will be the relevant development costs in deciding whether to continue with the new product?
$38,000
Nil
$52,000
11. A customer has requested an estimate of the cost of building a house. A summary of estimate costs is
given below.
What price should be quoted for the job if the required profit is 25% of total cost?
$347,500
$385,000
$381,333
$357,500
12. A large organization has a treasury department that is separated from the accounts department.
13. A manufacturer has a warehouse from which it supplies part Z to its factories. The following information
is given relating to part Z.
Units
W X Y Z
$80,000
$82,500
$60,000
$90,000
15. The budgeted raw material cost of a company’s single product is $3 per unit. 6,000 units of the products
were manufactured last month at a total raw material cost of $20,000. Budgeted production for last
month was 5,800 units.
What was the raw material price variance for the month?
$2,600 Favourable
$2,600 Adverse
$2,000 Adverse
$2,000 Favourable
16. Which of the following is NOT the responsibility of a profit centre manager?
Cost decisions
Investment decisions
Marketing decisions
Revenue decisions
17. The sales price and the variable costs per unit of a product each increase by 25%.
If there is no change to fixed costs, what happens to the break-even point calculated in units?
Increase by 25%
There is no change
Increase by 20%
18. A repair shop operates a bonus scheme for its workers to reward productivity. The bonus is paid, at a
rate of $12.50 per hour, on 75% of the time saved (time worked compared to time allowed).
The data relating to Job 007 just completed by a worker was as follows:
What is the total pay for the worker for the Job 007?
19. Two statements concerning the relationship between marginal costing and absorption costing are set
out below.
Are each of the statements true or is more information needed to determine whether it is true?
True More
information
needed
Absorption costing will report higher profit than marginal costing in
a periods when fixed production overheads are under absorbed
Marginal costing will report lower profit than absorption costing in a
period when production units exceed the number of units sold
1 only
21. A firm calculates variances as a percentage of the budget. Actual sales for last period were $240,000 and
the variance was 20% adverse.
$192,000
$200,000
$288,000
$300,000
22. The following details relates to a machine that was installed in a factory:
$
Purchase price 75,000
Delivery costs 5,000
In-house installation costs (labour and machine) 8,500
Insurance premiums per annum 1,500
Maintenance cost per annum 4,000
23. Rent for a month is $120,000. The following information relates to the three departments which share
the premises:
25. Joint products A and B are output from a process. The joint costs apportioned to each product are $12
per unit. Product B can be sold at the split-off point for $10 per unit or can be further processed, at an
incremental cost of $2 per unit, to form product B2 which can be sold $13 per unit.
26. $10,000 is invested at 8% per annum and the interest is re-invested each year.
27. Arthur, a production line worker, is paid by the hour. His basic rate is $6.00 per hour with overtime paid
at time and a half for hours in excess of 40 per week. Overtime premium is to be treated as an indirect
cost. In the past week, Arthur worked 44 hours.
How much Arthur’s wages for the week are to be treated as direct cost?
$240
$276
$396
$264
28. Department L absorbs production overheads using a labour hour rate. The following information is
relevant to Department L during the previous period.
$7.31
$7.50
$6.38
$7.14
29. Are the following statements about cost units true or false?
True False
A cost unit provides a basic control for costing purposes
A cost unit is unit of production or service for which costs are calculated
Analysis of a company’s accounting systems reveal the following information for a period:
If fixed overheads for the period were $5,000, what was the contribution?
30. Fixed costs are budgeted at $30,000 for the forthcoming period. Break-even point has been calculated
as 2,000 units and the current margin of safety is 1,400 units.
What will the margin of safety be if the variable cost per unit increases by $5, assuming all other
variables are unchanged?
400 units
1,400 units
1,900 units
3,000 units
31. Contribution is budgeted at $20 per unit for the forthcoming period. Break-even point has been
calculated as 4,000 units.
What will the break-even point be if the fixed costs increase by $6,000, assuming all other variables are
unchanged?
Units
Airline
Hotel
Firm of accountants
Supermarket
Water supply company
Information technology department in a business
Food supplier to a restaurant
$200 Favourable
$800 Favourable
$200 Favourable
$800 Adverse
33. A manufacturer considering investment in new machinery which will have a life of three years. The
investment will be evaluated using net present value (NPV) method. The cost of capital is 8% per annum.
The estimated cash flows are as follows.
The budgeted overheads for the month were $120,000 and the actual overheads were $18,000.
35. A customer has taken a settlement discount when paying your business, but has calculated the amount
incorrectly and still owes a significant amount.
What method would be MOST suitable to communicate with the customer in order to obtain payment?
Letter
Memo
Spreadsheet
Report
$ per unit
Direct material (at $12 per kg) 24
Direct labour (at $9 per hour) 27
Sales demand for product X in the next period is expected to 8,400 units. Availability of resources in the
period will be limited to:
What is the limiting factor and what is the shortfall in the next period?
38. The statements below relate to methods of materials issue pricing in a period of rising prices. Which of
these statements is/are true?
(1) If FIFO is used, remaining inventory values are closer to the cost of replacing the inventory than
under LIFO or weighted average cost (AVCO)
(2) If LIFO is used the cost of issues to production is closer to current price levels than if FIFO or
AVCO is used
Period 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total
Sales ($) 13,950 12,690 13,230 12,600 14,400 14,430 81,300
Moving average ($)
The firm is in process of calculating a three period moving average as an aid to cash forecasting.
The direct material variance is adverse and the fixed overhead variance is adverse
The direct labour variance is adverse and the fixed overhead variance is favourable
The direct material variance is favourable and the direct labour variance is adverse
The direct material variance is favourable and the direct labour variance is favourable
41. Which of the following statements, about the relative returns and liquidity of short-term investments,
is/are correct?
(1) A certificate of deposit is more liquid than a money-market fixed deposit
(2) A higher return is usually offered on UK Government stock (Gilts) than UK local authority stocks
1 only
2 only
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 nor 2
42. A manufacturing process account has the following entries for a period:
$ $
Which of the following statements, about the process account, are true?
(1) The normal loss is incorrect because it should never have a value
(2) The abnormal gain is on the wrong side of the account
2 only
Both 1 and 2
1 only
Neither 1 nor 2
43. Rent for a month is $120,000. The following information relates to the three departments which share
the premises:
Number of employees 40 50 20
44. A new project is being considered which will require 2,000 hours of skilled labour. This labour is
currently paid $8 per hour, and is fully utilized on normal production which generates contribution of $5
per hour. Normal production will have to stop and sales will be lost in order for labour to work on the
new project.
$6,000
$16,000
$10,000
$26,000
45. Which of the following statements regarding absorption and marginal costing profit is/are true?
(1) In the absence of inventory, marginal costing profit will equal absorption costing profit
(2) When opening inventory units exceed closing inventory units, absorption costing profit will be
higher than marginal costing profit
(3) When a business sells more than it manufactures, marginal costing profit will be higher than
absorption costing profit
1 and 3 only
1 only
1 and 2
3 only
46. Which TWO of the following reasons would explain why a maximum inventory control level was
exceeded?
The re-order level was higher than the safety inventory
Usage in the lead time was lower than the predicted minimum usage
The minimum inventory control level has been reduced
A purchase order was deliver more quickly than usual
True False
The break-even sales in units is the total fixed costs divided by the contribution to
sales ratio
The margin of safety is the difference between the budgeted volume of sales and
the actual units sold during a period