Free CIMA BA2 Practice Exam with Questions & Answers

The master budget is:

The management accountant has completed the appraisal of an investment in new office equipment.

It has now been discovered that the cost of capital used in the appraisal should have been higher.

What will be the effect on the calculated net present value (NPV) and the payback period?

Which one of the following is a characteristic of strategic financial information?

Refer to the exhibit.

The following data relates to Department A within a business unit.

The overhead absorption rate per direct labour hour for Department A is:

Give your answer to 2 decimal places.

Refer to the exhibit.

The following data relates to two activity levels of a department. Overhead absorption is on the basis of machine hours.

The variable overhead rate per hour is £4.50. The amount of fixed overhead, to the nearest £000, is:

GB Limited operates a standard costing system. During the month 18,500 labour hours were worked at a standard cost of $6 per hour. The labour efficiency variance was $8,700 favourable.

How many standard hours were produced?

Refer to the exhibit.

Patchit Limited operates a job costing system. They have been asked to quote for a rush job that will require to be done in overtime hours. It is estimated that the job will incur the following costs:

Production overheads are absorbed on a direct labour hour basis. Budgeted direct labour hours for the year were 50,000 and budgeted direct labour cost was $300,000.

If production overheads had been based on a percentage of direct labour cost, the revised production costs for the job would be:

Refer to the exhibit.

The following information relates to Job 123:

The selling price to the customer for Job 123 is:

Refer to the exhibit.

Xell Ltd uses a standard costing system and therefore values all inventory at standard cost. During period 3 the price paid for material 'A' was £6 per kg less than the standard price.

The following information for material 'A' relates to period 3:

What was the material price variance for period 3?

A company currently allows a discount of 10% to customers who pay at the time of purchase. If 20% of customers pay immediately, the extra sales needed in July to increase the cash receipts in that month by £9,000 are: