Free CIMA BA2 Practice Exam with Questions & Answers | Set: 10

A company has three production departments X, Y and Z, and one service department.

The service department’s overhead has been apportioned to the production departments in the ratio 3:2:5. As a result of this apportionment, $2,070 was given to Department Y.

What is the amount of service department overhead that would have been apportioned to Department Z? Give your answer to the nearest dollar.

A confectionery manufacturer is considering adding a new product to the current range. Forecast data for the product are as follows.

Incremental fixed costs attributable to the new product are forecast to be $24,000 each period.

The forecast sales volume of 180 units is insufficient to achieve the target profit of $10,000 each period.

Which of the following statements is correct?

Data for the latest period for a company which makes and sells a single product are as follows:

There were no budgeted or actual changes in inventories during the period.

The variable overhead expenditure variance for the period was:

The year-to-date results at the end of month 9 included sales revenue of $3,600,000 and variable costs of $2,100,000.

During month 10, sales revenue was $450,000 and variable costs were $270,000.

What year-to-date contribution to sales ratio (C/S ratio) would be reported at the end of month 10?

A project is about to be launched. Two of the three possible outcomes and their associated probabilities are as follows:

The remaining possible outcome is a $70,000 gain.

What is the correct calculation of the expected value of the project?

A new product requires an investment of $200,000 in machinery and working capital. The total sales volume over the product’s life will be 5,000 units. The forecast costs per unit throughout the product’s life are as follows:

The product is required to earn a return on investment of 35%.

What unit selling price needs to be achieved?

The following data relate to the latest period.

A statement is to be prepared that reconciles the difference between the flexible budget profit and the actual profit.

Which TWO of the following will appear on this statement? (Choose two.)

Based upon extensive historical evidence, a company’s daily sales volume is known to be normally distributed with a mean of 1,728 units and a standard deviation of 273 units.

What is the probability that, on any one day, the sales volume will be at least 1,300 units?

A company operates an integrated standard cost accounting system. The standard price of raw material A is $20 per litre. At the start of period 1, the inventory of 500 litres of raw material A was valued at $20 per litre. During period 1, 100 litres of raw material A were purchased at an actual price of $21 per litre. During period 2, 550 litres of raw material A were issued to Job 789.

In respect of the above events, which TWO of the following statements are correct? (Choose two.)

Data for the latest period for a company which makes and sells a single product are as follows:

There were no budgeted or actual changes in inventories during the period.

The sales volume contribution variance for the period was: