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Free CIMA BA2 Practice Exam with Questions & Answers | Set: 6

Questions 51

In a manufacturing company which produces a range of products, the cost of a royalty payment made to the product designer would be classified as A.

Options:
A.

Selling and distribution expenses

B.

Administration expense

C.

Direct expense

D.

Production overhead

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Questions 52

Refer to the exhibit.

BA2 Question 52

In this profit/volume graph, which distance indicates the contribution earned at level of activity L?

Distance a

Distance b

Distance c

Distance d

Options:
Questions 53

Refer to the exhibit.

BA2 Question 53

The standard labour cost per unit of product 'B' is $24 (6 hours @ $4 per hour).

During period 5 the following details were recorded:

The output during period 5 was

Options:
Questions 54

Relevant costs for decision making are.

Options:
A.

Past costs incurred

B.

Future costs which will be affected by the decision

C.

Variable costs only

D.

Unavoidable costs

Questions 55

What is the purpose of performing an NPV?

Options:
A.

It is a project appraisal technique that calculates a project's contribution to the wealth of the company.

B.

It is technique that calculates the present value of all company assets in case of liquidation.

C.

It allows the company to decide which departments will benefit the most from investment.

Questions 56

Which of the following would have an impact on the cash budget?

(a) Change in payables terms

(b) Change in the rate of depreciation

(c) Change in the percentage discount allowed

(d) Change of inventory holding policy

Options:
A.

None of the above

B.

(a), (b) and (c)

C.

(a), (c) and (d)

D.

All of the above

Questions 57

Which one of the following is NOT a main purpose of management accounting?

Options:
A.

Planning

B.

Controlling

C.

Decision making

D.

Reporting to shareholders

Questions 58

The company Andrew works for currently uses traditional absorption costing. He needs to convince his manager that the company should be using activity based costing instead.

Andrew has compiled this list of advantages:

(1)ABC will allow us to make better pricing decisions

(2)ABC will give us tighter control over costs as we will be able to pinpoint inefficiencies

(3)ABC will help improve our product mix by highlighting the best combination of materials

(4)ABC is suitable for our business as we only produce one product

Which statement or statements are INCORRECT?

Options:
A.

(3) and (4)

B.

(1) and (2)

C.

(2) and (3)

D.

(1) and (4)

E.

(2) and (4)

F.

(1) and (3)

Questions 59

Which of the following definitions best describes Zero based budgeting?

Options:
A.

A method of budgeting where an attempt is made to make the expenditure under each cost heading as close to zero as possible

B.

A method of budgeting whereby all activities are re-evaluated each time a budget is formulated

C.

A method of budgeting where the sum of revenues and expenditures in each budget centre must equal zero

D.

A method of budgeting whereby every item of expenditure does not have to be justified before its inclusion in the budget

Questions 60

A manufacturing company uses an absorption based costing system. At the start of the period they planned to make 30,000 units at a selling price of £900 per unit

Fixed overheads were expected to be £900,000. The variable cost per unit is £300.

At the end of the period actual overheads were £858,000, and 33,000 units were produced, of which 32,000 were sold.

Which of the following statements are TRUE? Select ALL that apply.

Options:
A.

The fixed overhead absorption rate is £30 per unit.

B.

The fixed overhead absorption rate is £26.00 per unit.

C.

Overheads were under-absorbed by £2,000.

D.

Overheads were over-absorbed by £132,000.

E.

The Gross Profit was £18,240,000.

F, The Gross Profit was £19,200,000.

F.

The Net Profit was £18,372,000.

G.

The Net Profit was £18,342,000.