Free CIMA P2 Practice Exam with Questions & Answers | Set: 3

Which TWO of the following are reasons why cost-based approaches to transfer pricing are often used in practice?

An organization is comprised of two divisions. One of the divisions manufactures a product that it sells both to an imperfect external market and to the other division.

The organization wishes to establish the most suitable basis for the transfer price for this product and is considering either a negotiated transfer price or a market-based transfer price.

Which of the following statements is correct?

A company makes three products, E, F and G. Total overheads for the year are expected to be $1.2 million, with the following split between cost pools:

Cost driver information has been estimated as follows:

The company plans to make 10,000 units of product E in the year, with an expected direct cost of $0.60 per unit. This annual production of product E is expected to require 20 quality inspections, 28 purchase requisitions, and 400 kilogrammes of materials.

What is the overhead cost per unit of product E?

The following data are available for a division for the latest period.

What is the division's residual income for the period?

A company has just received the latest in a series of annual payments; this payment was $620. The annual payments are expected to continue for three more years with each payment being increased by the expected rate of inflation. The real cost of capital is 8% per year and the expected rate of inflation is 6% per year.

What is the present value of the future payments the company expects to receive?

Give your answer to the nearest $.

Which of the following statements are correct with regard to responsibility centres?

Select ALL that apply.

A company has a 31 December year end and pays corporation tax at a rate of 30%. Corporation tax is payable 12 months after the end of the year to which the cash flows relate. The company can claim tax allowable depreciation at a rate of 25% reducing balance. It pays $1 million for a machine on 31 December 20X4. The company's cost of capital is 10%.

What is the present value of the benefit of the first portion of tax allowable depreciation?

An airline prides itself on using highly reliable aircraft that are maintained to the highest possible standard and that its flight crews are arguably the best in the industry. Despite that, the directors accept that there remains a slight possibility that there will be a fatal accident.

Which THREE of the following statements are correct?

TTR Ltd plans to purchase a new plant for $1,000m on the 1st of January 20X6. The annual sales expected from the production of this plant is S400m per year. The plant has an expected life of five years. The financial

accountant has computed the NPV of the project at $61.42m considering a discount rate of 10%.

The marketing director wants to know the percentage drop in revenue that the sales team can afford before the project becomes unviable. Which of the following indicates the percentage required by the marketing

director?

A company has a cost of capital of 12% and a maximum of $20 million to invest. It has identified three possible investment projects, none of which is divisible, as follows.

Which project(s) should the company invest in?