CIMA CIMAPRA17-BA2-1-ENG BA2 – Fundamentals of Management Accounting (2017 SYLLABUS) (Online) Online Training
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- Exam Code: CIMAPRA17-BA2-1-ENG
- Exam Name: BA2 - Fundamentals of Management Accounting (2017 SYLLABUS) (Online)
- Certification Provider: CIMA
- Latest update: Nov 23,2024
Within the relevant range, a variable cost is a cost which:
- A . cannot be forecast with any degree of accuracy because of its variability.
- B . varies in total in proportion to the level of activity.
- C . varies per unit in proportion to the level of activity.
- D . varies in total in proportion to the level of inflation.
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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:
In order to provide information that is suitable for control purposes, the budget must be:
- A . Computer generated
- B . Fixed
- C . Flexed
- D . Ideal
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C Ltd produces a chemical in a single process. Information for this process last month is as follows:
(a) Opening work in progress – 10000 kg valued at £10000 for direct material and £7500 for conversion costs.
(b) Materials input – 25000 kg at £1.10 per kg.
(c) Conversion costs – £17000
(d) Output during the month – 23000 kg.
(e) There were 7500 units of closing work in progress which was complete as to materials and 30% complete as to conversion.
(f) Normal loss for the month was 10% of input and all losses have a scrap value of 80p per kg.
What was the value of normal loss during the month?
Which of the following best describes a step cost?
- A . A cost which remains constant until activity reaches a critical level; thereafter the cost increases to a higher level and the unit cost remains constant until the next critical activity level is reached.
- B . A cost which increases steadily until activity reaches a critical level; thereafter the cost increases to a higher level and the total cost remains constant until the next critical activity level is reached.
- C . A cost which remains constant until activity reaches a critical level; thereafter the cost increases to a higher level and the total cost remains constant until the next critical activity level is reached.
- D . A cost which increases per unit until activity reaches a critical level; thereafter the cost increases to a higher level and the unit cost remains constant until the next critical activity level is reached.
Refer to the exhibit.
DS is manufacturing company that uses an integrated accounting system.
The following payroll data is available for the month of August:
The Employers’ National Insurance for the period was $13,790.
An analysis of the wages is as follows:
Which of the following factors affect the budgeted cash flow:
(a) Funds from the issue of share capital
(b) Bank Interest on a long term loan
(c) Depreciation on fixed assets
(d) Bad debt write off
- A . Factors (a), (b), (c) and (d)
- B . Factors (a) and (b) only
- C . Factor (a) only
- D . Factors (b), (c) and (d) only
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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:
Which THREE of the following are characteristics of job costing?
- A . It is appropriate where homogeneous products are manufactured
- B . It is only appropriate in manufacturing environments
- C . Costs are traced to separately identifiable cost units
- D . It cannot be applied in a public sector or not for profit organization
- E . A separate work in progress account is maintained for each cost unit
- F . It is a specific order costing system
Refer to the exhibit.
Data for October’s budget for product Quest for the month of October are given below:
Each unit of Quest requires 6kg of raw materials. Strict quality control procedures are applied to the manufacturing process and normal rejection levels are 5% of finished units.
The raw materials purchases budget for the month of October is:
- A . 2,134,737 kg
- B . 2,136,000 kg
- C . 2,129,400 kg
- D . 2,130,600 kg
The master budget is:
- A . A consolidation of all subsidiary budgets
- B . The income statement
- C . The cash budget
- D . The budget for the principal budget factor