CIMA P1 - Management Accounting Question Tutorial Sample Questions:

1. A company has budgeted to produce 5,000 units of Product B per month. The opening and closing inventories of Product B for next month are budgeted to be 400 units and 900 units respectively. The budgeted selling price and variable production costs per unit for Product B are as follows:

Total budgeted fixed production overheads are $29,500 per month. The company absorbs fixed production overheads on the basis of the budgeted number of units produced. The budgeted profit for Product B for next month, using absorption costing, is $20,700.
Prepare a marginal costing statement which shows the budgeted profit for Product B for next month.
What was the difference between the profit calculation using marginal costing and the profit calculation using absorption costing?

A) $3610
B) $3010
C) $2750
D) $2870
E) $2950

2. XY can choose from four mutually exclusive projects. The projects will each last for one year and their net cash inflows will be determined by market conditions. The forecast net cash inflows for each of the possible outcomes are shown below.

If the company applies the maximin criterion the project chosen would be:

A) Project D
B) Project C
C) Project A
D) Project B

3. A major company sells a range of electrical, clothing and homeware products through a chain of department stores. The main administration functions are provided from the company's head office. Each department store has its own warehouse which receives goods that are delivered from a central distribution center.
The company currently measures profitability by product group for each store using an absorption costing system. All overhead costs are charged to product groups based on sales revenue. Overhead costs account for approximately one-third of total costs and the directors are concerned about the arbitrary nature of the current method used to charge these costs to product groups.
A consultant has been appointed to analyses the activities that are undertaken in the department stores and to establish an activity based costing system.
The consultant has identified the following data for the latest period for each of the product groups for the X Town store:

Calculate the total profit for each of the product groups:
.... using the current absorption costing system;

A) The profit or loss in $ was.... Clothing 192; Electrical (56); Homeware 148
B) The profit or loss in $ was.... Clothing (175); Electrical 86; Homeware 22
C) The profit or loss in $ was.... Clothing 122; Electrical 56; Homeware (178)
D) The profit or loss in $ was.... Clothing 85; Electrical 36; Homeware (28)

4. JRL manufactures two products from different combinations of the same resources. Unit selling prices and unit cost details for each product are as follows:

The optimal solution in the previous question shows that the shadow prices of skilled labour and direct material A are as follows:
Skilled labour $ Nil
Direct material A $11.70
Explain the relevance of these values to the management of JRL.
What is the additional contribution that can be earned?

A) Thus the additional contribution that can be earned and therefore the penalty value at which WRX would decide not to supply the major customer order in full is $4, 825
B) Thus the additional contribution that can be earned and therefore the penalty value at which WRX would decide not to supply the major customer order in full is $4, 570
C) Thus the additional contribution that can be earned and therefore the penalty value at which WRX would decide not to supply the major customer order in full is $3, 825
D) Thus the additional contribution that can be earned and therefore the penalty value at which WRX would decide not to supply the major customer order in full is $5, 825

5. A company has to choose between three mutually exclusive projects. Market research has shown that customers could react to the projects in three different ways depending on their preferences. There is a 30% chance that customers will exhibit preferences 1, a 20% chance they will exhibit preferences 2 and a 50% chance they will exhibit preferences 3. The company uses expected value to make this type of decision.
The net present value of each of the possible outcomes is as follows:

A market research company believes it can provide perfect information about the preferences of customers in this market.
What is the maximum amount that should be paid for the information from the market research company?

A) $125 000
B) $135 000
C) $145 000
D) $140 000

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