Question 1

Division A is an investment centre with assets of $7.3 million. The following is an extract from the annual budget for division A:

The cost of capital is 14%.
Calculate the residual income for division A.

Options :

A : $808,000

B : $1,727,800

C : $358,000

D : $2,008,000

Answer: A

Question 2

Which of the following statements is TRUE about the activity based costing system when compared to absorption costing method?

Options :

A : ABC is easier to administer than an absorption costing system

B : ABC will be less detailed than an absorption costing system

C : ABC will provide more accurate overhead allocation than absorption costing

D : ABC will cost less to administer than an absorption costing system

Answer: C

Question 3

An organization is competing in the high technology market. It sets a high sales price for its products initially to target the early adopters, and then the price is gradually reduced.This pricing strategy is known as:

Options :

A : Market skimming

B : Penetration pricing

C : Premium pricing

D : Loss leader pricing

Answer: A

Question 4

In order to remain competitive an organization wishes to achieve cost savings for one of its existing products.Which of the following correctly describes methods which the organization can use to achieve these cost savings?Select ALL that apply.

Options :

A : Functional analysis is carried out only on existing products and is concerned only with minimizing the cost of the originally defined functions of a product.

B : Value engineering is a fundamental rethinking and radical redesign of an organization-s existing processes.

C : Target costing is continuously setting new stretch targets while the product is in production.

D : Value analysis is examining a product-s costs in order to achieve its purpose at a reduced cost while maintaining its reliability and quality.

E : Kaizen costing is seeking to make cost savings by continuously making small incremental cost reductions while the product is in production.

Answer: A,D

Question 5

When considering a capital investment, relevant costs for decision making have which THREE of the following features?

Options :

A : They are future costs.

B : They are committed costs.

C : They are incremental costs.

D : They are unavoidable costs.

E : They are cash flows.

Answer: A,C

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