BUSI2147 MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING 2019-2020
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BUSI2147-E1
A LEVEL 2 MODULE, AUTUMN SEMESTER 2019-2020
MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
SECTION A
Multiple choice questions
1. The variable overhead spending variance is most effective in measuring:
(a) how well overhead spending matches the targets set in the original budget at the
beginning of the year.
(b) excessive use of overhead resources.
(c) the efficiency with which the activity base was utilized in production.
(d) the utilization of plant facilities.
2. Which of the following is NOT true about current attainable standards?
(a) They are based on an efficiently operating work force.
(b) They are based on ideal conditions.
(c) They allow downtime and rest periods .
(d) They are based on present production processes and technology .
3. The fixed overhead expenditure variance is measured by:
(a) the difference between budgeted fixed overhead cost and actual fixed overhead cost.
(b) the difference between actual fixed overhead cost and applied fixed overhead cost.
(c) the difference between budgeted fixed overhead cost and applied fixed overhead cost.
(d) none of these.
Use the following to answer questions 4 and 5:
Nottingham Florist specialises in large floral bouquets for hotels and other commercial spaces. The company has provided the following data concerning its annual overhead costs and its activity based costing system:
Overhead costs:
Wages and salaries £70,000
Other expenses £40,000
Total £110,000
Distribution of resource consumption: Activity Cost Pools Making Bouquets
55%
45%
Delivery
35%
25%
Other
10%
30%
Total
100%
100%
ty and organisation-sustaining
costs.
The amount of activity for the year is as follows:
Activity Cost Pool
Making bouquets
Delivery
4. What would be the total overhead cost per bouquet according to the activity based costing system? In other words, what would be the overall activity rate for the making bouquets activity cost pool? (Round to the nearest penny.)
(a) £2.75
(b) £2.83
(c) £3.03
(d) £2.48
5. What would be the total overhead cost per delivery according to the activity based costing system? In other words, what would be the overall activity rate for the deliveries activity cost pool? (Round to the nearest penny.)
(a) £27.50
(b) £38.50
(c) £33.00
(d) £34.50
Use the following information to answer questions 6-8:
Atlas Ltd has recently started producing a new luxury yacht, the Globetrotter. The first unit of the Globetrotter took 1000 hours to produce and management expect a 80% learning curve to apply.
6. What is the learning factor, to four decimal places?
(a) -0.3219
(b) 6.3219
(c) 0.3219
(d) -6.3129
7. What is the estimated total time, rounded to whole hours, to produce 10 globetrotters?
(a) 4765 hours
(b) 2098 hours
(c) 210 hours
(d) 477 hours
8. What is the time for the 11th unit, rounded to whole hours?
(a) 800 hours
(b) 318 hours
(c) 598 hours
(d) 456 hours
9. Which of the following is not a limitation of learning curve theory?
(a) Assumes at least a certain degree of motivation.
(b) It is not always present
(c) Assumes unstable conditions
(d)Time between repetition must be short
10. What are the four perspectives of the balanced scorecard?
(a) Financial, Customers, Suppliers, Learning and Growth
(b) Internal Business Processes, Customers, Suppliers, Learning and Growth
(c) Vision, Strategy, Financial, Customers
(d)Financial, Internal Business Processes, Learning and Growth, Customers
SECTION B
Answer one question out of two
21. Brilliance Company manufactures quality paint products. The ingredients are combined in the mixing department and put in 500 gram containers in the packaging department. There is an unavoidable amount of wastage in producing the product. Normal wastage is 5% of input volume.
The following information pertains to the mixing department for the month of May:
Units (litres)
Work in process, May 1
(100% complete materials,
75% labour and overhead) 10,000
Started during May 50,000
Units completed & transferred out to packaging 50,000
department
Work in process, May 31
(100% complete materials,
50% labour and overhead) 8,000
The costs in work in process at May 1 in the mixing department were as follows:
Mixing Department
Work in process, May 1:
Materials £15,000
Direct labour 20,000
Manufacturing overhead _ 17,600
Total costs £52,600
The costs added by the mixing department during the month of May were as follows:
Mixing Department
Materials £ 90,000
Direct labour 120,000
Manufacturing overhead _100,000
Total costs added £310,000
Required:
(a) Prepare a physical flow schedule for the mixing department for May.
[5 marks]
(b) Using the weighted average method, determine the equivalent units of
production (based on expected output) for materials and conversion for the
mixing department for May. [4 marks]
(c) Using the weighted average method, determine the cost per equivalent unit of production (based on expected output) for materials, conversion and total for the mixing department for May. [9 marks]
(d) Using the weighted average method, determine the cost of goods transferred out and the cost of ending work in process for the mixing department and any wastage costs. [5 marks]
(e) Prepare the Mixing Department Process Account for May.
[10 marks]
(f) Explain the differences between job-order and process costing and give
examples of business that use these costing systems.
[7 marks] [TOTAL 40 marks]
22. Beeston Ltd has identified the following overhead costs and activity drivers for next year:
Overhead Item Setup costs Ordering costs
Maintenance
Power
Expected Cost
£150,000
£40,000
£200,000
£20,000
Activity Driver
Number of setups
Number of orders
Machine hours
Kilowatt hours
Expected Qty.
1,200
10,000
16,000
100,000
The following are two of the jobs completed during the year:
Direct materials
Direct labour
Units completed
Direct labour hours
Number of setups
Number of orders
Machine hours
Kilowatt hours
Job XX
£2,250
£3,000
375
90
6
8
180
90
Job YY
£2,500
£1,875
300
110
8
15
150
120
The company's normal activity is 20,000 direct labour hours.
Required:
(a) Determine the unit cost for each job using direct labour hours to apply overhead. [8 marks]
(b) Determine the unit cost for each job using the four activity drivers.
[14 marks]
(c) Which method produces the more accurate cost assignment? Why?
[2 marks]
(d) Explain and evaluate the different methods that may be used to determine a transfer price between divisions. [16 marks]
[Total 40 marks]
SECTION C
Answer one question out of two
23. Hagrid Ltd manufactures a range of garden products for a number of garden centres across the United Kingdom . At the beginning of this financial year Hagrid Ltd launched . The GW is a hanging Infrared heater that is safe to use within canvas seating areas.
Hagrid Ltd follows a pricing policy of profit maximisation and at the end of the last financial year carried out market research in order to establish the profit maximisation price of the GW. The data obtained from this research is as follows: At a market price of £250, annual demand for the GW will be 150,000. When the price is changed to £220, annual demand is expected to be 200,000 GWs.
The production department has provided sufficient information to the management accountants for them to establish some standards.
Each GW requires 4 hours of labour at a cost of £10 per hour.
The material used within the GW will cost £75.
The GW will require 1.5 hours of machining at a cost of £6 per hour
Variable overheads are £2.50 per labour hour and the fixed overheads associated with the GW for a year are £400,000.
Since the materials required for the GW are already used within a number of products that are manufactured and sold by Hagrid Ltd the directors believe they will be able to negotiate a reduction of cost in the materials of 10%.
Fixed overheads are absorbed on the basis of labour hours
Required:
(a) Calculate the profit maximising price and demand for the GW based on the
cost.
[16 marks]
(b) Calculate the revised profit maximising price and demand for the GW based upon
the estimated reduction in material cost that the directors believe they will be able to negotiate.
[8 marks]
(c) Calculate the difference, in both profit and demand, between the management
[4 marks]
(d) Discuss the benefits and limitations of formula pricing.
[12 marks]
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