A company operates an absorption costing system. Overheads are absorbed using a pre-determined absorption rate using labour hours.

A company operates an absorption costing system. Overheads are absorbed using a pre-determined absorption rate using labour hours. Actual labour hours were 10% below budget for the period and overheads incurred were 10% above budget for the period. This would result in:A . An over-absorption of overheads for the periodB...

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Refer to the exhibit.

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...

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What will be the production budget (in units) for the year?

CORRECT TEXT Apex Plc has budgeted to sell 8,000 units of A in the year. Opening inventory of A is estimated at 1,000 units and the company plans to reduce inventory levels of all products by 15%. What will be the production budget (in units) for the year?View AnswerAnswer: 7850...

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CORRECT TEXT Refer to the exhibit. Each unit of product ‘Smitten’ uses 5 kgs of material 'Z'. The budgeted details for March are as follows: It is anticipated that sales of product ‘Smitten’ in March will be 20000 units. The amount of material 'Z' that needs to be purchased in...

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What was the material price variance for period 3?

Refer to the exhibit. Xell Ltd uses a standard costing system and therefore values all inventory at standard cost. During period 3 the price paid for material 'A' was £6 per kg less than the standard price. The following information for material 'A' relates to period 3: What was the...

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In a manufacturing company which produces a range of products, the production manager's salary would be classified as A.

In a manufacturing company which produces a range of products, the production manager's salary would be classified as A. A. Direct labour cost B. Direct expense C. Indirect labour cost D. Indirect expenseView AnswerAnswer: C

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What was the average cost per kg of finished output during the month?

Eton Ltd. operates a manufacturing process that produces product A. Information for this process last month is as follows: (a) Opening work in progress - 2,500 kg valued at £2,000 for direct material and £1,500 for labour and overheads. (b) Materials input - 25,000 kg at £2.10 per kg. (c)...

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CORRECT TEXT Refer to the Exhibit. A company operates a batch costing system. Production overhead costs are absorbed into the cost of batches using a direct labour hour rate. Other overhead costs are absorbed at a rate of 20% of total production cost. The company adds a mark-up of 10%...

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What effect will this have on the margin of safety?

Refer to the exhibit. X Enterprises runs a private nursing home for the elderly. The company are concerned that bed occupancy rates have been falling over the past 2 years with a consequential effect on profit. They have drawn up a budget for next year as follows: The nursing home...

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Within a relevant range of output, the fixed cost per unit of a product will:

Within a relevant range of output, the fixed cost per unit of a product will:A . Increase as total output increasesB . Remain constant as total output increasesC . Reduce as total output increasesD . Impossible to tell without more informationView AnswerAnswer: C

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