CIMA P1 - Management Accounting Question Tutorial Sample Questions:

1. A marketing manager is trying to decide which of four potential selling prices to charge for a new product. The state of the economy is uncertain and may show signs of recession, growth or boom. The manager has prepared a regret matrix showing the regret for each of the possible outcomes depending on the decision made.

If the manager applies the minimax regret criterion to make decisions, which selling price would be chosen?

A) $45
B) $55
C) $40
D) $50

2. CDF is a manufacturing company within the DF group. CDF has been asked to provide a quotation for a contract for a new customer and is aware that this could lead to further orders. As a consequence, CDF will produce the quotation by using relevant costing instead of its usual method of full cost plus pricing. The
following information has been obtained in relation to the contract: Material D 40 tons of material D would be required. This material is in regular use by CDF and has a current purchase price of $38 per ton. Currently, there are 5 tons in inventory which cost $35 per ton. The resale value of the material in inventory is $24 per ton.
Components 4,000 components would be required. These could be bought externally for $15 each or alternatively they could be supplied by RDF, another company within the DF manufacturing group. The variable cost of the component if it were manufactured by RDF would be $8 per unit, and RDF adds 30% to its variable cost to contribute to its fixed costs plus a further 20% to this total cost in order to set its internal transfer price. RDF has sufficient capacity to produce 2,500 components without affecting its ability to satisfy its own external customers. However, in order to make the extra 1,500 components required by CDF, RDF would have to forgo other external sales of $50,000 which have a contribution to sales ratio of 40%.
Labour hours 850 direct labour hours would be required. All direct labour within CDF is paid on an hourly basis with no guaranteed wage agreement. The grade of labour required is currently paid $10 per hour, but department W is already working at 100% capacity. Possible ways of overcoming this problem are:
* Use workers in department Z, because it has sufficient capacity. These workers are paid $15 per hour.
* Arrange for sub-contract workers to undertake some of the other work that is performed in department W.
The sub-contract workers would cost $13 per hour.
Specialist machine The contract would require a specialist machine. The machine could be hired for $15,000 or it could be bought for $50,000. At the end of the contract if the machine were bought, it could be sold for
$30,000. Alternatively, it could be modified at a cost of $5,000 and then used on other contracts instead of buying another essential machine that would cost $45,000. The operating costs of the machine are payable by CDF whether it hires or buys the machine. These costs would total $12,000 in respect of the new contract.
Supervisor The contract would be supervised by an existing manager who is paid an annual salary of $50,000 and has sufficient capacity to carry out this supervision. The manager would receive a bonus of $500 for the additional work.
Development time 15 hours of development time at a cost of $3,000 have already been worked in determining the resource requirements of the contract.
Fixed overhead absorption rate CDF uses an absorption rate of $20 per direct labour hour to recover its general fixed overhead costs. This includes $5 per hour for depreciation.
Calculate the relevant cost of the contract to CDF. You must present your answer in a schedule that clearly shows the relevant cost value for each of the items identified above. You should also explain each relevant cost value you have included in your schedule and why any values you have excluded are not relevant.
Ignore taxation and the time value of money.
Select all the true statements.

A) The total relevant cost was $84 990
B) Development Cost is a relevant cost.
C) General fixed overhead costs are relevant costs.
D) The total relevant cost was $94 740
E) Machine operating costs is a relevant cost.
F) The total relevant cost was $104 320
G) Direct labour cist is a relevant cost

3. A company sells and services photocopying machines. Its sales department sells the machines and consumables, including ink and paper, and its service department provides an after sales service to its customers. The after sales service includes planned maintenance of the machine and repairs in the event of a machine breakdown. Service department customers are charged an amount per copy that differs depending on the size of the machine.
The company's existing costing system uses a single overhead rate, based on total sales revenue from copy charges, to charge the cost of the Service Department's support activities to each size of machine. The Service Manager has suggested that the copy charge should more accurately reflect the costs involved. The company's accountant has decided to implement an activity-based costing system and has obtained the following information about the support activities of the service department:

Calculate the annual profit per machine for each of the three sizes of machine using activity-based costing.

A) Profit Per Machine using ABC: Small $376, Medium $2341, Large $986
B) Profit Per Machine using ABC: Small $186, Medium $1441, Large $2046
C) Profit Per Machine using ABC: Small $196, Medium $1191, Large $1046
D) Profit Per Machine using ABC: Small $166, Medium $1241, Large $746
E) Profit Per Machine using ABC: Small $176, Medium $1341, Large $946
F) Profit Per Machine using ABC: Small $1076, Medium $1041, Large $1946

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:

Identify, using graphical linear programming, the weekly production schedule for products J and L that will maximize the profits of JRL during the next four weeks.

A) Optimum plan (including major customer order) is therefore:
W 950 units
R 750 units
X 2,300 units
B) Optimum plan (including major customer order) is therefore:
W 1, 000 units
R 600 units
X 2,000 units
C) Optimum plan (including major customer order) is therefore:
W 910 units
R 800 units
X 2,200 units
D) Optimum plan (including major customer order) is therefore:
W 900 units
R 650 units
X 2,000 units
E) Optimum plan (including major customer order) is therefore:
W 900 units
R 700 units
X 2,100 units

5. RT produces two products from different quantities of the same resources using a just-in-time (JIT) production system. The selling price and resource requirements of each of the products are shown below:

Market research shows that the maximum demand for products R and T during June 2010 is 500 units and
800 units respectively. This does not include an order that RT has agreed with a commercial customer for the supply of 250 units of R and 350 units of T at selling prices of $100 and $135 per unit respectively. Although the customer will accept part of the order, failure by RT to deliver the order in full by the end of June will cause RT to incur a $10,000 financial penalty. At a recent meeting of the purchasing and production managers to discuss the production plans of RT for June, the following resource restrictions for June were identified:
Direct labour hours 7,500 hours
Material A 8,500 kgs
Material B 3,000 litres
Machine hours 7,500 hours
(Refer to previous 2 questions.)
You have now presented your optimum production plan to the purchasing and production managers of RT.
During your presentation it became clear that the predicted resource restrictions were rather optimistic. In fact, the managers agreed that the availability of all of the resources could be as much as 10% lower than their original predictions.
Assuming that RT completes the order with the commercial customer, and using linear programming, show the optimum production plan for RT for June 2010 on the basis that the availability of all resources is 10% lower than originally predicted.

A) The optimal plan is to produce 550 units of Product R and 650 units of product T in addition to the contract.
B) The optimal plan is to produce 510 units of Product R and 720 units of product T in addition to the contract.
C) The optimal plan is to produce 560 units of Product R and 670 units of product T in addition to the contract.
D) The optimal plan is to produce 520 units of Product R and 620 units of product T in addition to the contract.
E) The optimal plan is to produce 500 units of Product R and 550 units of product T in addition to the contract.
F) The optimal plan is to produce 450 units of Product R and 690 units of product T in addition to the contract.

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