MA 無料問題集「CPA Management Accounting」

Consider the following statements relating to activity-based costing (ABC) in a manufacturing environment:
(i)
ABC eliminates the use of volume as a means of measuring costs
(ii)
More accurate cost estimates will always be produced using ABC than absorption costing
Which of the following combinations is correct?

Which of the following items can berecognizedas intangible assets in an entity's financial statements? i) Internally generated goodwill ii) Purchased goodwill iii) Reputation

Which of the following statements about divisionalizationis/are correct?
(i)
Divisionalizationleads to head office managers having reduced control over operational decisions in an operating unit.
(ii)
Achieving corporate goals will be the only factor considered by divisional managers when they are making decisions.
(iii)
Divisionalizationallows operating decisions to reflect the local conditions of an operating unit.

SolutionCo has prepared budgets based on the following assumptions:
Sales volumethree months to 30 September 2011:85,720 units three months to 31 December 2011:94,560 units Inventory volumeat 1 July 2011:10% of sales for the next three months
at 1 October 2011:75% of sales for the next three months
What is the budgeted production volume for the three months to 30 September 2011?

A hospital management team assess performance using value for money. The following performance measures are reported by surgical departments:
i) The number of patients who need to be re-admitted following surgery. ii) The staff cost of each surgical procedure.
Which element of value for money is assessed by each measure?

On 1 February 2011, Hopper Co acquired 480,000 of the 600,000 ordinary shares of Space Co at a price of $4*28 per share. At that date the book value of the net assets of Space Co was $2,356,920, and the fair value of land owned by Space Co exceeded the book value by $110,000.
Assuming that the full fair value method of valuation is used, what is the value of goodwill on acquisition?

Hera Co is developing a new product using a target costing approach. The initial assumption was that a sales volume of 200,000 units could be achieved at a selling price of $25 per unit.
However, market research indicates that to achieve the sales volume of 200,000 units, the selling price should be $23*50.
Hera wishes to obtain an average profit margin of 20% on sales.
The following data have been estimated for the product:
Direct material$10*45 per unit Hourly production volume20 units Directlaborcost$64 per hour Variable overheads$82 per hour (absorbed on a directlaborhour basis) Fixed costs to produce 200,000 units are estimated to be $680,000.
What reduction in the cost per unit is required in order to achieve the target cost per unit?

Which of the following statements about activity based costing (ABC) is/are correct?
(i)
All product costs will be lower under ABC than under absorption costing.
(ii)
ABC can provide information to assist in controlling costs.