CIMA BA2 Exam Questions
Fundamentals of Management Accounting (Page 32 )

Within the relevant range, a variable cost is a cost which:

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Refer to the exhibit.



Patchit Limited operates a job costing system. They have been asked to quote for a rush job that will require to be done in overtime hours. It is estimated that the job will incur the following costs:

Production overheads are absorbed on a direct labour hour basis. Budgeted direct labour hours for the year were 50,000 and budgeted direct labour cost was $300,000.

If production overheads had been based on a percentage of direct labour cost, the revised production costs for the job would be:

In order to provide information that is suitable for control purposes, the budget must be:

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C Ltd produces a chemical in a single process. Information for this process last month is as follows:

(a) Opening work in progress - 10000 kg valued at £10000 for direct material and £7500 for conversion costs.

(b) Materials input - 25000 kg at £1.10 per kg.

(c) Conversion costs - £17000

(d) Output during the month - 23000 kg.

(e) There were 7500 units of closing work in progress which was complete as to materials and 30% complete as to conversion.

(f) Normal loss for the month was 10% of input and all losses have a scrap value of 80p per kg.

What was the value of normal loss during the month?

Which of the following best describes a step cost?