CIMA Fundamentals of management accounting Sample Questions:

1. A company has three production departments X, Y and Z, and one service department.
The service department's overhead has been apportioned to the production departments in the ratio 3:2:5. As a result of this apportionment, $2,070 was given to Department Y.
What is the amount of service department overhead that would have been apportioned to Department Z?
Give your answer to the nearest dollar.

2. The year-to-date results at the end of month 9 included sales revenue of $3,600,000 and variable costs of
$2,100,000.
During month 10, sales revenue was $450,000 and variable costs were $270,000.
What year-to-date contribution to sales ratio (C/S ratio) would be reported at the end of month 10?

A) 41,5%
B) 58,5%
C) 40,0%
D) 70,9%

3. Refer to the exhibit.

The following extracts are taken from a company's budgetary planning papers, showing the budgeted costs to be incurred at two activity levels:
Direct material is a wholly variable cost.
Direct labour is a semi-variable cost.
Production overhead is a step cost, with a single step at an output of 450 units.
The total budget cost allowance for an output of 480 units is:

4. The company Andrew works for currently uses traditional absorption costing. He needs to convince his manager that the company should be using activity based costing instead.
Andrew has compiled this list of advantages:
(1)ABC will allow us to make better pricing decisions
(2)ABC will give us tighter control over costs as we will be able to pinpoint inefficiencies (3)ABC will help improve our product mix by highlighting the best combination of materials (4)ABC is suitable for our business as we only produce one product Which statement or statements are INCORRECT?

A) (1) and (4)
B) (3) and (4)
C) (1) and (2)
D) (2) and (4)
E) (1) and (3)
F) (2) and (3)

5. Refer to the exhibit.

A company is considering purchasing a machine that will have a useful life of three years after which time it will be sold. Relevant cash flows relating to the purchase and operation of the machine are as follows.
The annual cost of capital is 14%.
The net present value of the investment in the machine is, to the nearest whole $:

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