CIMA CIMAPRA17-BA2-1 Exam Actual Questions

Which of the following statements regarding variances is valid?

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A company has two production departments and two service departments (Maintenance and Stores). The overhead costs of each of the departments are as follows.

The following equations represent the reapportionment of each of the service department overheads to the other.

M = 4,700 + 0.1S

S = 5,800 + 0.2M

Where M = total Maintenance overhead after reapportionment from Stores

S = total Stores overhead after reapportionment from Maintenance

60% of the total Maintenance overhead and 50% of the total Stores overhead are to be apportioned to Production Department 1.

The total production overhead for Production Department 1 after reapportionment of the service departments' overhead costs is closest to:

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Which THREE of the following are parts of the master budget? (Choose three.)

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A company has spent $5,000 on a report into the viability of using a subcontractor. The report highlighted the following:

A machine purchased six years ago for $30,000 would become surplus to requirements. It has a written-down value of $10,000 but would be resold for $12,000.

A machine operator would be made redundant and would receive a redundancy payment of $40,000.

The administration of the subcontractor arrangement would cost the company $25,000 each year.

Which THREE of the following are relevant for the decision? (Choose three.)

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A company's policy is to hold closing inventory each month equal to 10% of the next month's budgeted sales volume. The budgeted sales volumes of product Q for months 1 and 2 are 1,660 units and 2,300 units respectively.

The production budget for product Q for month 1 is:

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