The purchase of machinery by issuing long-term notes payable should be reported as a
A. non-cash investing and financing activity
B. cash outflow in the operating activity
C. cash outflow in the investing activity
D. cash outflow in the financing activity
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Cash flow statement is useful for financial planning.
A. short-term
B. long-term
C. short-term as well as long-term
D. None of the above
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The cost accounting method to compute basic cost of a product or service is
A. Process costing
B. Contract costing
C. Uniform costing
D. Unit costing
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Match the following.
List-I (Variances)
List-II (Formulae)
a. MCV
1. SP (RSQ - AQ)
b. MPV
2. SP (SQ - AQ)
c. MUV
3. AQ consumed (SP - AP)
d. MMV
4. SC - AC
A. a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
B. a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3
C. a-4, b-1, c-2, d-3
D. a-3, b-4, c-2, d-1
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Fixed cost . . . . . . . . in the same proportion in which output changes.
A. does not change
B. changes
C. increases
D. None of these
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Fixed cost per unit . . . . . . . . with increase in output.
A. increases
B. decreases
C. remains constant
D. increases at a decreasing rate
E. increases proportionately
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On what basis are the selling and distribution overheads absorbed?
A. Percentage on selling cost
B. Percentage on factory cost
C. Per unit rate
D. None of these
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A group items in ABC system of inventory control are
A. Small number of items with large rupee investment
B. Large number of items with large rupee investment
C. Large number of items with small money investment
D. Very high quality items
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Works cost is a total of . . . . . . . .
A. indirect material, indirect labour
B. direct material, direct labour, direct or chargeable expenses and works expenses
C. direct material, direct labour
D. indirect material, indirect labour, indirect expenses
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Fund flow refers to changes in
A. application
B. sources
C. both A and B
D. working capital
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. . . . . . . . helps in ascertaining costs beforehand.
A. Financial accounting
B. Cost accounting
C. Management accounting
D. None of these
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Assertion (A): Only the relevant costs should be taken into consideration for decision-making.
Reason (R): All variable costs are relevant costs, and all fixed costs are irrelevant costs.
A. Both (A) and (R) are correct
B. (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect
C. (R) is correct, but (A) is incorrect
D. Both (A) and (R) are incorrect
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Responsibility accounting aims to
A. Ensure the manager is punished if things go wrong
B. Ensure costs become the responsibility of a specific manager
C. Allocate costs to all areas of a business
D. Reduce the costs a department incurs
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In process costing, the abnormal loss is treated as . . . . . . . . cost and written off to profit & loss account.
A. unit
B. period
C. future
D. process
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Material price variance = Actual usage (. . . . . . . .)
A. Standard price
B. Standard unit price - actual unit price
C. Actual price
D. Standard usage
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A company proposes to introduce a new product in the market. The company wants to maintain P/V ratio at 25%. If variable cost of the product is Rs. 300, then what will be the selling price?
A. Rs. 100
B. Rs. 200
C. Rs. 300
D. Rs. 400
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What is the amount of fixed cost if the margin of safety is Rs. 80,000 profit is Rs. 20,000, and sales is Rs. 3,00,000?
A. Rs. 1,00,000
B. Rs. 75,000
C. Rs. 55,000
D. Rs. 20,000
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Credit and collection cost is an item of:
A. selling overhead
B. office overhead
C. prime cost
D. administrative overhead
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. . . . . . . . forms part of cost of production.
A. Abnormal waste
B. Normal waste
C. Both A and B
D. None of these
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Average cost method of valuing material issues is suitable when . . . . . . . .
A. prices rise
B. prices fall
C. prices fluctuate considerably
D. None of these
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