The difference between fixed and variable cost has a special significance in the preparation of:
A. flexible budget
B. master budget
C. cash budget
D. sales budget
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Where actual loss in a process is less than the anticipated loss, the difference between the two is considered to be . . . . . . . .
A. abnormal loss
B. normal loss
C. abnormal gain
D. normal gain
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Management by exception is exercising control over . . . . . . . .
A. Costs
B. Favourable items
C. Unfavourable items
D. All of these
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What is the stock turnover ratio when the opening stock is Rs. 50,000; closing stock is Rs. 60,000 and; and the cost of goods sold is Rs. 2,20,000?
A. 2 times
B. 3 times
C. 4 times
D. 5 times
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Activity Ratio =
A. Number of working days in the budget period Number of actual working days in a period × 100
B. Budgeted hours Actual hours worked × 100
C. Actual hours worked Standard hours for actual production × 100
D. Budgeted standard hours Standard hours for actual production × 100
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The system which gives a continuous information regarding quantum and value of inventory is known as:
A. Re-order point valuation method
B. Periodic inventory method
C. Perpetual inventory method
D. A, B, C analysis technique
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A process costing system is used by a company that
A. produces heterogeneous products
B. produces items by special request of customers
C. produces homogeneous products
D. accumulates costs by job
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. . . . . . . . is a post mortem of past costs.
A. Financial accounting
B. Cost accounting
C. Both A and B
D. None of these
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. . . . . . . . is one which can be conveniently identified with and charged to a particular unit of cost.
A. Direct cost
B. Indirect cost
C. Overhead
D. None of these
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Cost accounting provides data for managerial . . . . . . . .
A. decision making
B. recruitment
C. retrenchment
D. None of the above
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Statement (A): It is necessary to tally current costs with current income in order to find out the correct profit.
Reason (R): LIFO ensures matching of current costs with current income.
A. Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
B. Both A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A
C. A is correct but R is incorrect
D. A is incorrect but R is correct
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Basis of apportionment of creche expenses is . . . . . . . .
A. number of employees
B. number of female employees
C. number of male employees
D. Both B and C
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Cost Accounting has been developed because of . . . . . . . . of Financial Accounting.
A. Limitations
B. Advantages
C. Both A and B
D. None of these
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If the amount of work certified is less than . . . . . . . . of the contract price, then no profit should be taken to Profit & Loss Account.
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Contracts where all agreed costs are recovered is known as:
A. Target costing
B. Operation costing
C. Cost plus contract costing
D. Process costing
E. Job costing
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Match the items of
List-I with those of
List-II and indicate the correct answer
List-I
List-II
a. Acid test ratio
1. Profitability analysis
b. Debt service coverage ratio
2. Activity analysis
c. Debt equity ratio
3. Liquidity analysis
d. Stock turnover ratio
4. Long-term solvency analysis
A. a-2, b-1, c-3, d-4
B. a-2, c-3, c-4, d-1
C. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
D. a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2
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Material mix variance = standard cost of standard mix - . . . . . . . .
A. Actual cost of actual mix
B. Actual cost of standard mix
C. Standard cost of actual mix
D. Standard cost of budgeted mix
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Administration and management overheads are realized as a percentage
A. Direct material
B. Direct wages
C. Prime cost
D. Factory cost
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The origin of Kaizen costing in
A. India
B. Japan
C. China
D. France
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Which of the following is not an example of financing activities with reference to cash flow statement?
A. Repayment of bank loan
B. Interest on debentures or dividend paid
C. Cash proceeds from public deposits
D. Sale of fixed assets
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