During a period of rising prices, which of the following inventory pricing methods tends to produce higher cost of goods sold?
A. LIFO
B. FIFO
C. Simple Average Method
D. Inflated Price Method
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Target price is subtracted from per unit target operating income to calculate
A. total current full cost
B. total cost per unit
C. target operating income per unit
D. target cost per unit
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Standard costing is more widely applied in . . . . . . . . industries.
A. process and engineering
B. jobbing industries
C. construction industry
D. All of these
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A technique, which accumulates and tracks costs of business function in value chain attributed to each market, offering from R and D to final customer support, is called
A. product life cycle
B. life cycle budgeting
C. life cycle costing
D. target costing
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When actual loss is . . . . . . . . than the estimated loss, the difference between the two is considered to be abnormal gain.
A. more
B. less
C. higher
D. None of these
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What is the basic difference between a static budget and a flexible budget?
A. A static budget is based on one specific level of production and a flexible budget can be prepared for any production level within a relevant range
B. A static budget is for an entire production, but a flexible budget is applicable only to a single department
C. Flexible budget allow management latitude in meeting goals, where as a static budget is based on a fixed standard
D. A flexible budget considers only variable costs, but a static budget considers all costs
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Return on Investment (RoI) is computed as
A. Net profit ratio * Capital turnover ratio
B. Operating net profit ratio * Shareholders fund
C. Net profit/Sales
D. Cost of sales/Capital employed
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Which of the following methods of stock valuation results in lower valuation of inventory and lower income when prices are rising:
A. FIFO Method
B. LIFO Method
C. Simple Average Method
D. Weighted Average Method
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Under Merrick's multiple piece rate system, 120% of the ordinary piece rate is given to workers whose level of performance is between . . . . . . . . of the standard output.
A. 83% and 100%
B. 100% and 120%
C. 0% and 83%
D. None of these
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Under Merrick's multiple piece rate system, 110% of the ordinary piece rate is given to workers whose level of performance is between . . . . . . . . of the standard output.
A. 83% and 100%
B. 100% and 120%
C. 0% and 83%
D. None of these
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Break-even point is also known as . . . . . . . . point.
A. total cost
B. total revenue
C. no profit no loss
D. contribution
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Tender price expresses-
A. Total production cost
B. Sales cost
C. Estimated selling price
D. Cost sheet of last period
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An automobile service unit uses . . . . . . . . costing.
A. specific order
B. batch
C. job
D. contract
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. . . . . . . . is the excess of overheads absorbed over the actual amount of overheads incurred.
A. Over absorption of overheads
B. Under absorption of overheads
C. Overheads absorption
D. None of these
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Economic capacity of a plant represents its:
A. maximum physical output level
B. average output level over a period
C. break-even output and sales level
D. output level that equates the average and the marginal costs
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Unsuccessful research expenditure should be . . . . . . . . cost accounts.
A. excluded from
B. included in
C. apportioned in
D. None of these
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'EOQ' is used in:
A. Inventory Management
B. Receivables Management
C. Cash Management
D. Ratio Analysis
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Match the following.
List-I
List-II
a. Debtor's turnover ratio
1. Solvency ratio
b. Proprietary ratio
2. Liquidity ratio
c. Operating ratio
3. Activity ratio
d. Acid test ratio
4. Profitability ratio
A. a-2, b-4, c-3, d-1
B. a-3, b-2, c-1, d-4
C. a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2
D. a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
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Match the items of
List-I with the items of
List-II and indicate the correct answer.
List-I
List-II
a. Absolute cost advantage theory
1. The empirical evidence based on US export of labour-intensive goods challenging the factor endowment theory.
b. Comparative cost advantage theory
2. A country with a direct cost advantage in the production of a product on account of greater efficiency.
c. Factor endowment theory
3. A country should produce and export a commodity that primarily involves a factor of production in abundance within the country.
d. Leontief paradox
4. A country should specialize in the production and export of a commodity in which it possesses the greatest relative advantage.
A. a-2, b-4, c-3, d-1
B. a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3
C. a-2, b-1, c-3, d-4
D. a-1, b-4, c-3, d-2
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The principle types of inventories are raw materials and, . . . . . . . . and finished goods.
A. processed materials
B. goods-in-progress
C. stored goods
D. goods for dispatch
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