CIMA BA2 – Fundamentals of Management Accounting Question Tutorial - CIMAPRO17-BA2-X1-ENG Exam Questions
QUESTION NO: 1
A sales manager has analysed a sample of 350 sales transactions from the latest period. The manager wishes to investigate:
how many customers made their purchase online using the internet and how many purchased by telephone.
how many were new customers and how many were placing repeat orders.
The following table shows the results of the analysis.
If the pattern of sales occurs next period, the probability of a particular sale being a repeat order placed online is closest to:
A sales manager has analysed a sample of 350 sales transactions from the latest period. The manager wishes to investigate:
how many customers made their purchase online using the internet and how many purchased by telephone.
how many were new customers and how many were placing repeat orders.
The following table shows the results of the analysis.
If the pattern of sales occurs next period, the probability of a particular sale being a repeat order placed online is closest to:
Correct Answer: A
QUESTION NO: 2
Which of the following is NOT a valid purpose of budgeting?
Which of the following is NOT a valid purpose of budgeting?
Correct Answer: D
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QUESTION NO: 3
The staffing policy for a supermarket is to have one cashier station open for every forecasted 20 customers per hour. Cashiers are hired by the hour as and when required, and do not perform any other duties.
The cost of the cashiers in relation to the number of customers would be classified as which type of cost?
The staffing policy for a supermarket is to have one cashier station open for every forecasted 20 customers per hour. Cashiers are hired by the hour as and when required, and do not perform any other duties.
The cost of the cashiers in relation to the number of customers would be classified as which type of cost?
Correct Answer: B
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QUESTION NO: 4
A company that uses standard costing wishes to reconcile the difference between the profit for a period calculated using absorption costing with that calculated using marginal costing.
Which TWO of the following will NOT help with this reconciliation? (Choose two.)
A company that uses standard costing wishes to reconcile the difference between the profit for a period calculated using absorption costing with that calculated using marginal costing.
Which TWO of the following will NOT help with this reconciliation? (Choose two.)
Correct Answer: A,C
QUESTION NO: 5
A company makes and sells a range of products. The standard details per unit for one of these products, product X, are as follows.
To meet sales demand, the company must obtain 2,000 units of product X next month. There is sufficient labour capacity to produce 1,500 of these units in-house during normal time. However, any production above this level would require overtime working which would be paid at a premium of 50%.
The company can buy as many units of product X as it wishes next month from an external supplier at a price of $120 per unit.
What is the total financial benefit to the company of purchasing the appropriate number of units from the external supplier rather than producing them in-house?
A company makes and sells a range of products. The standard details per unit for one of these products, product X, are as follows.
To meet sales demand, the company must obtain 2,000 units of product X next month. There is sufficient labour capacity to produce 1,500 of these units in-house during normal time. However, any production above this level would require overtime working which would be paid at a premium of 50%.
The company can buy as many units of product X as it wishes next month from an external supplier at a price of $120 per unit.
What is the total financial benefit to the company of purchasing the appropriate number of units from the external supplier rather than producing them in-house?
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION NO: 6
A company uses standard absorption costing. Budgeted and actual data for the latest period are as follows.
What was the production overhead absorption rate per unit?
A company uses standard absorption costing. Budgeted and actual data for the latest period are as follows.
What was the production overhead absorption rate per unit?
Correct Answer: D
