CPA Management Accounting MA Prüfungsfragen mit Lösungen:

1. Quastir Co manufactures a single product which sells for $48.80 per unit. At this selling price, theprofitper unit is $5.35, after apportionment of the $65,000 of fixed costs. The budgeted production and sales volume is 20,000 units.
What is the margin of safety, expressed in units (to the nearest unit)?

A) 12,441
B) 12,150
C) 7,850
D) 7,559

2. Coolbreeze Co manufactures refrigerators. The company isorganizedon a divisionalised basis and has two divisions (compressor and cabinet).
The compressor division transfers 65% of its output to the cabinet division for $85 per unit, and sells the rest of its output to external companies for $92 per unit.
The cabinet division sells the final product at an average selling price of $495 per unit. In the next month, it expected that the compressor division will produce 27,000 units. The variable cost of manufacturing compressors is $62 per unit.
Assuming that the divisions operate with total autonomy, which of the following options is the most likely reason for making internal transfers at a value which is less than the external selling price of the compressor division?

A) Head office has imposed the transfer price.
B) The management of the compressor division are seeking to restrict the quantity produced.
C) The transfer price has been set to allow the cabinet division to compete through lower prices.
D) Some additional costs are incurred on external sales.

3. The cost of one of the products produced by Veetee Co is currently calculated as follows:
Direct costs$5.78
Overheads$9.38 (based on 0.4laborhours per unit)
Total cost$15.16
A cost analysis exercise indicated that there are two categories of overhead costs, processing and handling.
The table below shows the total cost of each activity, and the volume of the associated cost drivers.
ActivityCostCost driversVolume of cost driver
Processing$17,500Laborhours2,187.5
Handling$33,810Purchase orders48,300
Six purchase orders are required for each unit produced.
If the data from the cost analysis exercise is used as the basis for Activity Based Costing, what is the revised cost per unit?

A) $13*18
B) $14*48
C) $7*40
D) $8*70

4. Devin Co sells a single product at a selling price of $85. Direct costs are $38 per unit and overheads are $24 per unit. 60% of overheads represent the recovery of fixed costs. Both sales and production are budgeted to be 50,000 units.
How many units to be sold to reach at the breakeven point (to the nearest unit)?

A) 25,532
B) 19,251
C) 31,304
D) 14,724

5. The marketing director of Peek Co has suggested that, despite an anticipated increase in variable cost per unit of $2, the selling price of the product manufactured by one of the divisions should be reduced by 3% to increase sales volume. The product is currently sold for $110 per unit which generates a contribution/sales ratio of 32%. Fixed costs for the next year are estimated to be $1,250,000.
What will be the breakeven sales volume in the next year (to the nearest unit)?

A) 35,511
B) 39,062
C) 40,323
D) 41,806

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