Question 56
TP makes wedding cakes that are sold to specialist retail outlets which decorate the cakes according to the customers' specific requirements. The standard cost per unit of its most popular cake is as follows:
The general market prices at the time of purchase for Ingredient A and Ingredient B were $23 per kg and
$20 per kg respectively.
TP operates a JIT purchasing system for ingredients and a JIT production system; therefore, there was no inventory during the period.
Prepare a statement which reconciles the flexed budget material cost and the actual material cost. Your statement should include the material price planning variances, and the operational variances including material price, material mix and material yield.
What was the material price planning variance for ingredient A?
Question 57
Christian the management accountant at a car manufacturer has been given a list of costs that have been incurred due to accidents and errors either occurring or being prevented.
Which of the following are examples of non-conformance costs? Select ALL that apply.
Question 58
A manufacturing company uses activity-based costing to charge overheads to its three products. One of the main activities is quality inspection. The cost driver is the number of inspections and the budgeted cost is $211,200.
Additional budgeted data.
What is the budgeted quality inspection cost for a unit of product F?
Question 59
GP is launching a new product. The annual forecast costs are as follows:
What is the expected value of the total costs?
Give your answer to the nearest whole $.
Question 60
XY can choose from four mutually exclusive projects. The projects will each last for one year and their net cash inflows will be determined by market conditions. The forecast net cash inflows for each of the possible outcomes are shown below.
If the company applies the maximin criterion the project chosen would be: