CIMAPRO19-P02-1 P2 Advanced Management Accounting Exam Practice Test

Division A and Division B are divisions of the same group. Division A transfers all of its output to Division B.

Which THREE of these alternative transfer pricing bases will prevent any cost inefficiencies in Division A being passed on to Division B?

A manufacturing company sells a large range of products. Forecast data for the next period for one of these products are as follows.

After manufacture, each complete batch must be stored in a local warehouse until it is subsequently sent to the company's main national warehouse. The company does not own a local warehouse. A local warehouse with a maximum capacity of 500 units could be rented for $2,450 for the next period.

Alternatively a larger local warehouse with a maximum capacity of 700 units could be rented for $3,430 for the next period.The company will not begin the manufacture of any new batch until the previous batch has been sent to its main national warehouse.

What would be the change in the total cost of set up and storage if the batch size was changed to 600 units?

Give your answer to the nearest whole $.

A cost centre manager's performance is monitored based on a comparison of actual and budgeted cost. A summary performance report for the latest period is shown below.

The actual costs include:

*$28,000 for allocated head office costs.

*$18,000 payment for a rental agreement entered into by the cost centre manager two years ago.

*$34,000 for depreciation.

What is the cost centre manager's controllable actual cost for the period?

Give your answer to the nearest $000.

The Chief Executive of a large manufacturing company has made the following comment.

"All of our competitors are using both just-in-time(JIT) and Total Quality Management (TQM) whereas we have never used either. Consequently we are lagging behind our competitors because their levels of inventory and quality costs are significantly below ours. I want to see JIT fully implemented, both for purchasing and for production, in 4 weeks' time and TQM fully implemented 4 weeks after that."

Which of the following provide appropriate advice to the Chief Executive?

Select ALL that apply.

A company is considering two mutually exclusive projects, an analysis of which is given below:

The company's cost of capital is 12%.

Assuming an objective of maximising shareholders' wealth, which project would be recommmended?

The following cash flows are forecast for a potential investment project.

The cost of capital for the project is 12% per year and the company uses a straight line depreciation policy.

What is the modified internal rate of return (MIRR) of the project?

Give your answer to the nearest whole percentage.

Which THREE of the following are advantages of changing from a 'top-down' to a 'bottom-up' (participative) style of budgeting?