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Cost Accounting Test

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Direction: Choose the correct option for the given question.

Financial audit aims at the verification of a

  1. cost accounting

  2. financial accounting

  3. management accounting

  4. none of these


Correct Option: B

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Volume variance is divided into capacity variance, calender variance and

  1. casual variance

  2. performance variance

  3. efficiency variance

  4. normal variance

  5. none of these


Correct Option: C

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Management by exception exercise controls over

  1. favourable items

  2. unfavourable items

  3. management

  4. subordinate

  5. none of these


Correct Option: B

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_____ costing cannot be used in small concerns.

  1. Unit

  2. Service

  3. Process

  4. Standard

  5. Marginal


Correct Option: D

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_____ is the technique of exercising control over unfavourable items.

  1. MBO

  2. MBT

  3. MBE

  4. ZBB

  5. PB


Correct Option: C

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Standard cost of labour - Actual cost of labour =

  1. Total labour cost variance

  2. Labour cost ratio

  3. Variance ratio

  4. Either (2) or (3)

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A

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_______ costing is a standardsation of the costing principles and practices in the same industry.

  1. Standard

  2. Uniform

  3. Process

  4. Maginal service

  5. Service


Correct Option: B

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The success of ______ costing depends on mutual trust and co-operation among the units.

  1. standard

  2. uniform

  3. process

  4. service

  5. absorption


Correct Option: B

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Uniform costing facilitates _____ comparison of cost of production.

  1. inter-firm

  2. inter-unit

  3. intra-firm

  4. intra-unit

  5. none of these


Correct Option: B

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Uniform costing may lead to _____ conditions with in industry.

  1. inflation

  2. deflation

  3. devaluation

  4. monopolistic

  5. equillibrium


Correct Option: D

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Cost audit assists the

  1. manager

  2. customer

  3. shareholder

  4. financial auditor

  5. none of these


Correct Option: D

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______ is a booklet containing detailed instructions to be followed by various firms in an industry in connection with cost determination and control.

  1. Uniform costing manual

  2. Standard costing manual

  3. Service costing manual

  4. Process costing manual

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A

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______ is concerned with verification of cost accounts.

  1. Financial audit

  2. Company audit

  3. Statutory audit

  4. Cost audit

  5. Management audit


Correct Option: D

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Audit means examination of books of accounts and vouchers so as to establish their

  1. accuracy

  2. reliability

  3. fairness

  4. dependability

  5. none of these


Correct Option: A

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Lower level management requires more _____ report.

  1. descriptive

  2. detailed

  3. brief

  4. informative

  5. all of the above


Correct Option: B

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The reports given to the higher level management must be

  1. detailed

  2. descriptive

  3. summarised

  4. informative

  5. none of these


Correct Option: C

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Lower management requires _____ reports.

  1. frequent

  2. unfrequent

  3. more frequent

  4. timely

  5. adequate


Correct Option: C

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______ reports are required by management at the top level.

  1. Timely

  2. Less frequent

  3. More frequent

  4. Adequate

  5. Frequent


Correct Option: B

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Lower level management requires _____ reports.

  1. less

  2. more

  3. more as well as detailed

  4. can't say

  5. none of these


Correct Option: A

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Higher level management requires _____ reports.

  1. less

  2. more

  3. less but detailed

  4. can' t say

  5. none of these


Correct Option: B

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Clarity should not be sacrificed at the cost of

  1. description

  2. benefits

  3. brevity

  4. increased

  5. none of these


Correct Option: C

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Cost reduction should not be done by arbitrary cost

  1. measurement

  2. slashing

  3. leading

  4. development

  5. understanding


Correct Option: B

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Information delayed is information

  1. obtained

  2. denied

  3. documented

  4. tested for quality

  5. none of these


Correct Option: B

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Speedy and frequent reports are desirable but ____ lose their effectiveness.

  1. frequent reports

  2. more frequent reports

  3. speedy reports

  4. more speedy reports

  5. more detailed reports


Correct Option: B

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Cost control is a preventive function where as cost reduction is a ____ function.

  1. controlling

  2. planning

  3. corrective

  4. defective

  5. none of these


Correct Option: C

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Systematic identification of unnecessary costs is called

  1. value analysis

  2. value evaluation

  3. value generation

  4. value function

  5. none of these


Correct Option: A

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The scope of cost accountancy includes

  1. cost ascertainment

  2. cost accounting

  3. cost control

  4. all of the above

  5. none of these


Correct Option: D

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Works cost + Administration overhead =

  1. Prime cost

  2. Factory cost

  3. Cost of production

  4. Cost of sales

  5. None of these


Correct Option: C

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Smaller sub-division of cost, attributable to products and services, is called a

  1. cost centre

  2. cost unit

  3. profit centre

  4. profit unit

  5. none of these


Correct Option: B

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The difference between cost of sales and selling price represents

  1. profit

  2. loss

  3. either (1) or (2)

  4. income

  5. expense


Correct Option: C
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