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Cost Accounting Test 6

Description: Useful for commerce students, SET, UGC and other exams.
Number of Questions: 28
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Tags: Cost Accounting Marginal Costing and Differential Cost Analysis Budgeting and Budgetary Control Standard Costing and Variance Analysis
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Directions: Choose the correct option for the given question.

_____ helps the management in cost control.

  1. Marginal costing

  2. Operation costing

  3. Unit costing

  4. Absorption costing

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A

Directions: Choose the correct option for the given question.

Profit planning is possible with _____ costing.

  1. marginal

  2. absorption

  3. operation

  4. unit

  5. service


Correct Option: A

Directions: Choose the correct option for the given question.

Marginal costing helps in price fixation more in the period of

  1. inflation

  2. deflation

  3. depression

  4. boom

  5. all of the above


Correct Option: C

Directions: Choose the correct option for the given question.

______ is the system most useful for making make or buy decisions.

  1. Operation costing

  2. Marginal costing

  3. Unit costing

  4. Service costing

  5. Absorption costing


Correct Option: B

Directions: Choose the correct option for the given question.

Marginal costing and _____ analysis helps in decision-making.

  1. service costing

  2. unit costing

  3. differential costing

  4. absorption costing

  5. none of these


Correct Option: C

Directions: Choose the correct option for the given question.

Key factor is taken into consideration to judge the _____ of different products, whenever there is any shortage.

  1. liquidity

  2. profitability

  3. stability

  4. consistency

  5. financial position


Correct Option: B

Directions: Choose the correct option for the given question.

A decrease in the variable cost per unit _____ the P/V ratio.

  1. increases

  2. decreases

  3. do not affect

  4. either (1) or (2)

  5. none of these


Correct Option: A

Directions: Choose the correct option for the given question.

There will be _____ in marginal costing, when there is production but no sales.

  1. profit

  2. loss

  3. cost

  4. income

  5. expense


Correct Option: B

Directions: Choose the correct option for the given question.

An increase in physical sales volume _____ P/V ratio.

  1. increases

  2. decreases

  3. either (1) or (2)

  4. does not affect

  5. none of these


Correct Option: D

Directions: Choose the correct option for the given question.

A 10% increase in selling price per unit and 10% decrease in physical sales volume ____ P/V ratio.

  1. increases

  2. decreases

  3. either (1) or (2)

  4. do not affect

  5. none of these


Correct Option: B

Directions: Choose the correct option for the given question.

In marginal costing, managerial decisions are guided by ____ than by profit.

  1. marginal cost

  2. variable cost

  3. incremental cost

  4. contribution margin

  5. margin of safety


Correct Option: D

Directions: Choose the correct option for the given question.

There will be difference in profits under absorption costing and marginal costing, when production is ____ sales.

  1. more than

  2. less than

  3. equal to

  4. more or less than

  5. greater than or equal to


Correct Option: C

Directions: Choose the correct option for the given question.

_____ is a budget starts from zero.

  1. ZBB

  2. PB

  3. PPB

  4. All of the above

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A

Directions: Choose the correct option for the given question.

Marginal costing is a technique of _____

  1. cost reduction

  2. cost control

  3. profit planning

  4. profit maximising

  5. cost minimisation


Correct Option: B

Directions: Choose the correct option for the given question.

_____ is the act of building budgets.

  1. Budgeting

  2. Estimating

  3. Forecasting

  4. ZBB

  5. Evaluating


Correct Option: A

Directions: Choose the correct option for the given question.

Budgeting system _____ key managerial functions.

  1. co-ordinates

  2. integrates

  3. controls

  4. organises

  5. plans


Correct Option: B

Directions: Choose the correct option for the given question.

A ______ is useful only when the actual level of activity corresponds to the budgeted level of activity.

  1. flexible budget

  2. master budget

  3. sales budget

  4. production budget

  5. fixed budget


Correct Option: E

Directions: Choose the correct option for the given question.

_____ is a predetermined cost.

  1. Marginal cost

  2. Standard cost

  3. Service cost

  4. Unit cost

  5. Historic cost


Correct Option: B

Directions: Choose the correct option for the given question.

______ is the budget incorporating all the component functional budgets.

  1. Sales budget

  2. Production budget

  3. Capital budget

  4. Master budget

  5. Summary budget


Correct Option: D

Directions: Choose the correct option for the given question.

In differential cost analysis, decisions are taken by comparing the ____ with differential cost.

  1. marginal cost

  2. marginal revenue

  3. incremental revenue

  4. either (2) or (3)

  5. none of these


Correct Option: C

Directions: Choose the correct option for the given question.

_____ forms the basis on which all other budgets are built up.

  1. Master budget

  2. Production budget

  3. Sales budget

  4. Summary budget

  5. Cash budget


Correct Option: C

Directions: Choose the correct option for the given question.

______ is the most important budget.

  1. Master budget

  2. Cash budget

  3. Sales budget

  4. Production budget

  5. Summary budget


Correct Option: C

Directions: Choose the correct option for the given question.

_____ costing is widely used in engineering industries.

  1. Marginal cost

  2. Standard cost

  3. Unit cost

  4. Service cost

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B

Directions: Choose the correct option for the given question.

Idle time x _____ gives the idle time variance.

  1. normal rate

  2. standard rate

  3. abnormal rate

  4. either (1) or (2)

  5. none of these


Correct Option: B

Directions: Choose the correct option for the given question:

Three types of standards are current standard, basic standard and _____ standard.

  1. predetermined

  2. popular

  3. normal

  4. absolute

  5. none of these


Correct Option: C

Directions: Choose the correct option for the given question.

_____ is a major constraint on all the operational activities of the organisation.

  1. Limiting factor

  2. Production

  3. Marketing

  4. Sales value

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A

Directions: Choose the correct option for the given question.

Standard cost is a/an

  1. pre-determined cost

  2. historical cost

  3. process cost

  4. current cost

  5. actual cost


Correct Option: A

Directions: Choose the correct option for the given question.

Deviation of actual cost or profit or sales from the standard cost or profit or sales is called

  1. standard deviation

  2. variance

  3. mean deviation

  4. either (1) or (2)

  5. none of these


Correct Option: B
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