Question 31

A company's budget for the next period shows that it would breakeven at sales revenue of $800,000 and fixed costs of $320,000.
The sales revenue needed to achieve a profit of $200,000 in the next period would be:
  • Question 32

    The simplex method has been used to determine the optimum output of products P, Q, R and S with constraints on resources J, K and L.
    In the final simplex tableau, the figure in the product R row and the column for slack variable K is 80.
    Which of the following statements is correct?
  • Question 33

    Reported profits using activity-based costing (ABC) may be different from reported profits using marginal costing because ABC:
  • Question 34

    A company is choosing between three projects, Project P, Project Q and Project R using minimax regret as the criterion for the decision. The outcome from each project is dependent on future economic growth. If this is strong, returns will be P $5,000, Q $6,500 and R $7,200. If it is weak, returns will be P
    $3,500, Q $4,800 and R $4,200.
    Place the correct figures into the table to show the maximum regret for each project.

    Question 35

    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?