The staffing policy for a supermarket is to have one cashier station open for every forecasted 20 customers per hour. Cashiers are hired by the hour as and when required, and do not perform any other duties.
The cost of the cashiers in relation to the number of customers would be classified as which type of cost?
A company’s management accountant wishes to calculate the present value of the cost of renting a delivery vehicle. There will be five annual rental payments of $5,000, the first of which is due immediately. The company’s discount rate is 12%.
Which TWO of the following are valid ways to calculate the present value of the rental payments? (Choose two.)
Refer to the exhibit.
Which is the correct journal entry required to record an adverse labour rate variance in an integrated accounting system?
The correct journal entry required to record an adverse labour rate variance in an integrated accounting system is:
Refer to the exhibit.
The following standard cost information relates to the production department of Brace Engineering Ltd.
The actual data for the month of March was as follows:
What is the direct labour rate variance (to the nearest whole number)?
The standard variable cost of product A is $4 per unit and the standard selling price is $6.80 per unit.
During the latest period 1,200 units of product A were produced and sold, compared with a budget of 1,300 units.
The actual variable cost incurred was $4.90 per unit and the actual selling price was $6.50 per unit.
The sales volume contribution variance for the period was
Refer to the exhibit.
SL manufactures a single product, the cost and selling price of which are given below:
Fixed overheads per unit are based on a budgeted production volume of 25,000 units.
Budgeted sales are assumed to be 25,000 units.
If all costs increase by 5% but selling price remains the same, by how much must sales change from the budgeted volume to achieve the same budgeted profit?
Refer to the exhibit.
Xell Ltd uses a standard costing system and therefore values all inventory at standard cost. During period 3 the price paid for material 'A' was £6 per kg less than the standard price.
The following information for material 'A' relates to period 3:
What was the material price variance for period 3?
TESTED 22 Feb 2025
