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Cost and Management Accounting (CMA) | Set 1

1. ……….provides information for income determination.

Correct : A. financial accounting

2. helps in ascertaining costs beforehand.

Correct : B. cost accounting

3. The scope of cost accounting include…………..,…………… and……………

Correct : A. cost ascertainment, cost presentation, cost control

4. Cost accounting disclose …………….

Correct : B. profit/loss of a product, job or service

5. ….is a post mortem of past costs.

Correct : A. financial accounting

6. …..aids in price fixation.

Correct : B. cost accounting

7. ………is the oldest branch of accounting.

Correct : A. financial accounting

8. ……….includes financial and cost accounting, tax planning and tax accounting.

Correct : C. management accounting

9. In automobile,..............................costing is used

Correct : C. multiple

10. Service costing is used in industries producing………………

Correct : B. service

11. ……….costing is applicable to printers.

Correct : D. job

12. Process costing is also known as…......................costing.

Correct : A. continuous

13. Operating costing is also known as........................costing.

Correct : A. service

14. costing is a type or technique of costing.

Correct : A. marginal

15. ……….costing is a type or technique of costing.

Correct : A. absorption

16. …………is not the scope ofCost Accountancy.

Correct : D. tax planning

17. Cost Accounting has been developed becauseof….........................of Financial Accounting.

Correct : A. limitations

18. Cost Accountancy is the science, art and ……………….of a costaccountant.

Correct : A. practice

19. The ordinary trading account is a locked storehouse of most valuable information to which cost system is the……………….

Correct : A. key

20. Cost accounts deal partly with facts and figures and partly with………

Correct : A. estimates

21. Cost accounting provides data for managerial…………….

Correct : A. decision making

22. Cost accounting is based on…......................figures.

Correct : A. estimated

23. Cost accounting provides detailed information about .................................of various products, processes, services and operations.

Correct : A. costs

24. Cost accounting records both monetary and.......................units.

Correct : A. physical

25. The method of costing used in a refinery is… .................. costing.

Correct : A. process

26. ………costing is used in transport undertakings.

Correct : B. service

27. The total variable cost.......................................in total proportion to output.

Correct : A. increases

28. Variable cost per unit ……….…………...

Correct : A. remains constant

29. Sunk costs are.............................for decision-making

Correct : A. irrelevant

30. Costing and cost accounting are …………...

Correct : A. not the same

31. Fixed cost ...................................in the same proportion in which output changes.

Correct : A. does not change

32. Administration expenses are mostly……………….

Correct : C. fixed

33. Abnormal cost is …………………..

Correct : A. uncontrollable

34. Cost of production is equal to ……………………

Correct : A. works cost plus administration overheads

35. Variable cost increases with.................. in output.

Correct : A. increase

36. Accounting provides information for cost control.

Correct : B. cost

37. ………is one which can be conveniently identified with and charged to a particular unit of cost.

Correct : A. direct cost

38. Cost centre and cost unit are……………………

Correct : A. not the same

39. Fixed cost per unit …………………… with rise in output and …………… with fall in output.

Correct : A. decreases, increases

40. Period costs charged to……………….

Correct : C. period

41. Standard costs is…………………..

Correct : A. predetermined cost

42. ……………………are costs which have been applied against revenue of particular accounting period.

Correct : A. expenses

43. .....................…………is the smallest segment of activity or area or responsibility for which costs are accumulated.

Correct : B. cost centre

44. The primary emphasis of.......................... cost is on the planning function of management.

Correct : A. budgeted

45. ……….cost is irrecoverable cost.

Correct : C. sunk

46. ……is the value of a benefit where no actual cost is incurred.

Correct : A. imputed

47. ………..is the cost which involves payment to outsiders.

Correct : A. out of pocket cost

48. ……………is the maximum possible alternative earning that might have been earned if the productive capacity is put to some alternativeuse.

Correct : A. opportunity

49. An item of cost that is direct for one business may be ......................for another business.

Correct : C. indirect

50. The total of all direct expenses is known as ................... cost.

Correct : A. prime

51. ................ costs are partly fixed and partly variable in relation to output.

Correct : C. semi-variable

52. An opportunity cost is …………………..

Correct : A. the advantage foregone

53. Works cost is a total of………………

Correct : B. direct material, direct labour, direct or chargeable expenses and works expenses

54. An opportunity cost does not involve…………

Correct : A. cash outlays

55. Variable costs change..................................with change in output.

Correct : A. proportionately

56. Fixed cost per unit................................... with increase in output.

Correct : A. decreases

57. Depreciation is… ........................expenditure.

Correct : D. semi-variable

58. Out of pocket costs involve payment to …………………

Correct : A. outsiders

59. Added value is the change in…………………

Correct : A. market value

60. .........................Accounting is not only a positive science but also a normative science because it includes techniques of budgetary controland standard costing.

Correct : B. cost

61. Material control does not cover the following stage.

Correct : D. production

62. Material control aims at achieving effective…………

Correct : A. material management

63. Stores Ledger is maintained in the…………………

Correct : C. cost accounting department

64. Stock verification sheets are maintained to record the results of ……….

Correct : A. physical verification

65. Stock Adjustment Account is debited with ……….and credited with ………..

Correct : B. shortage of stock, surplus

66. Bin card is a record of.................. only.

Correct : C. quantity

67. Bin card is maintained by the…………….

Correct : C. storekeeper

68. Material abstract is also known as ………………

Correct : A. material issue analysis sheet

69. Material should be issued by the store keeper against……………….

Correct : C. both a & b

70. First in first out method of valuing material issues is suitable in times of…………

Correct : B. falling prices

71. Last in first out method is suitable in times of………………

Correct : A. rising prices

72. Average cost method of valuing material issues is suitable when………….

Correct : C. prices fluctuate considerably

73. Inflated price method of valuing material issues is suitable when…………

Correct : A. materials are subject to natural wastage

74. Specific price method of valuing material issue is used when………….

Correct : A. materials are purchased for specific job or work order

75. Market price method is considered to be the best method when…………..

Correct : A. quotations have to be sent

76. A bill of material serves the purpose of…………………

Correct : A. material requisition

77. A bill of material is prepared in case of a................................. job

Correct : B. non-standardized job

78. Stock verification sheets are maintained to record the results of………

Correct : A. physical verification

79. The quantity of material to be ordered at one time is known as…………

Correct : A. ordering quantity

80. ……….represents that quantity of material which is normally ordered when a particular material reaches reordering level.

Correct : D. re-order quantity

81. The principle types of inventories are raw materials and ,…............and finished goods

Correct : B. goods-in-progress

82. Re-ordering level = Maximum consumption x …………………………

Correct : C. maximum re-order period

83. Inventory turnover ratio = Cost of inventory consumed during theperiod ÷ Cost of ....................................................held during the period

Correct : A. average inventory

84. Inventory turnover in days = Days during the period ÷………………..

Correct : A. inventory turnover ratio

85. ………is a technique of material cost control which leads to low carrying cost as a result of low investment in inventory

Correct : B. jit inventory system

86. ………………is a technique of stock control which leads to saving of time of the management because attention is required to be paid only to some of the items rather than on all the items.

Correct : A. abc analysis

87. ……………….is used primarily for control of spare parts.

Correct : C. ved analysis

88. Inventory turnover ratio = Cost of …………………..during the period ÷ Cost of average inventory held during the period.

Correct : A. inventory consumed

89. Re-ordering level = ........................................X Maximum re-order period

Correct : C. maximum consumption

90. ……………….obviates the necessity for the physical checking of all items of stores at the end of the year and thereby avoids dislocation ofproduction.

Correct : D. perpetual inventory system

91. ………………forms part of cost of production.

Correct : B. normal waste

92. …………does not form part of production.

Correct : A. abnormal waste

93. Material losses due to abnormal reasons should be transferred to…………………

Correct : B. costing profit and loss account

94. Defectives are that portion of production which can be.............................at some extra cost of re-operation.

Correct : B. rectified

95. Which among the following is not a management accounting technique.

Correct : D. none

96. Marginal costing is a …………… of costing

Correct : C. technique

97. .......................Under marginal costing, …………… costs are treated as period costs and charged to profit and loss account for the period for which they are incured.

Correct : B. fixed cost

98. Under marginal costing, stocks of finished goods and work-in-process are valued at …………….. costs only

Correct : C. marginal cost

99. ……….is the excess of sales over marginal cost of sales

Correct : D. contribution

100. ………..is the practice of charging all costs, both variable and fixed , to operations, processes, or products.

Correct : B. absorption costing