Gauhati University Question Papers
MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING (May-June’ 2012)
(MAJOR)
Full Marks: 80
Time Allowed: 3 hours
Answer either in
English or Assamese
The figures in the
margin indicate full marks for the questions
1)
The information in the management accounting
system is used for purposes like measurement, control and decision making.
(State whether true or false)
2)
The excess of the actual sales revenue (ASR)
over the break even sales revenue (BESR) is known as the margin of safety.
(State whether true or false)
3)
A sale minus variable cost is known as _____.
(Fill in the blanks)
4)
A budget is a comprehensive and Co-ordinated
plan, expressed in financial terms for the operations and resources of an
enterprise for some specified period in the future. (State whether the
statement is true or false)
5)
Cash budget is prepared with the items having a
bearing on cash flows, non items such as depreciation are exclude. (State
whether the statement is true or false)
6)
A flexible budget does not estimate cost at
several levels of activity. It contains only one estimate at one level. (State
whether the statement is true or false)
7)
The marginal costing assumes that there is no
limiting factor and there is no limit on the number of units of each product to
be produced or sold. (State whether the statement is true or false)
8)
The level of activity at which there is neither
profit nor loss is known as _____. (Fill in the blank)
9)
Standard costing uses standards for cost and
revenues; and not for control purpose. (State whether the statement is true or
false)
10) A
budget should cover a definite and well defined period for future (State
whether the statement is true or false)
(b) Write a brief answers to the following in about 50 words
each: 2x5=10
1)
State the meaning of budget.
2)
State the meaning of variance.
3)
What is marginal cost?
4)
What is flexible budget?
5)
State the meaning of standard cost.
2.
Write short notes on any four of the following: 5x4=20
a)
Standard costing vs. budgetary control.
b)
Cash budget.
c)
Break even analysis.
d)
Tools of management accounting.
e)
Scope of management accounting.
f)
Applications of standard costing.
3.
The Shevlock Company produce three products A, B and C, the following are the
results for 2010:
|
Product
|
Sale (Rs.)
|
Variable cost (Rs.)
|
|
A
B
C
|
5,000
3,000
2,000
|
2,000
1,800
1,500
|
Fixed
cost Rs. 2,200
Find
out the breakeven point in rupee value and comment on the results. 10
Or
Describe the marginal uses of marginal costing. 10
4.
Isubu Tiles Ltd. has prepared the budget for the production of 1,00,000 units
for a costing period as given below:
10
|
|
Per unit (Rs.)
|
|
Raw materials
Direct labour
Direct expenses
Works overhead (60%
fixed)
Administrative
overhead (80% fixed)
Sales overhead (50%
fixed)
|
10.00
3.00
0.30
10.00
1.60
0.70
|
Actual
production in the period was only 60,000 units prepare budgets for the original
and revised levels of output.
Or
Describe the steps to be adopted for the installation of a
budgetary control system.
5.
Skywalk manufacturing company which has adopted standard costing furnishes the
following information: 10
|
Standard:
Material for 70 kgs
output of finished products
Price of material
Actual: Output
Material used
Cost of material
|
100 Kgrs.
Rs. 1 per Kg.
2,10,000 Kgs.
2,80,000 Kgs.
Rs. 2,52,000
|
Or
1)
Show the differences between historical costing
and standard costing.
2)
Discuss the objectives and uses of standard
costing. 5+5=10
6.
Explain the nature of management accounting. Discuss its role in decision
making process. 10
Or
Discuss the use of accounting information and use of
computer for management purposes. 10
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