Identify which of these costs are INVENTORIABLE?
Each of the following cost items pertains to one of these companies: Westinghouse (a manufacturing sector company), Kmart (a retail sector company) and Google (a service sector company)
Answer
Mineral water purchased by Kmart for sale to its customers
Electricity used to provide lighting for assembly line workers at a Westinghouse refrigerator assembly plant
Depreciation on Google's computer equipment used to update directories of websites
Electricity used to provide lighting for Kmart's store aisles
Depreciation on Westinghouse's computer equipment used for quality testing of refrigerator components during the assembly process
Salaries of Kmart's marketing personnel planning local newspaper advertising campaigns
Mineral water purchased by Google for consumption by its software engineers
Salaries of Google's marketing personnel selling banner advertising
Question 4
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What is the purpose of management accounting?
Answer
To help managers make decisions to fulfil an organisation's goals
To communicate organisation's financial position to investors, banks, regulators and other outside parties
Question 5
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Which is the correct value chain?
Answer
Research and Development
Design of products, services or processes
Production
Marketing
Distribution
Customer Service
Design of products and services
Production
Marketing
Distribution
Review and Assess
Research and Development
Design of products, services or processes
Assembly
Distribution
Research and Development
Production
Advertising
Distribution
Customer Service
Question 6
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Which of these is NOT a Management Accounting Principles (CIMA)? (2)
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Integrity
Objectivity
Competence and due care
Confidentiality
Professional behaviour
Respect
Responsibility
Question 7
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Which of these can be cost objects?
Answer
Product
Services
Project
Customers
Activity
Department
Question 8
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Overhead is any manufacturing cost that is not direct materials or direct labour