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Time Allowed ‐1 ½ hours
Maximum Marks ‐100
[N.B – The figures in the margin indicate full marks. Questions must be answered in English. Examiner will
take account of the quality of language and of the way in which the answers are presented. Different
parts, if any, of the same question must be answered in one place in order of sequence.]
Marks
1 a. How cost information helps in decision making? 2
b. Define controllable and uncontrollable cost. 2
2. Analyse costs according to their behaviour with a graphical presentation. 4
3. a. What is a cost unit? Why a cost unit would be different depending on the organization. 4
b. What should be the cost unit for the following organizations: 3
1. Hospital
2. College
3. Power Station
4. Railway
5. College
6. Telephone Company
4. a. What is overhead? Classify different overhead costs with examples. 4
b. ABC Ltd. has been using an overhead absorption rate of Tk. 4.50 per labour hour. During
the year the overhead expenditure amounted to Tk. 215,000, and actual 44,000 labour
hours were used.
What is the over absorbed/under absorbed amount? 4
5. The following information is provided by DOX Limited for the month of April, 2009:
Man’s dress:
Stock on 01 April, 2009: 100 units at Tk. 5 per unit.
Purchases:
5‐ Apr ‐09 300 units at Tk. 6
8‐ Apr ‐09 500 units at Tk. 7
12‐ Apr ‐09 600 units at Tk. 8
Sales : Price per unit is Tk. 15
6‐ Apr ‐09 250 units
10‐ Apr ‐09 400 units
14‐ Apr ‐09 500 units
Required:
(a) Calculate using FIFO and LIFO methods of pricing the issues:
(i) the cost of sales during the period 4
(ii) the value of closing inventory on 30 April, 2009 4
8. A company has sales of Tk. 12,000,000 @ Tk. 100 per unit, marginal cost per unit Tk. 60 and
Fixed costs Tk. 3,000,000. Calculate:
i) Break‐even‐point in units and value terms 2
ii) Profit on the sales 2
iii) Margin of safety in case the sales volume is reduced by 10%. 2
9. GPL manufactures two products, the DCON and the ERON, using the same material for each.
Annual demand for DCON is 18,000 units and for ERON is 24,000 units. The variable
production cost per unit of DCON is $ 10 and that of ERON $ 15. The DCON requires 3.5 kgs
of raw material per unit, the ERON requires 8 kgs of raw material per unit. Supply of raw
material will be limited to 175,000 kgs during the year.
A Sub contractor has quoted prices of $ 17 per unit for the DCON and $ 25 per unit for ERON
to supply the product.
How many of each product should GPL manufacture in order to maximize profits? 7
10. The following data relates to the production of Product Z:
Extract from the standard cost card of product Z:
Taka
Direct labour
24 hours @ Taka 50 per hour 1,200
Actual result for wages:
Production : 1000 units produced
23,900 hours costing in total 1,314,500
Required : Calculate the labor total, rate and efficiency variances for product Z. 7
11. a. What are the pricing methods used? Discuss their comparative advantages and disadvantages. 4
b. The following variable costs are incurred for producing one unit of X :
Tk. Per Unit
Variable material 8.00
Variable labour at Tk. 14 per hour 42.00
Variable production overhead are incurred at the rate of Tk. 4 per hour. Fixed production
overheads of Tk. 60,000 are absorbed on the basis of 25,000 budgeted direct labour hours.
Other overheads are recovered at 5% of total production cost.
If the selling price are set to recover full cost plus 50%, what should be the selling price per 5
unit of product X ?
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Marks
12. a. What is the cash operating Cycle? 3
b. ABC Limited has the following estimated amounts for the coming year:
Taka
Sales 36,000,000
Average receivables 3,060,000
Gross profit margin 25% on sales
Average inventories:
Finished goods 2,000,000
Work in progress 3,500,000
Raw materials 1,500,000
Average payables 1,300,000
Inventory levels are constant.
Raw materials represent 60% of total production cost.
Prepare a table to calculate the company’s cash operating cycle. 6
13. What is the difference between NPV and NTV? 3
Write two advantages of NPV method and two disadvantages of ARR method. 3
14. A project has the following forecast of cash flows:
Year US$
0 (560,000)
1 298,000
2 256,000
3 168,000
4 140,000
Using two decimal places in all discount factors, calculate the NPV of the project at a cost 6
of capital of 15% in the table.
15. What is IRR ? How it is computed? 4
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