5. A total of all direct costs of production is also known as

Select one:

A. Production cost

B. Variable cost

C. Total cost

D. Prime cost

6. In most companies, direct labour is treated as;

Select one:

A. Product cost

B. Period cost

C. Fixed cost

D. Sunk cost

7. Direct labour costs for planning purposes will include

Select one:

A. All labour costs attributable to a product

B. Direct labour costs plus any bonuses

C.Total direct labour hours at the normal hourly rate of pay

D. Direct labour costs plus bonuses and overtime premiums

8. The classification of costs according to whether they change in the short run is known as analysis by:

Select one:

A. Type

B. Time

C. Behaviour

D. Function

9. Johore Ltd has the following costs. Direct materials 150 000, Direct labour 175 000 and Factory overheads of 225 000. It manufactured 10 000 Luton blinds of equal size and cost. What is the full product cost of a Luton blind?

Select one:

A. 32.50

B. 15

C. 55

D. 22.50

10. A strategy plan may best be described as

Select one:

A. A broad long term plan

B. A detailed long term plan

C. A detailed short term plan

D. A broad short term plan

11. Total production cost is found by which one of the following formulae?

Select one:

A. Opening inventory + Purchases Closing inventory

B. Direct Materials + Direct Labour + Direct Overheads

C. Indirect Materials + Indirect Labour + Indirect Overheads

D. Prime Cost + Production overhead

12. In process costing, wastage caused by unavoidable and expected causes is usually known as;

Select one:

A. Normal gain

B. Normal loss

C. abnormal gain

D. Abnormal loss

13. Raw materials which are incorporated into goods sold but are not easily identifiable to the goods being made would be known as:

Select one:

A. Direct materials

B. Work in progress

C. Direct overheads

D. Indirect overheads

14. The best way of allocating fixed overheads between products is:

Select one:

A. As a proportion of direct cost incurred by each product

B. There is no best way of allocating overheads

C. Based on the number of people involved in production of each product

D. Equally between different products

15. The wage costs which are incurred in converting materials into finished goods would be known as:

Select one:

A. Indirect labour

B. Direct labour

C. Salaries

D. Wages and salaries

16. Depreciation of machinery would be classed as:

Select one:

A. Direct expenses

B. Factory indirect expenses

C. Direct materials

D. Administration expenses

17. The term contribution refers to?

Select one:

A. The actual amount of profit made per unit

B. The difference between sales revenue and variable costs per unit

C. The budgeted profit per unit

D. The amount of profit which goes towards meeting the overheads of the business

18. The break-even point is that at which:

Select one:

A. The level of activity at which the business operates most economically

B. The fixed costs are the lowest

C. The level of activity at which the business neither makes a profit nor a loss

D. The variable cost per unit is minimised.

19. Which of the following statements regarding marginal costing is incorrect?

Select one:

A. It assumes that fixed costs remain fixed over relevant activity ranges

B. It is useful long-term planning technique

C. It assumes that costs can be classified as variable or fixed

D. It assumes that variable costs vary in proportion to activity

20. Given the following data:

Fixed overheads	40 000
Selling price	6
Variable cost per unit	4

If the selling price is increase by 50% then the break-even level would now be:

Select one:

A. 8,000 units

B. 10,000 units

C. 12,500 units

D. 20,000 units